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Leadership Synopsis

 

Introduction to effective leadership

• What is leadership?
• The definition of a leader
• The definition of a follower
• Characteristics – features that distinguish effective leaders
• Skill – a developing talent or ability
• Developing a vision
• Developing a mission
• Working towards achieving goals
• Building a cohesive team
• Identifying and meeting team needs
• Set standards for measuring team performance
• Accountability
• Motivate
• Everyone can be a leader
• Circumstances shape leaders
• Leaders embrace responsibility
• Clear goals
• Training
• Followers
• Leadership vs. Managing

Choosing the appropriate leadership style

• The transitionary nature of leadership
• Leadership styles
• Relational support
• Function support
• Telling - high functional, low functional
• Selling - high functional, low functional
• Participating – low functional, high functional
• Delegating - low functional, high functional
• The follower
• Committed novice – low capability, high motivation
• Committed expert – high motivation – high capability
• Uncommitted novice –low capability- low motivation
• Uncommitted expert –high motivation – low capability
• Situational leadership

Developing a vision and a mission

• Direction and destination
• Passion
• What are values?
• Vision quest
• Mission statement
• Develop a mission plan
• Effectively communication vision as a leader

Effective decision making

• Problem identification & analysis
• Recommending problem resolution guidelines
• Problem resolution
• Establishing decision making criteria
• Rating criteria
• Risk analysis
• Cost factors- what are the costs of implementing the decision?
• Problem resolution
• Implementing your decision

Team motivating for leaders

• Team building
• Missions, goals, objectives
• Team member selection
• Motivation
• Accountability
• Ownership
• Acceptance
• Authority
• Team selections
• Team communication
• Motivating teams
• Relevancy
• Autonomy
• Security
• Belonging