The Resistance Badge
This is a compulsory badge that must be complete to graduate as a Change Leader.
Instructions:
Deal with one case of resistance in your school. Work through the process as you did in your role play in Activity 3. Submit a detailed description of how you worked through the resistance meeting including:
- what the person’s reason for resistance was;
- how you displayed empathy;
- what common elements you found;
- how you concluded your “what’s in it for us?” discussion;
- what plan of action you agreed on.
Assessment criteria
The Resistance Badge assessment | √ | |
| 1 | You were able to show respect to each other. | |
| 2 | You were able to establish the reason for resistance. | |
| 3 | You showed empathy. | |
| 4 | The discussion about “what is in it for us?” reached a satisfactory conclusion. | |
| 5 | You agreed to a plan of action which was acceptable to both of you. |