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LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP. LEADERSHIP DEFINED. We are born with potential but it’s our choice what we do with it. Understanding own personality is one of the key factors to successful leadership. A leader is most effective when his or her strongest personal traits are utilized.

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LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

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  1. LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

  2. LEADERSHIP DEFINED We are born with potential but it’s our choice what we do with it. • Understanding own personality is one of the key factors to successful leadership. • A leader is most effective when his or her strongest personal traits are utilized. • Certain personal qualities are crucial for successful leadership and need to be developed.

  3. LEADERSHIP DEFINED • IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS: • POSITIVE ATTITUDE • COMMITMENT • MEETING DEADLINES • CREATIVE LEADERSHIP – VALUE INDIVIDUALITY • CLEAR GOALS • BE DECISIVE • BE CONSISTENT • BE OBJECTIVE • REWARD NEW IDEAS • WORK WITH CHANGE • PRAISE AND ENCOURAGE • SET A GOOD EXAMPLE • SHARE RESPONSIBLY • EXTRACT SOLUTIONS • WORK FROM WITHIN • LISTEN FIRST • EARN RESPECT • HAVE A ‘WE’ MINDSET

  4. EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP APPROACHES/STYLES • AUTOCRATIC (aggressive) • DEMOCRATIC (assertive)

  5. LAISSEZ FAIRE (passive) • TYPE OF LEADERSHIP DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION AT HAND • A COMBINATION OF STYLES SHOULD BE ADOPTED

  6. THEORY X AND THEORY Y THEORY X – TRADITIONAL BOSS/WORKER (NEED TO PERSUADE, REWARD, PUNISH, CONTROL, DIRECT) i.e. SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY Reward (basic needs)…Loss of motivation VS • THEORY Y – ENLIGHTENED LEADER (SELF-DIRECTION & SELF-CONTROL) Motivated…satisfaction of higher needs DOUGLAS MCGREGOR (1960)

  7. COACHING SUPPORTING DELEGATING FOURMETHODS DIRECTING

  8. SERVANT LEADERSHIP • See followers develop and grow. • Opportunity to serve. • Passion to serve. • Accomplish task and aid in growth of others. See them satisfied. • Fulfill role of service without loss of faith or dignity.

  9. VALUES What are values? • Belief in a certain ideal • Upholding certain standards • Helps us determine our way of life • Something that is of worth to you • Often linked to our spiritual beliefs

  10. SCHOOL VALUES Challenging relevant curriculum Accountability Good manners Pride in school traditions Consideration Multi-cultural enviro Integrity Good work ethic Life-long love of learning Self-worth Christian values CommunityService Strong moral code Self-discipline

  11. EXPECTATIONS OF LEADERS - HEAD GIRL • DUTIES: CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED: • Represent girls and school See big picture-subordinate self • Lead prefects, run meetings Delegate well • Address school (speeches) People skills,solve probs, prioritise • Head up discipline and spirit Be organised and work hard • Develop prefects into team Have courage of convictions Able to control groups, individuals DEPUTIES • DUTIES: CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED: • Support/deputise for head girl Very organised, hard working • Organise duties Happy to work behind scenes • Run pref. admin – minutes, lists People skills – tackle underperformers among peers

  12. HOUSE CAPTAINS • DUTIES: CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED: • Lead house, team Ability to motivate others • Supply teams and competitors Be organised, good time manage. • Bond house members Willing to get to know girls (all grades) Participate in school activities PREFECTS • DUTIES: CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED: • Role model - school rules & discipline Strong desire to serve school • Stand up for principles Confidence • Guide girls by examples & instruction Hard worker, good time management • Be ambassadors on public occasions Friendly, but firm CLASS PREFECTS • DUTIES: CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED: • As directed by teachers in phase Enjoy working with children • Lead younger girls to prayers Be responsible and reliable • Help to foster spirit in class Prepared to help after hours if required • Role model of behaviour & • helpfulness to younger girls

  13. Emotional Quotient (EQ) IT IS THE CAPACITY FOR RECOGNISING OUR OWN FEELINGS AND THOSE OF OTHERS, FOR MOTIVATING OURSELVES, AND FOR MANAGING EMOTIONS WELL IN OURSELVES AND IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS. GOLEMAN,D 1998

  14. MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

  15. MOTIVATION • Play the HOYT clip(www.youtube.com/watch?v=flRvsO8m_KI) • Discuss External Motivation e.g. Leadership badge Internal Motivation e.g. Passion to serve your school. You need to feel secure, confident, enjoy what you are doing, feel you are developing & improving

  16. TEAM WORK • Identifying the personality of team members is a key to understanding how they function best in a group setting. • Effective team work is learning ways of working together as a team, toward a common goal. • Team task (handout)

  17. HOUSE TEAM TASK • Divide your house team as follows: • Manager (you oversee and make the final decisions) • Designer (design the ball gown and sash) • Manufacturer (take the design and use the crepe paper and sash to create the finished products) • Slogan writer (create the house motto of not more than 5 words) • Motivator ( in charge of keeping the team motivated and positive) • Mediator (you are in charge of mediating any conflict) • Musicians ( no actual musical instruments may be used but tables, chairs, stationery etc can be used to create musical sounds and rhythm.) • Lyricists(optional) (you may have one or more people in each category)

  18. MATERIALS: • Coloured crepe paper & safety pins (gown fabric & fasteners) • Plain white sash (slogan) & a set of permanent markers (slogan & design gown) and flip chart paper (design gown on this paper) • No other materials may be used • TASK: • Design the House Captain’s evening gown that she will wear to the annual House Captain’s formal dinner. • Gown should promote the Captain’s school house. • Focus on the values promoted by their house or just celebrate its past successes. • Team must come up with a slogan for their house that the team member will wear as a sash over the evening gown.

  19. Time: • +/- 40 minutes = • 5-10 minutes organisation • 20-25 minutes preparation time • 10 minutes manufacturing and dressing (1 minute presentation to the audience). Video the fashion parade and play it back to the girls at a later stage. Discuss effective leadership and the importance of team work.

  20. RESOLVING CONFLICT • Play Dr.Paush’s speech… (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woy4OvZeEwY) Summary: • Tell the truth, apologise, wait and people will show their good side, Work and play well with others, show gratitude, don’t complain just work harder. • Role plays in small groups • Remove obstructions • Escape the hooks • Seek the key issues • Organise the information • Let the other people know you understand • Very clearly explain your perspective • End with action plan

  21. EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WELL-DISCIPLINED - PAYING ATTENTION - SETTING AN EXAMPLE

  22. Leadership quotes • "People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them." - Richard M. Nixon • "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -  Martin Luther King, Jr. • “Leadership is influence — nothing more, nothing less”. – John Maxwell

  23. References www.netmba.com/mgmt/ob/motivation/mcgregor/ meerasinha.files.wordpress.com www.essortment.com/all/leadershipstyle_rrnq.htm changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/styles/lewin_style.htm www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/successful-coaching.html www.urbanforum.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=42 sceenterprise.com/services/service-type__consultancy/service__assessment/ www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5001503192 www.dgc.co.za/ Goleman, Daniel, PhD. Working with Emotional Intelligence. NY: Bantam Books, 1998 Maxwell, John C. The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999

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