1. To Understand Leadership We Must First Understand the Individual

2. A complete organism is often thought of in terms of:
The Physical – Flesh, blood and bones (body)
Your physical wellbeing
The Spiritual – State of mind (soul)
Your mental health
The Emotional – How you are feeling (will)
The Mental – Intellect (mind)
Your knowledge base

3. Important to understand how complex the Individual Really is.
Must Concern Ourselves With the Whole Individual
Physical, Mental, Emotional & Spiritual
These should not be separated
“A sound mind is a sound body”

5. What Are We?
We have much to learn but we can accept the following truths:
We are all different from one another
We are all different from day to day
We act and react differently in different environments
We are all a product of what we have inherited and what we have acquired
Inherited from our ancestors
Acquired from the environment

6. Characteristics Typical to Humans

7. Mental Capacity At birth ⇒Inherited Key: How well this is developed
Ex. Middle Class North America vs. Nomadic Herder in North Africa
It is estimated that only 10% -12% of our mental capacity is developed in a lifetime: 75% of this by age “6”

8. Aptitude Health The ability to do skills well ⇒Inherited
Ex. Carpentry finish work, athletes, artists, musicians – often never developed because it is not identified and coached/taught.
Partially inherited: addictive personalities, immune deficiencies, inherited diseases
Partially environmental: diet, life style; what you eat, drink, inhale

9. Attitudes, Beliefs, Knowledge & Habits
⇒ Acquired
Within our power to change them
Others cannot change these but can influence us to change them:
Parents, church, media, peers, school, etc...
I love living life

10. Interests
⇒ Acquired - Often how our aptitudes show themselves can be changed or expanded upon all through life;
Some become hobbies,
Others can become a driving force in our lives

11. “You are the sum of your heredity and your environment”
Heredity – born with
Environment – gained after birth
Attitudes
Mental Capacity
Interests
U=H+E
Beliefs
Aptitudes
Knowledge
Health
Habits
“You are the sum of your heredity and your environment”

12. Maslow’s Hierarchies of Needs
“The Human Animal Is A Wanting Animal”

14. Physiological Needs The need to survive – basic animal instinct
Air, Water, Food, Rest, Shelter
Until these needs are met, to a reasonable degree, other needs are usually not important or possible so therefore are not motivators

15. Safety Needs Social Needs The need to feel secure
Protection against danger, threat and deprivation
It is possible to have a life
Chelsey
The need for association
The Need To Be:
Understood
Respected
Apart of something
Accepted as you are
“Man is a Joiner”

16. Self Fulfillment Needs
Egoistical Needs
Self Fulfillment Needs
Relates to Self-Esteem: To understand and respect me
Need to…
Achieve
Have status
Gain knowledge
Feel recognized
Directly related to reputation
The deserved respect of others
The need to realize ones own potential for continued self development
Ex. New knowledge & accomplishments
Discuss diagram on handout

17. Things to Remember Human needs are organized in order of importance
Our needs are not necessarily of our choosing
We are often unable to identify our own needs – particularly higher level needs
A satisfied need is not a motivator
Our actions are prompted by a desire to satisfy our needs

18. In planning activities or programs where we expect enthusiastic action from people, it is important that we cater to needs which are not already met. We must recognize that satisfaction of higher level needs produces the highest degree of motivation