Leadership - EOM 303.03

Leadership - EOM 303.03

WO2 Meloche, WO2 Meloche, IG &QSP, February 16, 2020, No Tests

Teaching Points

• Traditionally there are 3

• We are going to combine the activities and the lecture components

Relevance: 

• Identify ways to improve yourself

• Set Goals 

• Improve your confidence in your skills 

• Discorver your strengths and weaknesses

Poll

Have you ever completed a self assessment in the past?

• Yes

• No

Reflection:

• Long and careful consideration which can occur at any time. 

• Can be about anything (Ex. yourself, an interaction, an event or a series of events)

• We often reflect on the past 

Significance of Reflection

•  Helps you determine what is and isn't effective

• Determine the impact of your actions 

Open Ended

Give an example of a time where you have reflected on something. (It can be an event, a presentation, a sports game, or something else)

Self Assessment

• Self assessment is an evaluation of one's actions, attitudes or performance

• Self reflection must be done before self assessment 

• Provides direction for the future

Multiple Choice

When might we use self assessments in the cadet program

• After you teach a lesson

• After you complete a drill evaluation

• After you complete your leadership evaluation

• All of the above

Feedback

• Provides a different perspective

• Assists you in identifying your strengths and weaknesses

• Meant to be constructive

Open Ended

When should you seek feedback? Is it always necessary?

Open Ended

Have you received feedback before? Give an example?

Assistance

Seeking out a collaborative relationship to help you accomplish your goals

Open Ended

Should you seek assistance after completing self-assessment? Why or why not?

Open Ended

When is a good time to seek assistance? What may seeking assistance look like?

The story of your leadership assessment

• You were instructed to clean a classroom

• You tell the students: "We are cleaning this classroom. You 5 will stack the chairs, you two cadets will sweep the floors and the rest of you clear off the tables"

• You walk over to the cadets sweeping and you say "I like how you are working together, don't forget about the dust in the corner"

• Suddenly a pile of 12 chairs falls and makes a loud crashing sound. Fortunately nobody is hurt. After ensuring everyone is safe, you say "for safety reasons lets make sure that the stacks of chairs consist of no more than 5 chairs."

• You walk over to help the discouraged cadets in charge of stacking chairs

• Your cadets finish cleaning the classroom to standard and you say: "Thank you for your help today, well done, I really appreciate it." Then you dismiss them.

Multiple Choice

Did the leader provide enough detail in his first explanation?

• Yes - he mentioned all the tasks

• Yes - he finished the task

• No - the lack of detail provided created an unsafe situation

• No - nobody likes cleaning

Multiple Choice

Did the team leader successfully solve problems?

• No - zero solution was provided after the set back

• Yes - the issue was resolved

Multiple Choice

Did the leader make an effort to supervise the cadets?

• Yes - though the leader missed the chair incident they supervised the cadets the entire time.

• No - The leader ignored the cadets