WHAT MAKES A LEADER?
INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR CREWS (ILSC) Leading Self Leading Others Leading Crews
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision Learning Objectives: Explain the role vision plays Characteristics of good vision statement Relate vision/leadership to Oath/Law Contribute to crew vision statement
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision Vision Statement One clear sentence Excitement/motivation for future Clear Statement Habitat For Humanity Special Olympics Google BSA Starbucks Toys R Us
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision Vision Focuses Vision Inspires
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision BSA VISION: “To prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law”
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision Summary
LEADING SELF Goal Setting “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible”. Tony Robbins, motivational speaker “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” Yogi Berra, MLB player and manager
LEADING SELF Goal Setting
Guidelines for writing goals SMART goals
LEADING SELF Goal Setting Activity Summary
LEADING OTHERS Communications “The single biggest problem in communications is the allusion that is has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw, Playwright Learning Objectives Importance of communication in leadership Practice group problem solving skills Great appreciation for nonverbal communication
LEADING OTHERS Communications Activity
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making Decision Making Process Steps Identify the problem Brainstorm solutions Evaluate the solutions Make a decision Make a plan Implement the plan Get feedback & be flexible
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making Step 1: Identify The Problem Is there a problem? What exactly is the problem? Why should it be solved? Who is affected? Is there a time deadline?
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making Step 2: Brainstorm Solutions Group Brainstorming Ideas One person scribes Post it notes
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making Step 3: Evaluate the solutions
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making Step 4: Make a decision
LEADING OTHERS Planning “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” Benjamin Franklin Learning Objectives 7 step process Why essential to leadership? Appreciate planned activity Plan an activity
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making Review: Identify the problem Brainstorm solutions Evaluate the solutions Make a decision Make a plan Implement the plan Get feedback & be flexible
LEADING CREWS Activity
LEADING CREWS Delegating “The best executive is the one who has the sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it”. Theodore Roosevelt
LEADING CREWS Delegating Learning Objectives: Explain the need for delegation Identify why leaders don’t delegate Describe effective delegation
LEADING CREWS Delegating Why Should We Delegate?
LEADING CREWS Delegating Why Don’t We Delegate?
LEADING CREWS How To Delegate Delegated Tasks Must Be Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-based
LEADING CREWS Team Development “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford Learning Objectives: Stages of team development Leadership style for team development Describe regression in team development
LEADING CREWS Team Development Activity
LEADING CREWS Team Development Forming Storming Norming Performing
LEADING CREWS Team Development Forming
LEADING CREWS Team Development Storming
LEADING CREWS Team Development Norming
LEADING CREWS Team Development Performing
LEADING CREWS Team Development The Leading Edge
LEADING CREWS Team Development TEAM STAGE DEVELOPMENT PHASES LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR Forming High enthusiasm, low skills Explaining Storming Low enthusiasm, low skills Demonstrating Norming Rising enthusiasm, growing skills Guiding PerformingHigh enthusiasm, high skills Enabling
LEADING CREWS Team Development Regression Summary
CLOSING Learning Objectives Purpose of learning leadership skills Apply skills to improve crew