This document presents a guide on leadership styles and team dynamics, delineating various types such as authoritarian and cohesive leaders. It includes a survival scenario where a group of individuals must prioritize salvaged items after a plane crash in harsh conditions. Additional resources and references for leadership and survival training are provided.

1. Lead or Get LOST : A Crash Course in Building a Team and Avoiding Disaster Ashley Borniger, Ashley Ransom and Claudia Trevino September 26, 2009

2. Overview Individual Leadership Styles Team Behavior Styles Survival Challenge Group Discussion

3. Individual Leadership styles Authoritarian Leader Task oriented, no collaboration Team Leader Leads by example, positive environment Country Club Leader Uses rewards, afraid to lead Impoverished Leader “ Delegate and Disappear”, power struggles

4. Team behavior styles Fractured Team One dominant leader, conflict between members Conflicting Team Lots of talk, little action Cohesive Team All members contribute and feel valued

5. Survival Challenge You and your peers have just survived the crash of a small plane. It is mid-January and you are in Northern Canada. The daily temperature is 25 below zero, and the nighttime temperature is 40 below zero. There is snow on the ground, and the countryside is wooded with several creeks criss-crossing the area. The nearest town is 20 miles away. You are all dressed in city clothes appropriate for a business meeting. Your group of survivors managed to salvage the following list of items. Your mission is to list the 12 items in order of importance for your survival. Good luck!

6. Survival Challenge Rankings Cigarette Lighter Ball of Steel Wool Extra Shirt/Pants Can of Crisco 20x20 Foot Piece of Canvas Small Ax Family-Size Chocolate Bars Newspapers Loaded .45-Caliber Pistol Quart of 100-Proof Whiskey Compass Sectional Air Map Made of Plastic According to Mark Wanvig, instructor in survival training, U.S. Army

7. Group discussion

8. Questions?

9. References Blake, Robert R. and Mouton, Janse S. (1985) The Managerial Grid III: The Key to Leadership Excellence . Houston: Gulf Publishing Co. Fisher, D. Joseph and Peters, D. Dawn (2002). Earthquake . Milford, MI: ORION International. undefined. (May 17, 2009). Survival: A Simulation Game. In Scouting Web . Retrieved September 3, 2009, from http://scoutingweb.com/scoutingweb/SubPages/SurvivalGame.htm.