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How Would You Define Leadership? Discussion

Let’s Define Leadership Definition: “Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal. Key Points: Social influence, not authority or power. Those you lead work with you, not for you. Common goal Personality traits, attributes, and title are irrelevant. Many different approaches are successful.

Leadership Quotes Activity

Quote #1 “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” —Jack Welch

Quote #2 “You don’t need a title to be a leader.” –Multiple Attributions

Quote #3 “The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.” —Warren Bennis

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” Quote #4 “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” —Aristotle

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.” Quote #5 “A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.” —Ovid

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Quote #6 “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” —Warren Bennis

Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Identify the source of the conflict Ask a series of relevant questions Every perspective. Listen and asks questions only. Encourage them to continue to open up to you.

Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Look beyond the incident Often the situation isn’t the actual cause of the conflict Was this something minor that has festered and is now an issue? Is this conflict due to an underlying issue?

Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Request solutions Ask the people involved in the conflict for resolution ideas. Be aware of tone, verbal cues, and body language. Be willing to guide them through forming a solution and make them aware of the boundaries and constraints.

Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Identify solutions everyone can support This is where you working with all of those involved to compromise and produce a reasonable solution Do not make the agreement for them. Guide them towards a fair solution.

Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Agreement Have all involved agree to one solution and shake hands

Conflict Resolution Activity

Conflict #1 Ethyl is part of a design brainstorming session. When trying to convey her ideas, several mentors sit off in a corner and ignore her ideas, while designing their own robot. Ethyl brings this problem to your attention. What should you do as a leader?

Conflict #2 Two best friends aren’t talking because one friend told the other friend’s secret to the entire robotics team. The friends are the primary members of the drive team and competition is coming up in two days. As a leader on the team, how do you resolve the issue?

Conflict #3 One team member neglects their work and decides to socialize with other subteams and distract his teammates. The team has very important deadlines to meet across the board. What would you do as a team leader?

Conflict #4 The fabrication captain fails to communicate to the design captain about new changes to the robot. This prevents the design team from updating their CAD files correctly. How would you handle this miscommunication?

Commitment and Personal Accountability What makes a leader respectable? Following your own rules Providing support instead of criticism Never talking down- always be humble. How do you define “taking initiative”? Punctuality Always doing what’s right, even if it’s harder Volunteering to do the jobs no one else wants to do Be curious: If you don’t know the answer to a question, find it.

What promise are you making to the team as a leader? Food for Thought Think: What promise are you making to the team as a leader?

Connecting Different Personalities As a leader, your job is to bring diverse personalities together to achieve a common goal. Well how do we connect with people that we can’t easily relate to? Smile Use some ice breakers. Find something relatable. But NEVER relate over something negative.

Polly Positive In most cases the attitude of the team’s leaders sets the mood for the entire team.

Polly Positive: Tips Easy ways to maintain a positive team environment Greet your members Be understanding of mistakes Reinforce what you were looking for in a nice way Be approachable to everyone Have a sense of humor, role with the punches Give compliments where they are deserved (or needed) SMILE!!! :) Wrap up the meeting or task in a positive manner

What are Goals? Goals: The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. Long Term Goals: In terms of many months or years Short Term Goals: In terms of weeks or a few months Immediate Goals: In terms of days

#GOALS and ROBOTICS If you are to be an effective leader, you must set goals to lead your team towards Set goals that lead not only you but your team as well Your goals should vary from long-term to short-term and encompass a wide variety of topic If you don’t reach your goals take time to review with your team why you didn’t reach your goals and what you can improve upon for the future Goals aren’t set in stone. Be flexible with your goals and work around obstacles.

Delegation and Time Management As a leader you have limited time and can’t complete everything that needs to be done by yourself You need to know your role and complete what is expected of you Delegate whatever else there is to do to others Trust your teammates to do their job Once you finish the work that you are expected to do, you may help your teammates with their work