WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?

GPP 3O1: Grade 11 Open Leadership & Peer Support

 PRAYER/ REFLECTION:
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF ENTHUSIASM
• Help each other to be right, not find fault;
• Look for ways to make new ideas work, not find reasons why they won’t;
• Check things out and not make negative assumptions with one another;
• Help each other to win and take pride in each others’ victories;
• Speak positively about each other, our students and about our school at every opportunity;
• Maintain a positive outlook no matter what the circumstances;
• Act with initiative and courage, as if it all depends on us;
• Do everything with enthusiasm‐ it is contagious;
• Give away whatever it is we want to receive: love, respect, patience,
understanding, power;
• Never lose faith and never give up because the line between breaking down
and breaking through can be very thin
 DAILY ICE BREAKER:
GENIE LAMP
• You are walking along a beach and come across an old lamp washed up on
the shore. You pick it up, give it a rub and out pops a genie, offering you
three (conditional) wishes. The wishes are:

• You will live for another 10 years, but one random person in the
world will lose 10 years from their life. Do you take it?

• You have the power to change one thing about world – what would
that be?

• You develop one super hero power; (flight, invisibility etc…) –

what would that be?
 LEADERSHIP QUOTATIONS
• “Leadership is the knack of getting somebody to do something you want done because he
wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

• “Leadership is action, not position.” – Donald H. McGannon

• “A great leader is not someone who does great things, but rather someone who inspires
others to do great things.” – Austin et. al. (2008)
 LEADERSHIP QUOTATIONS
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• “True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the centre of your decisions.” –
Dave Ramsay

• “Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have vision and principles that will
endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing
circumstances” – Margaret Thatcher
 DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP
• Leadership is the process of influencing others

• Leaders inspire through personal trustworthiness & self-confidence

• Leaders communicate a vision that turns self-interest into commitment to the job
THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE!
 THE 3 PRIMARY TASKS OF A LEADER
• Set direction: mission, goals, vision

• Build commitment: motivate & inspire

• Confront challenges: innovation, deal with change, turbulence, take risks

 WHAT DEFINES A GOOD LEADER?
• Reflect: Think about the best leader that you have encountered.
• What were the characteristics or behaviours that made this person a good
leader?

• Reflect: Think about a poor leader that you have encountered.

• What were the characteristics or behaviours that made this person a poor
leader?
 DISCUSSION: EFFECTIVENESS
• Is effectiveness the primary indicator of a good leader?

• If not, what are your indicators of good leadership?


• Leaders are considered effective
when:
• Their group performs well
• Followers experience
satisfaction
• Significant change occurs with
successful implementation
EFFECTIVE LEADERS
• Eight leadership skills often used in
determining leadership effectiveness:
• Emotional intelligence
• Orchestrating change
• Contextual thinking
• People enablement
• Directional clarity
• Reciprocal communication
• Creative assimilation
• Driving persistence
 EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
COMPETENCIES
• Efficient coaching skills • Awareness of realistic conditions
• Confidence • Strong self-esteem
• Consistency between word and action (i.e. • Sense of priorities
“walking the walk”)
• Service mentality
• Creativity
• Sincerity
• Empathic listening skills
• Technical or contextual expertise
• Visionary tendencies
• Trust
• Ability to inspire
• Willingness to share responsibility
• Long-term focus
• Ability to balance individual needs and team
• Willingness to share credit or recognition
needs
 SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP
VS. EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
• To be considered an effective leader, one must take leadership to another level, past just being
successful.
• If the follower does what a leader asks only because of positional power, influence, or guilt, then
the leader has been successful in this scenario, but not effective.
• If the follower does the task because he/she finds it personally rewarding, then the leader has
been both successful (at getting the desired result) and effective (in affecting the
attitude/motivation of the follower).

• NOTE:
• Success has to do with how the individual or group behaves.
• Effectiveness describes the internal state of the individual or group (i.e. their attitude)
 EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
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• An effective leader will usually generate personal power through follower
acceptance and will use more general supervision.

• Some keys to being an effective leader are:

• Having an appropriate knowledge base
• Having experience
• Having practice
• Learning from one’s mistakes (most important???)
 REFLECTION QUESTIONS
• List some examples of times that you have been a leader.

• Do you focus more on being a successful leader, or an effective

leader?
• If the answer is “successful,” in the future what specific
changes can you make to become a more effective leader?

• What effective leadership characteristics or competencies do you

already have?

• What effective leadership characteristics or competencies do you

need to work on?
 FOUR CORNERS “DEBATE”
• Can leadership be learned?

• Go to one of the four corners of the room labelled as follows:

• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree
• Discuss the reasons for your position with the other classmates standing in the same corner as
you.
• As a group, come up with 3 – 5 points to support your position.