Leadership FactorsLeadership Factors

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Chapter OverviewChapter Overview

1. Leadership Factors 1. Leadership Factors

2. Leadership Traits2. Leadership Traits

3. Leadership Principles3. Leadership Principles

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Lesson OverviewLesson Overview

• What are the basic elements of What are the basic elements of leadership?leadership?

• What are the Air Force Core Values?What are the Air Force Core Values?

• What are reasons for recognizing the What are reasons for recognizing the Core Values?Core Values?

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Quick WriteQuick Write

Think of a leader you admire—in the news, at Think of a leader you admire—in the news, at school, at work, or in your community school, at work, or in your community

Write a list of the five things you admire most Write a list of the five things you admire most about that person. How many of those aspects about that person. How many of those aspects of the leader seem like personality traits? How of the leader seem like personality traits? How

many seem like learned behaviors? many seem like learned behaviors?

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Basic Elements of LeadershipBasic Elements of Leadership

• LeadershipLeadership is the art of influencing and directing is the art of influencing and directing people to accomplish the missionpeople to accomplish the mission

• Being a leader means more than winning an Being a leader means more than winning an election or receiving a titleelection or receiving a title

• A leader directs others toward a common goalA leader directs others toward a common goal

• Any member can be a leader when he or she Any member can be a leader when he or she influences the others to help the group reach its influences the others to help the group reach its goalgoal

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Basic Elements of LeadershipBasic Elements of Leadership

• How do people interact in groups? How do people interact in groups?

• What types of leadership do they respond to? What types of leadership do they respond to?

• What types of leadership turn them off? What types of leadership turn them off?

• How do successful leaders work with people?How do successful leaders work with people?

By learning the answers to these questions, you By learning the answers to these questions, you can become a more effective leadercan become a more effective leader

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The Air Force Leadership Concept The Air Force Leadership Concept

• The Air Force’s The Air Force’s concept of leadership concept of leadership has two elements: has two elements: – the missionthe mission – and and the peoplethe people who who

must carry out the must carry out the mission mission

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The Air Force Leadership ConceptThe Air Force Leadership Concept

• MissionMission—The primary task of an —The primary task of an organization is to perform its mission organization is to perform its mission

• The leader’s primary responsibility is to The leader’s primary responsibility is to lead team members to carry out the lead team members to carry out the mission successfully mission successfully

• Yet a leader must never forget the Yet a leader must never forget the importance of the team’s people importance of the team’s people

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The Air Force Leadership ConceptThe Air Force Leadership Concept

• PeoplePeople—People perform the —People perform the mission mission

• They are the heart of the They are the heart of the organizationorganization

• Without their support, any Without their support, any team will fail team will fail

• A leader’s responsibilities A leader’s responsibilities include caring for and include caring for and supporting team members supporting team members

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Air Force Core ValuesAir Force Core Values

• Air Force Core Values form the foundation of Air Force Core Values form the foundation of an organization that runs on trustan organization that runs on trust

• They areThey are::

• These values support the mission of individual These values support the mission of individual teams and the entire Air Force teams and the entire Air Force

Integrity firstIntegrity first

Service before selfService before self

Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do

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Integrity FirstIntegrity First

• Integrity is a character Integrity is a character traittrait

• Integrity firstIntegrity first is the is the willingness to do what willingness to do what is right even when no is right even when no one is looking one is looking

• It is a “moral compass” It is a “moral compass” or inner voiceor inner voice

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Integrity FirstIntegrity First

• CourageCourage• HonestyHonesty• ResponsibilityResponsibility• AccountabilityAccountability• JusticeJustice• OpennessOpenness• Self-respectSelf-respect• HumilityHumility

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Service Before SelfService Before Self

• Service before selfService before self tells us that a leader’s duties take tells us that a leader’s duties take precedence over personal desiresprecedence over personal desires

• At the very least, it includes the following At the very least, it includes the following behaviors: behaviors: – rule followingrule following

– respect for othersrespect for others

– discipline and self-controldiscipline and self-control

– faith in the systemfaith in the system

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Excellence in All We DoExcellence in All We Do

• Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do directs you to develop a directs you to develop a passion for improvement and innovation to help you passion for improvement and innovation to help you and your organization accomplish and perform:and your organization accomplish and perform:

– product/service excellenceproduct/service excellence– personal excellencepersonal excellence– community excellencecommunity excellence– resources excellenceresources excellence– operations excellenceoperations excellence

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Reasons for Recognizing Reasons for Recognizing the Core Values the Core Values

• To support personal integrityTo support personal integrity

• To support the profession of armsTo support the profession of arms

• To support the ethical climate of the To support the ethical climate of the organizationorganization

• To support professional conductTo support professional conduct

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Personal IntegrityPersonal Integrity

• Everyone must accept accountability and Everyone must accept accountability and practice justicepractice justice

• This means that all people must possess This means that all people must possess Integrity firstIntegrity first

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Profession of ArmsProfession of Arms

• The second reason for The second reason for recognizing the Core Values is recognizing the Core Values is that they point to what is that they point to what is universal and unchanging in the universal and unchanging in the profession of arms profession of arms

• The values are road signs The values are road signs inviting us to consider key inviting us to consider key features of the professional features of the professional service, but they cannot point to service, but they cannot point to everything everything

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Ethical ClimateEthical Climate

• The third reason for recognizing the Core Values is The third reason for recognizing the Core Values is that they help us get a fix on the ethical climate of that they help us get a fix on the ethical climate of the organization the organization

• Big-ticket scandals grow out of a climate of ethical Big-ticket scandals grow out of a climate of ethical corrosion corrosion

• In a climate of corrosion, the Core Values are like a In a climate of corrosion, the Core Values are like a slap in the faceslap in the face

• How far have you strayed from integrity, service, How far have you strayed from integrity, service, and excellence? and excellence?

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Professional ConductProfessional Conduct

• Just as the Core Values help us evaluate the Just as the Core Values help us evaluate the climate of the organization, they also serve as climate of the organization, they also serve as beacons bringing us back to the path of beacons bringing us back to the path of professional conduct professional conduct

• The Core Values allow us to transform a The Core Values allow us to transform a climate of corrosion into a climate of ethical climate of corrosion into a climate of ethical commitment commitment

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ReviewReview

• LeadershipLeadership is the art of influencing and is the art of influencing and directing people to accomplish the mission directing people to accomplish the mission

• The Air Force’s concept of leadership has The Air Force’s concept of leadership has two elements: two elements: the mission the mission and and the peoplethe people who must carry out the mission who must carry out the mission

• The Air Force Core Values areThe Air Force Core Values are integrity firstintegrity first, , service before selfservice before self, and , and excellence in all we excellence in all we dodo

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ReviewReview

• These values support the mission of individual These values support the mission of individual teams and the entire Air Force teams and the entire Air Force

• Integrity firstIntegrity first is the willingness to do what is right is the willingness to do what is right even when no one is lookingeven when no one is looking

• Service before self Service before self tells us that a leader’s duties take tells us that a leader’s duties take precedence over personal desires precedence over personal desires

• Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do directs you to develop a directs you to develop a passion for improvement and innovation to help you passion for improvement and innovation to help you and your organization accomplish and performand your organization accomplish and perform

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ReviewReview

• Four reasons to recognize the Air Force Core Four reasons to recognize the Air Force Core Values:Values:

– to support personal integrityto support personal integrity– to support the profession of armsto support the profession of arms– to support the ethical climate of the organizationto support the ethical climate of the organization– to support professional conductto support professional conduct

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SummarySummary

• What are the basic elements of What are the basic elements of leadership?leadership?

• What are the Air Force Core Values?What are the Air Force Core Values?

• What are reasons for recognizing the What are reasons for recognizing the Core Values?Core Values?

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