Leadership

​Leadership

Ms. Tamara Wina​

​We are going over leadership skills.

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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAZeIOOdD0

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Let us watch the first video clip about leadership of our time​

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Open Ended

What do you think makes someone a "leader"?

Open Ended

Is there such a thing as a natural born leader? Or can leadership qualities be developed?

Open Ended

Are you considered a leader within any group that you associate with (school, home, church, etc)? Why or why not?

​LEADERS

Leaders are called upon to influence the well being or safety of others.

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Open Ended

Name some people you think of as leaders?

​Leaders

• A leader is a person who directs with authority and influence.​

• A leader is one who

  • guides

  • directs

  • facilitates process

  • empowers

  • influence others to follow

• People often have highe expectations for a leader​

​Desirable qualities of leaders

• A willingness to lead

• Acceptance by those to be led

• The ability to identify and organize goals

• Good work ethics

• Dependability

• Self-confidence

• Communicate effectivelys​

​What are 3 main types of Leader?

• Encourages participation of all individuals in decisions

• Listens to others opinions

• Bases the decisions on what is best for the group as a whole

• Allows the group to take responsibility for the decisions​

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​Democratic Leader

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• More of an informal type of leader

• Believes in the noninterference in the affairs of others

• Strives for only minimal rules or regulations

• Usually avoids making decisions until forced by circumstances to do so

• Term comes from a French idiom meaning "to let alone" translated to mean "allow to act"

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​Laissez-Faire Leader

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• Often called a "dictator"

• Maintains total rule, makes all decisions, and has difficulty delegating duties

• Seldom a​sk for opinions of others

• Emphasizes dis​cipline

• Expects others to follow directions at all​ times

• Followers usually follow for fear of punishment or because of extreme loyalty

​Autocratic

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Multiple Choice

What type of leader bases their decision on what is best for the group as a whole, after listening to other's opinions?

• Democratic Leader

• Laissez-Faire Leader

• Autocratic Leader

Multiple Choice

What type of leader is known as a dictator?

• Democratic Leader

• Laissez-Faire Leader

• Autocratic Leader

• Leadership can be defined as deliberately causing people-driven actions in a planned fashion for the purpose of accomplishing the leader's agenda

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​Leadership & Teamwork

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