Sec1 chp 3 building your leadership muscles
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Leadership:a Subject
What it takes to be a leaderBuilding your leadership muscles
Loeb M, Kindel S. Leadership For Dummies. For Dummies; 1999.
Leadership:a Subject
Building Your Leadership Muscles
• Objectives– Using your head– Keeping people in the loop– Being driven– Getting it done today– Getting to the bottom of things– Making sound decisions– Doing it every day– Trusting and being trusted– Learning and helping others learn– Finding the middle ground
Building Your Leadership Muscles
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
- John F. Kennedy
Building Your Leadership Muscles
• Why is it that some people seem to become leaders naturally and effortlessly?– References to the natural leader– Some people have to work hard at it
Putting your brain to work
– Using what you have– Responding to situations flexibly– Taking advantage of fortuitous circumstances– Making sense of ambiguous or contradictory messages– Ranking the importance of different elements– Finding similarities in apparently different situations– Drawing distinctions between seemingly similar
situations– Putting concepts together in new ways– Coming up with novel ideas
Communicating Effectively
• First and foremost, a leader has to keep the vision in the minds of his followers– Speaking begins with listening– Eliciting the cooperation of others
Driving yourself
• Aggressiveness• Self-confidence• Communication
Developing a Sense of Urgency
• Don’t wait• Form a “Kitchen cabinet”
Being Honest & Searching for the Truth
• Being Honest • Searching for the Truth– Resist your own bias, especially when
you think you know the answer
Displaying Good Judgment
• Avoiding extremes when possible• Keeping the best interests of the group
in the forefront
Being Dependable and Consistent
• Dependability is itself a form of good judgment
• Consistency means that you follow the rules of leadership in a regular way
Creating an Atmosphere of Trust
• Trust is achieved by listening and considering the needs of others
Encouraging a learning environment
• Promote group learning• When the group gets smarter the leader
makes better decisions– This is done though communication and
information
Looking for Common Ground
“Type O” Personality
• Generally likable• A poor leader will push opponents until they
are forced to respond
Recap- Building Leadership Muscles
• Using your head• Keeping people in the loop• Being driven• Getting it done today• Getting to the bottom of things• Making sound decisions• Doing it every day• Trusting and being trusted• Learning and helping others learn• Finding the middle ground
Leadership:a Subject
What it takes to be a leaderBuilding your leadership muscles
Loeb M, Kindel S. Leadership For Dummies. For Dummies; 1999.