1. Leadership Factors

2. Chapter Overview 1. Leadership Factors 2. Leadership Traits
3. Leadership Principles
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3. Lesson Overview What are the basic elements of leadership?
What are the Air Force Core Values?
What are reasons for recognizing the Core Values?
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4. Quick Write
Think of a leader you admire—in the news, at school, at work, or in your community
Write a list of the five things you admire most about that person. How many of those aspects of the leader seem like personality traits? How many seem like learned behaviors?
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5. Basic Elements of Leadership
Leadership is the art of influencing and directing people to accomplish the mission
Being a leader means more than winning an election or receiving a title
A leader directs others toward a common goal
Any member can be a leader when he or she influences the others to help the group reach its goal
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6. Basic Elements of Leadership
How do people interact in groups?
What types of leadership do they respond to?
What types of leadership turn them off?
How do successful leaders work with people?
By learning the answers to these questions, you can become a more effective leader
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7. The Air Force Leadership Concept
The Air Force’s concept of leadership has two elements:
the mission
and the people who must carry out the mission
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8. The Air Force Leadership Concept
Mission—The primary task of an organization is to perform its mission
The leader’s primary responsibility is to lead team members to carry out the mission successfully
Yet a leader must never forget the importance of the team’s people
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9. The Air Force Leadership Concept
People—People perform the mission
They are the heart of the organization
Without their support, any team will fail
A leader’s responsibilities include caring for and supporting team members
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10. Air Force Core Values
Air Force Core Values form the foundation of an organization that runs on trust
They are:
These values support the mission of individual teams and the entire Air Force
Integrity first
Service before self
Excellence in all we do
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11. Integrity First Integrity is a character trait
Integrity first is the willingness to do what is right even when no one is looking
It is a “moral compass” or inner voice
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12. Integrity First Courage Honesty Responsibility Accountability Justice
Openness
Self-respect
Humility
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13. Service Before Self
Service before self tells us that a leader’s duties take precedence over personal desires
At the very least, it includes the following behaviors:
rule following
respect for others
discipline and self-control
faith in the system
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14. Excellence in All We Do
Excellence in all we do directs you to develop a passion for improvement and innovation to help you and your organization accomplish and perform:
product/service excellence
personal excellence
community excellence
resources excellence
operations excellence
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15. Reasons for Recognizing the Core Values
To support personal integrity
To support the profession of arms
To support the ethical climate of the organization
To support professional conduct
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16. Personal Integrity
Everyone must accept accountability and practice justice
This means that all people must possess Integrity first
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17. Profession of Arms
The second reason for recognizing the Core Values is that they point to what is universal and unchanging in the profession of arms
The values are road signs inviting us to consider key features of the professional service, but they cannot point to everything
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18. Ethical Climate
The third reason for recognizing the Core Values is that they help us get a fix on the ethical climate of the organization
Big-ticket scandals grow out of a climate of ethical corrosion
In a climate of corrosion, the Core Values are like a slap in the face
How far have you strayed from integrity, service, and excellence?
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19. Professional Conduct
Just as the Core Values help us evaluate the climate of the organization, they also serve as beacons bringing us back to the path of professional conduct
The Core Values allow us to transform a climate of corrosion into a climate of ethical commitment
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20. Review
Leadership is the art of influencing and directing people to accomplish the mission
The Air Force’s concept of leadership has two elements: the mission and the people who must carry out the mission
The Air Force Core Values are integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do
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21. Review
These values support the mission of individual teams and the entire Air Force
Integrity first is the willingness to do what is right even when no one is looking
Service before self tells us that a leader’s duties take precedence over personal desires
Excellence in all we do directs you to develop a passion for improvement and innovation to help you and your organization accomplish and perform
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22. Review Four reasons to recognize the Air Force Core Values:
to support personal integrity
to support the profession of arms
to support the ethical climate of the organization
to support professional conduct
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23. Summary What are the basic elements of leadership?
What are the Air Force Core Values?
What are reasons for recognizing the Core Values?
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24. Next Done— leadership factors Next— leadership traits
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