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Learn essential traits and qualities of a good leader, from integrity and courage to selflessness and followership. Develop self-discipline and technical proficiency to inspire and lead your team effectively. Gain insights on leadership arithmetic and belief in oneself and the greater cause, as General Colin Powell emphasized.
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You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. - Henry Ford
Basic Leadership CDR Tim Quinn Fall 2007
Traits/Qualities Dependability Loyalty Bearing Forcefulness Maturity Humility Integrity Courage Judgment Tact Enthusiasm Humor Decisiveness Knowledge Self-Discipline Initiative Perseverance/Will Flexibility Justice Selflessness Confidence Compassion/Empathy Followership Endurance
Integrity • Acute sense of right and wrong • Honesty • Truthfulness • Sincerity • Adherence to moral and ethical principles in one’s actions • Helps builds trust and loyalty
Self Discipline • Doing your duty, what you ought to do – regardless of other factors • Helps prove your dependability • Examples: • Attention to detail • Personal conduct on and off duty • Adherence to regulations, orders, standards • Adherence to chain of command • Ability to perform w/out supervision
Be Technically and Tactically Proficient • Seek Responsibility and Take Responsibility for Your Action • Make sound and timely decisions • Set the Example • Keep your people Informed • Ensure the Task is Understood, Supervised, and Accomplished • Train your people as a TEAM • Employ Your Sailors in accordance with their Capabilities • Develop a Sense of Responsibility in Your Subordinates • Know Your People and Look out for their Welfare • Know Yourself and seek Self-Improvement Leadership Principles
Individual’s Skill performing a Task times Individual’s willingness to learn/put task to work equals Performance of Individual
Performance of individual times Ability of Individuals to Work as a TEAM times Ability of Leader to get Teams to work together equals Performance of a unit
“First I want you to believe in yourself. You have to know that you are capable, that you are competent, that you are good...” “Second, I want you to believe in America...We are still, as Abraham Lincoln said, the last best hope on earth.” “Finally,...remember the worst kind of poverty is not economic poverty, it is the poverty of values.” – General Colin Powell