1. LEADERSHIP
PART 1

2. What makes a good leader?
What is a leader?
What makes a good leader?

3. Who is a leader to you?
Born? or “made”?

4. What does a leader do?
Are you a leader?

5. Identify someone you believe is a leader
Write down all the reasons why you believe this person is a leader
Share with your group

6. Common characteristics of good leaders: Leadership Characteristics

7. Do you have any of those characteristics?
Yes- great- what ways can you develop them more???
No- how can you build some of these leadership skills?
(Mr. or Ms.) LEADER

8. LEADERSHIP
PART 2

9. So, in other words a leader has a lot of influence.

10. Influence but NOT control!!
So… how can you lead and influence but not control every aspect of employees, team, etc.?
Many leaders use a leadership style that works best for different situations and with different people.

11. Leadership Styles There are many ways to classify leaders.
3 traditional ways are:
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-Faire

12. Autocratic Tell others what to do (not why)
Assume others can’t make decisions, etc.
Can be bad when:
Working with people who want independence
Leader is narrow minded
Can be good when:
Working with new people who don’t know the ropes
Working with people who don’t care; lack passion
Working in emergency situations

13. Democratic Request input from others Looks for win/win situations
Has the best for the group in mind
Tends to “step back” and allows others to step up
Wants to help others grow
*Preferred by most

14. Laissez-faire When leader allows others to forge ahead
Leaders take a “guiding” role
Easily used when
Others are skilled, knowledgeable, creative, experienced and need little supervision.

15. Concluding Thoughts One More Thing
Who do you think you influence on a daily basis?
Society?
Family?
Friends?
Strangers?
One More Thing

16. ACTIVITY!!

17. In your group: How would you emerge as a leader in this situation?
Which leadership style would you consider this to be?