[JaneYoung]

It would be my recommendation to use your team handbook of rules and expectations as a resource. In working through this as a coach and with the student who has chosen to take on leadership roles and failed to meet expectations/deadlines, that can be your guide. If your team does not have a handbook that has provided guidelines in this area, then look at the instructions/directions that you have provided the team, outlining expectations and consequences.

I weigh in on the side that does not dismiss the team member but does make sure the team member is removed from the leadership role and understands why. It's important to have consequences and to stand by those consequences. The student would have to earn your trust and the trust of the team in order to qualify for a leadership position in the future.

It's also important to monitor the attitude of the student and make sure that negativity doesn't fester and grow within the team because of the student's attitude. If that happens, then it is definitely time to consider removing the student from the team.

Jane