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You are in the staffroom when several colleagues run in exclaiming that there has been a flood in the boys toilets and water is spilling into the corridor. What do you do next?

You don't offer to help but order your colleagues that they need to find some mops immediatley, close off the corridor as it could be a health hazard and call the facilities manager.

Explain to your colleagues that the mission is to find the souce of the flood and clear it up as quickly as possible so that it causes as little disruption to the pupils learning as possible.

Offer to help immediately, then check your colleagues are ok with this plan of action, explaining that it's important for the group to be calm so that they can solve this problem.

Ask your colleagues to sit and brainstrom the best possible solution for this problem, with a vote on what to do next.

You go with your colleagues to help clear up. You notice your colleague starting to mop water with an odd technique, so you offer to take over to show them the best way to do it in order to clear the water more quickly.

You ask your colleagues what they think the most effective course of action would be and what the best possible outcomes might be for them in this situation. You don't offer any solutions as you'd like them to learn from this situation.

You are at the airport check-in with your friends, on the way to a long-planned exciting holiday. One of your friends is told that their passport is out of date and they will not be able to board the flight. What do you do?

You tell your friend to leave the airport straight away, source an emergency passport, join the rest of you on holiday later and tell the rest of the group to get on the plane as one person's mistake shouldn't ruin your holiday.

Remind everyone in your group of friends that the purpose of the holiday was to relax and have fun together, so the best course of action would be one that facilitates that.

Comfort the friend with the out-of-date passport and encourage the others to have empathy for their situation, rather than worrying about how this will impact on their holiday.

Ask the group to suggest what would be the best course of action which means you can all enjoy the holiday and then go with the most popular idea.

You ask your friend what they are going to do. When they offer a solution you don't think it's the best way and so share your view explaining that you've seen this happen before and so know the best way forward.

Ask your friend what they think would be the best solution; prompt them with actions which you know to be useful, but leave them to make their own decision. You ask the group what they think we can learn from this situation in order to prevent this from happening in the future.

You are driving across the countryside with a group of friends when your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. How do you react?

React quickly by telling everyone exactly what they need to do regardless of what they think is best or what skills they may have to help in this situation.

Explain to the others that if the group are able to fix the car, it would not only be a great story to tell but enable the group to get to their chosen destination without having to get help - a fantastic achivement. State the three actions that need to be taken to fix the car.

Keep the group calm and make sure everyone is warm enough and has enough water to keep them going while you suggest that the group could phone for a mechanic to come to fix it.

Explain the full extent of the problems and likely outcomes of all possible actions, then ask the group to vote on which one to take.

Suggest that your friend who fixed a skateboard once gets to work straight away. As they start to check under the car bonnet, you ask to take over to show your friend where the problem might be, as you think you will be able to more quickly.

Even though you know how to fix the car, you stand back and let the others work it out because they'll learn a lesson that way. You check in with others to see if they are learning anything from the expereince and how they are feeling.

Your partner is coming to your parents house to meet for the first time. Your dad has just burnt dinner and your guest will be arriving in 10 minutes. What do you do?

Shout at your dad for his attempt to ruin the evening, and tell your mum that the only way to solve this is to phone for a takeway immediatley.

You explain to your parents that the most important point from this evening is that your partner gets to meet them in a relaxed atmosphere and if everyone helps out you can solve this problem immediatley, providing the next steps that could be taken to achieve this.

Calm your dad down and tell him not to feel bad, while sorting out a dinner replacement yourself as you should have taken the responsibility in the first place.

Weigh up the options for what can replace the burnt dinner then choose the one which the majority are happy with - even if it means starting to cook from scratch.

Tell your dad to get onto the Chinese takeaway straight away, then grab the menu and phone from him when he is doing it too slowly and ordering the wrong dishes. There's no time to spare with niceities!

Help your dad to make the best of the dinner that is left unbunt, and ask him open questions which will enable him to improve the dinner planning next time.

On a summers day, you and a group of friends decide to play a friendly game of football in the park. What’s your strategy as team captain?

The strongest players are given all the responsibility to make a win, while those who are in it 'just for fun' are kept out of the way so as not to undermine the strategy.

Set out the strategy to win the game and give your team a visionary and motivational team talk before the kick-off, assigning team member positions according to their strengths.

Tell the team that your all winners, and the main aim of the game is to enjoy themselves and each other's company as it's all about the taking part so the outcome is irrelavent.

Suggest the rest of the team vote for the captain they really want, and then get feedback from the whole team about who they think would be best in each position.

Select your key players quickly and demand that they lead the team to success like you know they can. You see your goal keeping positioning is wrong, so ask to take over the position in the second half to show them them how to be more effective.

Assemble your team and take them through a series of warm-up drills, noting each ones strengths and creating your strategy based on their performance. During the game you try to talk to each player about what they think they could do better and how they will implement it going forward.

You are leading a brainstorming meeting at work to come up with a name for a new newsletter. How do manage the rest of the brainstorming team?

Tell your colleagues that you've already thought of a name and then spend the rest of the meeting laying out how you will deploy your great idea to achieve success.

State the aims of the newsletter at the top of the meeting and then ask questions of the group which will get them thinking on the right track.

Thank everyone for their excellent brainstorming in a previous meeting and congratulate each person who comes forward with an idea for the newsletter as it's important that everyone is happy.

Ask everyone who wants to to present their ideas for the name, then give each team member plenty of time to ruminate on each option and choose their favourite. Select the most popular.

Start the ball rolling with some exciting ideas, then encourage others to follow your lead. Call out people who you don't thnk are contributing enough and decide to go with your idea anyway as you know what is needed and this meeting isn't moving forward quickly enougth.

Present the challenge to the team, and then talk them through the process of brainstorming that you'd like them to try, asking for individuals to contribute when they are ready. Listen as they discuss the options and quesiton the thinking behind ideas to help steer the conversation.

You are lost in a new city and your phone has run out of battery, so no Google Maps. How do you coordinate your group to find the way back to your hotel?

Ignore the rest of the group who say they think they know the way back, then lead everyone home as you memorised the route yesterday.

Tell the group that the most important outcome was to get back to the hotel safely and in the light. You delgate some tasks to others to help achieve this based on the skills the group has.

Tell everyone not to worry or get stressed, you will definitely be able to work this out if you put your heads together and retrace your steps.

Ask everyone to suggest the best route back - whether that's fastest, most scenic, or busiest - and then follow the idea that people thought most sensible for the whole group.

You buy a map and ask the best map reader in the group to lead the way back. They begin to plan the route but you offer to show them a better way to do it, as you can understand a sat nav better than anyone so a map must be similar, you take the map and lead the group back to the hotel as quickly as possible.

Give your friends a map and remind them of the orienteering course you all undertook a few weeks ago. Prompt them to think again when they take a wrong turn but you don't offer any practical solutions.

The team you manage at work has done a really good job on a project, delivering the objectives on time and to high standards. How do you reward them?

Give them all a bonus, but then take the credit of the success for yourself as it was your leadership which enabled them to achieve.

Congratulate team members individually and among their peers, emphasising that their work really matters to the organisation and its wider vision.

Congratulate the whole team publically, identifying and celebrating particular traits and actions in each person which led the team to success.

Call a meeting to review the project, highlighting individual achievements as you go and encouraging team members to comment on each others' work.

You had to jump in half-way through the project as the team weren't working effectively enough, so you earned this success, not them. A quick thank you is all that's required.

Thank each member of the team for completing their responsibilities to a high standard, then arrange a one-to-one catch up with each of them to discuss what they've learned and how they could do even better next time.

Each member of your family has very different ideas about how to spend this summer holiday. You only have the budget to go on one two-week holiday. How do you resolve the tensions?

Tell everyone that your idea is blatantly the best, most cost effective and fun option for all the family, and book it before anyone has time to do otherewise.

Set the budget, non-negotiables for a great holiday and explain a clear purpose to everyone as to why it's important to take a holiday in the first place. Then ask your family to put forward their case within these limits.

Try to get as many different elements as possible into one holiday so that everyone gets something they want.

Gather everyone to present their ideas and then encourage debate to make sure that you're getting all the details. When everyone has presented and debated, vote on your favourite. If there isn't a clear winner, start the process again.

Set out the key elements for an excellent holiday and quickly eliminate the ideas that do not meet the criteria. Steer the conversation towards choosing what you see to be the best outcome in the shortest amount of time.

Ask everyone why they think there are such conflicting ideas about the perfect holiday, and identify what everyone's hopes for the holiday are. Encourage everyone to listen to each other and to make compromises in order to reach a conclusion.

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