1. Introduction to Leadership Development
APAMSA Leadership Development Module

2. What is "Leadership"? Leadership has been defined in terms of...
behaviors
influence
relationships
communication
trust
integrity
confidence
expertise
management
power
authority
entitlement

3. Leadership Definitions
Leadership is…
“the process of influencing the activities of an organized group toward goal achievement.” Rauch & Behling,Leaders and mangers: International perspectives on managerial behavior and leadership (New York: Pergamon Press,1984 p. 46)
“about articulating visions, embodying values, and creating the environment within which things can be accomplished.” Richards & Engle, Transforming leadership (Virginia: Miles River Press, 1986, p. 206)
“a process of giving purpose (meaningful direction) to collective effort, and causing willing effort to be expended to achieve purpose.” Jacobs & Jaques, Measures of leadership, (New Jersey: Leadership Library of America, 1990, p.281)

4. Leadership Development
Relevant Competencies
Relevant competencies involve a cluster of leadership skills and complementary traits
Utilize these competencies to help guide your leadership development
Engage in community outreach opportunities as a means to exercise these competencies
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p )

5. Leadership Development
Leadership Challenge (1)
Relevant Competencies
Assume an active leadership role in the production of a community health project (You do not have to be an officer to be a leader)
Identify one of the following competencies that you anticipate will be the most challenging to develop

6. Leadership Development
Relevant Competencies
Maintain self-awareness
Develop relevant skills
Recognize that a strength can become a weakness
Compensate for weakness
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p )

7. Leadership Development
Relevant Competencies
Maintain Self-Awareness
Become aware of your emotions and motives when under stress or in a crisis, in what ways do they direct your behavior?
How does your behavior affect others?
Ask for feedback about your behavior and how it affects others
Build on your strengths, and try to compensate or correct for your weaknesses
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p )

8. Leadership Development
Relevant Competencies
Develop Relevant Skills
Commit to life-long learning and active self-development
Understand and develop effective leadership traits and skills
Doing is learning: Actively seek leadership opportunities to demonstrate/develop leadership traits and skills
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p )

9. Leadership Development
Relevant Competencies
Recognize That A Strength Can Become A Weakness
A strength in one situation can become a weakness in another situation, one must adapt to every situation
Any strength taken to the extreme can become a weakness, even when the situation has not changed
Confidence becomes arrogance, innovation becomes recklessness, decisiveness becomes rashness, open-mindedness becomes lack of focus
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p )

10. Leadership Development
Relevant Competencies
Compensate For Weaknesses
Recruit team members who have strengths that complement your weaknesses
Delegate work according to the strengths of each team member
Sometimes, a committee of varied expertise can better manage a task than one skilled individual
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p )

11. Leadership Development
Summary
Relevant Competencies
Developing these competencies requires a cluster of leadership skills and complementary traits
Leadership skills and traits are acquired and developed through practice and experience
Seek to exercise these competencies in the production of community engagement projects

12. Leadership Development
Next Topic…
Leadership Traits & Skills
Our next module reviews the traits and skills characteristic of effective leadership

13. Leadership Development
Resources
G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p
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