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Good leaders are Good leaders are mademade not born . . !not born . . !

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LeadershipLeadership

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What is leadership?What is leadership?

Leading

Influencing

Commanding

Guiding

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Types of LeadersTypes of Leaders

► Position achievedPosition achieved► Personality, charisma Personality, charisma ►Moral exampleMoral example► Power heldPower held► Intellectual leaderIntellectual leader► Leader because of ability to accomplish Leader because of ability to accomplish

thingsthings

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Four Factors of LeadershipFour Factors of Leadership

► LeaderLeader

► FollowersFollowers

► CommunicationCommunication

► SituationSituation

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Be Know DoBe Know Do

► BeBe beliefs and characterbeliefs and character

► KnowKnow job, tasks, and human job, tasks, and human naturenature

►DoDo implementing, implementing, motivating, and providing direction

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The Process of Great The Process of Great LeadershipLeadership► If you are a leader who can be trusted, then those around you will grow to If you are a leader who can be trusted, then those around you will grow to

respect you. To be such a leader, there is a Leadership Framework to guide you: respect you. To be such a leader, there is a Leadership Framework to guide you:

►BeBe►KnowKnow ►DoDo

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► BEBE a professional. a professional.► Examples: Be loyal to the organization, perform selfless service, take personal responsibility. Examples: Be loyal to the organization, perform selfless service, take personal responsibility.

► BEBE a professional who possess good character traits. a professional who possess good character traits.► Examples: Honesty, competence, candor, commitment, integrity, courage, Examples: Honesty, competence, candor, commitment, integrity, courage,

straightforwardness, imagination.straightforwardness, imagination.

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►KNOWKNOW the four factors of leadership — follower, the four factors of leadership — follower, leader, communication, situation. leader, communication, situation.

► KNOW yourself. Examples: strengths and KNOW yourself. Examples: strengths and weakness of your character, knowledge, and weakness of your character, knowledge, and skills. skills.

►KNOW KNOW human nature. Examples: Human needs, human nature. Examples: Human needs, emotions, and how people respond to stress. emotions, and how people respond to stress.

►KNOWKNOW your job. Examples: be proficient and be your job. Examples: be proficient and be able to train others in their tasks.able to train others in their tasks.

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►DODO provide direction. Examples: goal setting, provide direction. Examples: goal setting, problem solving, decision making, planning. problem solving, decision making, planning.

►DODO implement. Examples: communicating, implement. Examples: communicating, coordinating, supervising, evaluating. coordinating, supervising, evaluating.

►DODO motivate. Examples: develop morale and motivate. Examples: develop morale and esprit de corps in the organization, train, esprit de corps in the organization, train, coach, counsel. coach, counsel.

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Principles of LeadershipPrinciples of Leadership

► To help you To help you be, know,be, know, and and do, do, follow these follow these eleven principles of leadership (U.S. Army, eleven principles of leadership (U.S. Army, 1983). 1983).

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► Know yourself and seek self-improvementKnow yourself and seek self-improvement

► Be technically proficientBe technically proficient

► Seek and take responsibility for your actionsSeek and take responsibility for your actions

►Make sound and timely decisionsMake sound and timely decisions

► Set the exampleSet the example

► Know your people and look out for their well-Know your people and look out for their well-beingbeing

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► Keep your workers informedKeep your workers informed

►Develop a sense of responsibility in your Develop a sense of responsibility in your workersworkers

► Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplishedand accomplished

► Train as a teamTrain as a team

► Use the full capabilities of your organizationUse the full capabilities of your organization

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The Process of Great The Process of Great LeadershipLeadership

► Challenge the process Challenge the process

► Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision

► Enable others to actEnable others to act

►Model the wayModel the way

► Encourage the heartEncourage the heart