the Leadership
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Recognizing Leader
2 Imagine that you have accepted a new job and entered a new project team. How would you recognize its leader?
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Recognizing the Leader
2 Now imagine that the person with formal authority is not the one who actually has the dominating role in meetings. What would you conclude about leadership in this case?
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Write a statement that best describes your definition of leadership
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Leadership Definitions
2 In small groups, discuss each of your definitions. Make notes on Similarities Differences
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Leadership and the Leader
2 Leader is an individual within a group or an organization who wields the most influence over others. Leadership is the process whereby one individual influences other group members toward the attainment of defined group or organizational goals.
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Leadership: Key Factors
2 Leadership involves governance and clear expectations Leadership involves noncoercive influence Leadership influence is goal directed Leadership includes facilitation and integration of project resources through
Communication Collaboration Coordination Cooperation
Leadership is consistency
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A good manager does not necessarily make a good leader and vice versa
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Leaders versus Managers
Management is an assignment
Leadership is a role and how you operate in that role
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Leadership Begins with a Model
Source: Curtiss Peck, Guide to Management & Leadership
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Hazards of Being a Project Lead
2 What are some hazards of being a project lead and the implications on leadership? Write your individual thoughts on this page
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Hazards of Being a Project Lead
2 In your teams, first develop a master list of hazards on a flip chart. As a team, identify those that you believe are most likely to derail a project lead's career. In other words, which seem to be the most serious? Discuss the most serious, one at a time, and come to consensus on ways to avoid the respective hazard or how to minimize the negative effects.
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Fear of the Hazards
2 How does fear fit in the "hazards equation"? What are the implications for the silence or violence response? Another way to view
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Trust: The Foundation of Leadership
Trust
A positive expectation that another will not act opportunistically.
Source: Stephen Robbins, Organizational Behavior
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Trust and Leadership
Leadership
TRUST and INTEGRITY
Source: Stephen Robbins, Organizational Behavior
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Three Types of Trust
Deterrence-Based Trust Trust based on fear of reprisal if the trust is violated. Identification-Based Trust Trust based on a mutual understanding of each other's intentions and appreciation of the other's wants and desires.
Source: Stephen Robbins, Organizational Behavior
Knowledge-Based Trust Trust based on behavioral predictability that comes from a history of interaction
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Group Exercise
Organize yourselves into your teams at your respective flip chart. When told, follow the instructions of the facilitator.
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Group Task A
What are the most appropriate goals to govern the best development group experiences in order to maximize social in development a democratic society?
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Group Task B
List as many as you can the formally organized clubs or organizations that exist in a typical community.
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Discussion on Exercises
2 In general, what were the differences in behavior for Tasks A and B? Was the nature of the task the primary cause of these differences? Did your feelings differ during the two tasks? How would you describe each of the two tasks?
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What is a Goal?
Definition: A goal is a desired state of affairs, or conditions, an expected level of performance. In practical operating terms, it is a standard by which to judge performance at some time in the future.
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Central Role of the Goal
2 Goals are the key to success. They lead to everything else. The central role of the goal and its potential influence on the behavior of others make it an absolute necessity that goals be clearly stated from the beginning.
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5 Elements of a Goal Statement
2 What is to be done? When is it to be done? What level of performance is expected? How will performance be assessed? Why? You can add others.
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SMART Test
S M A R T
Specific Measurable Achievable Results oriented Time bound
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Well-Formulated Group Goals
2 Clarity Acceptability to the group Attainability Openness to modification or clarification. The agenda for any group meeting should have these same characteristics. Agenda items are group goals, which the group can then address one at a time.
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Goals Exercise C
2 Write two goal statements that relate to your current work, work unit, personal growth and/or development. Discuss your first goal with two other people who will "challenge" you to ensure that your goal statement is clear and complete. If time permits, do the same thing with your second goal.
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Leadership Styles
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Styles of Leadership
General George Patton Colone...