A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like to be the boss?
2. What is a good decision?
3. Do you follow rules?
4. What is a strong voice?
5. Do you like to help people?
6. What is a good plan?
7. Do you lead a team?
8. What is a bad mistake?
9. Do you listen to others?
10. What is a fair person?
11. Do you think leaders work hard?
12. What is a popular idea?
13. Do you like famous leaders?
14. What are three good qualities of a leader?
15. Do you think leadership is important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between a boss and a leader?
2. Why do people follow certain leaders?
3. What are the good things and bad things about having strong power?
4. How can a good leader motivate people to work hard?
5. Should leaders always be very confident?
6. Why is it important for a leader to admit mistakes?
7. Do you think leaders are born or made?
8. What is the purpose of a team meeting?
9. How does a leader’s mood affect the whole group?
10. What is the difference between leading a small group and leading a country?
11. Do you think military leaders and business leaders need the same skills?
12. What are the problems when a leader only thinks about money?
13. When is the best time for a leader to ask for advice?
14. What are two things that make a bad leader?
15. How does a leader’s communication style affect their success?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely disagreeing with a leader’s decision?
2. How does the culture of a country change the expected style of a leader?
3. Should the government provide training programs for young people to become leaders?
4. What is the difference between authoritarian and democratic leadership?
5. Do you believe that leaders should prioritize the happiness of their people over economic growth?
6. What are the challenges of leading a group that has many different opinions?
7. How does the focus on personal charisma affect a leader’s honesty?
8. What is the idea of “servant leadership”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when a leader gets all the credit for the team’s success?
10. How does a lack of trust in a leader affect the morale of the whole organization?
11. What are the steps for properly delegating tasks to other people?
12. What is the value of a leader who is very quiet and listens well?
13. Should public media criticize leaders more often?
14. What are the reasons why some people avoid becoming leaders?
15. How does a good leader help people grow their own potential?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures on female leaders to act differently from male leaders?
2. What are the moral problems when a leader tells a small lie for the greater good?
3. How does constant public scrutiny affect a leader’s private life and decisions?
4. Should political leaders be legally required to disclose all their financial assets?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having immense power over many people.
6. Who is responsible for holding political leaders accountable for their promises?
7. What is your view on the practice of promoting someone to leadership based on age or experience alone?
8. Evaluate the role of crisis management in defining effective leadership.
9. How does the speed of social media communication challenge a leader’s careful decision-making?
10. Discuss the concept of “transformational leadership” (inspiring major change).
11. What are the problems with having very old leaders in a world of fast technological change?
12. What are the legal differences between a political promise and a contract?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of leadership is mainly to serve the public, not to gain power?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that leaders are diverse (age, gender, background)?
15. How does the desire for re-election affect a political leader’s long-term decision-making?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that people who inherit wealth or power often become leaders without earning it?
2. What is the right way to think about a business leader’s moral duty to their employees versus their shareholders?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of political leaders that emerge as popular?
4. When should the government impose term limits on all political and corporate leaders?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about a leader using highly emotional language to win support?
6. How does the focus on short-term results affect a leader’s willingness to invest in long-term goals?
7. Discuss the impact of technology on centralizing or decentralizing leadership power.
8. How should leaders use the fear of failure to motivate their team effectively?
9. What is the idea of “charismatic authority” and its danger to democracy?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the public loses faith in all forms of leadership?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a leader’s decision was an error or a crime?
12. How does the search for popular support conflict with the need to make difficult, unpopular decisions?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is a leader’s honesty, even if they are not always correct?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they have been promoted over their colleagues?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of experience required for high political office?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between management (maintaining) and leadership (changing)?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of centralized leadership in favor of distributed teams?
3. How does the concept of “power” change when it is based on digital influence rather than physical force?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how political leaders use anonymous social media accounts?
5. How do historical views of tyranny and democracy affect modern public demands for accountability?
6. How can communities maintain their independent thinking when a leader is extremely charismatic?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to train leaders and allow natural, spontaneous leaders to emerge.
8. What protection should laws give to whistleblowers who expose corruption committed by leaders?
9. How can we stop the problem of leaders using national crisis to advance their personal power?
10. What did old thinkers say about the ideal ruler, responsibility, and the nature of authority that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human leaders if AI can perfectly make all political and business decisions?
12. How do people use the idea of “strong leadership” to avoid discussing their own civic responsibility?
13. How does the experience of making a catastrophic mistake change a leader’s future effectiveness?
14. What is the power of a single vote to influence the quality of national leadership?
15. If scientists could create a perfect leader (honest, wise, powerful), how would that fundamentally change democracy?
