SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership Introduction What Leaders Do What Makes Leaders Effective What You Should Do NOW If You Want to Be A Leader Practical Exercise Conclusion Questions

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Introduction • Background • Objective Approach Time- 1 hour 15 min in this session 45 min presentation 5 min to get into groups 15 min group activity 5 min questions

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Why is leadership important to you? What is a leader? Who can be a leader?

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What Leaders Do These 3 leaders… • inspired us • guided us helped us create common ground

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leaders INSPIRE! • They help us believe that we can ACHIEVE

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leaders GUIDE! • through troubled times to answers for difficult questions to a path for a better future

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski By creating COMMON GROUND, leaders give their people a reason to work together.

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What Makes Leaders Effective • “Some see things as they are and ask, ‘Why?’ I choose to see things as they never were and ask, ‘Why not?’” -Robert Kennedy

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What Makes Leaders Effective • Without a sense of right and wrong, leaders can cause tragedy for millions.

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What Makes Leaders Effective • Being an Effective Communicator President Reagan was one of the most successful communicators in our history

SSG Karisa Marchlinski What You Should Do NOW If You Want Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What You Should Do NOW If You Want To Be A Leader • Join Organizations

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What You Should Do NOW If You Want To Be A Leader • Take Classes-make life long learning a goal

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski What You Should Do NOW If You Want To Be A Leader • Look for leadership opportunities

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski First Main Point • Supporting point 1. • Supporting point 2.

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Practical Exercise Take a moment to think of someone that you consider to be a leader. Write down 5 characteristics. Split into groups of three and discuss what characteristics you wrote down-are any of them the same? Do you have any of these characteristics? How can you develop them over time? Choose an unlikely leader and explain how they can influence others.

SSG Karisa Marchlinski Leadership SSG Karisa Marchlinski Conclusion • Be a leader-make a positive difference

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