The Leadership Game


In today’s complex healthcare landscape, effective leadership is vital at every level. The Leadership Game offers an engaging, hands-on approach to collective leadership, allowing healthcare professionals to build essential skills in teamwork, communication, and adaptability. Developed from rigorous research, this interactive game brings theory to life through structured challenges, with versions suitable for both face-to-face and virtual settings.

With flexible gameplay tailored to various experience levels, The Leadership Game empowers teams to collaboratively navigate real-world scenarios, enhancing leadership skills that drive patient care and organizational success.

The Leadership Game brings a unique, interactive approach to leadership development, making complex concepts accessible through the engaging format of a game. Unlike traditional training, this format fosters collaboration, enhances retention, and encourages active participation, allowing healthcare professionals to learn by doing. By simulating real-life challenges in a safe, gamified environment, players can develop problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills with immediate feedback—transforming leadership skills from abstract ideas to practical tools.

Why Game-Based Learning?

  • Increases Engagement: Players are immersed in realistic scenarios that keep them motivated and focused.
  • Enhances Retention: Game mechanics reinforce learning, helping leaders retain and apply critical skills.
  • Encourages Team Bonding: The collaborative challenges build stronger interprofessional connections and mutual understanding.

Key uses:

  • Leadership Training Programs: Make workshops interactive and enjoyable for staff at all levels.
  • Team-Building Events: Strengthen team cohesion through shared problem-solving experiences.
  • Simulation-Based Learning: Prepare leaders to tackle real healthcare issues, from crisis management to resource allocation, within a controlled, reflective environment.
  • With its game format, the Leadership Game is not only informative but also enjoyable, transforming traditional learning into a dynamic, team-driven experience.

“The Leadership Game was developed from my doctoral research on leadership and it makes complex concepts such as collective leadership accessible and meaningful to staff and students. It also provides a fun and interactive approach to learning that can be used with, or without, a facilitator. I use the game regularly in my teaching on leadership with a range of practitioners.”

Dr Karen Stansfield, Associate Dean Enterprise and Engagement, School of Health and Society, University of Salford.


Face-to-face and online versions available

Board game for face-to-face learning.

Traditional tabletop game for groups working face-to-face. Encourages collaborative team discussions.

Generates fun and enthusiasm with a serious purpose and clear outcomes.

Online for socially distanced learning.

Digital board game replicates the intensity of face-to-face on Zoom, Skype & Teams.

Can be used for remote learning or socially distanced face-to-face sessions. Just share your screen with the group, wherever they are.


Who should play the game?

The game is suitable for anyone working in health and social care who wishes to understand the practicalities of collective leadership. It encourages players to acquire new knowledge, share experiences and learn from each other.

Players will learn about

  • Leadership roles
  • Collective leadership
  • Building successful teams
  • Communication & trust
  • Managing change
  • Leadership skills

Price of single game:
£80.00 EXC Vat


  2 - 12 players
   45-60 minutes of play
   No facilitator required

How the game works

The game is very flexible and meets the needs of a modern organisation. It is in effect a ‘pop-up workshop’ that can be used anywhere at any time. The game can be used as an informal activity in the workplace, or as part of more structured training and workshops.

The game contains 2 packs of question and scenario cards that introduce information and encourage structured discussion between players. These cards vary in complexity allowing the game to be tailored to suit the knowledge and experiences of a wide range of individuals:

General Questions These provide a broad overview of leadership that anyone working in health or social care should understand and be able to answer.

Additional Questions These questions are more complex and may require a deeper understanding of leadership. You can use these questions if you feel they are relevant to the group playing.