1. Leadership Workshop (Workshop 1) Date: 24 June 2011 Office of Service-Learning,
Lingnan University

2. Agenda for today’s training
Covered Topics
What is Leadership?
Understanding yourself
10 Common Leadership Mistakes
Learning how to be more aware of your teammates
Leader and Service-Learning

3. What is Leadership?
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy
"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." - Ralph Nadar
"Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps." -David Lloyd George

4. What is Leadership? In Service-Learning Program:
Learning through serving also facilitates students’ lifelong commitment to SERVICE, RESEARCH and LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP: To lead service-learning programmes in the community and to be future leaders with ability in adaptability, brain power and creativity (ABC)

5. Understand yourself as a leader
6. Impact on yourself
5. Striking Balance
4. Learning how others think
3. Self-Reflection
2. Defining yourself (by others)
1. Defining yourself (by yourself)
Understand yourself as a leader
(John W. Gary and Angela Laird Pfeiffer, 1987)

6. Activity Time! ‘My potential’ Find a partner Round 1: Round 2: Switch
Person A introduces him/herself and shares service experience (2 min)
Person B gives feedback based on own observation (1 min): What are the leadership traits and skills that they demonstrate?
Self-reflection and Discussion Time (2 min): Do you agree/disagree with the feedback, and why? Anything to add?
Round 2: Switch

7. Leader’s Power Personal Power Sources
Expert Power: Knowledge and skills that enable you to understand a situation
Characteristic Power: This is sometimes thought of as charisma, charm, inspire lots of enthusiasm in their teams and are very energetic in driving others forward
Lead at full power!

8. 10 Common Leadership Mistakes
Lack of Feedback
Not Making Time for Your Team
Being Too "Hands-Off"
Being Too Friendly
Failing to Define Goals
Misunderstanding Motivation
Not clear enough of the division of labor
Not "Walking the talk"
Not Delegating
Misunderstanding Your Role

9. Style: Servant leadership (Robert Greenleaf,1970s)
Learning How to Be More Aware:
Leadership Styles
Style: Servant leadership (Robert Greenleaf,1970s)
Servant Leadership
Encourage, support
Democratic leadership
Collaboration, Trust, Empathy…
Understand the needs of the team
Servant leadership (Robert Greenleaf,1970s)
Associated with the participative management style
Meet the needs of the team
The highest priority of a servant leader is to encourage, support and enable subordinates to unfold their full potential and abilities.
A form of democratic leadership, because the whole team tends to be involved in decision making.
Emphasizes collaboration, trust, empathy, and the ethical use of power

10. Learning How to Be More Aware: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Emotional Intelligence: Daniel Goleman (1995)
Emotional leadership styles can affect your team's happiness.
Emotional Intelligence
Self-awareness
Motivation
Empathy
Self-regulation
Social Skills
(EI) is the ability to understand and manage both your own emotions, and those of the people around you. People with a high degree of emotional intelligence usually know what they're feeling, what this means, and how their emotions can affect other people.
Leaders must understand of how their emotions and actions affect the people around them.
Self-Awareness – People with high emotional intelligence are usually very self-aware. They know their strengths and weaknesses
Self-Regulation – This is the ability to control emotions. People who self-regulate typically don't allow themselves to become too angry or jealous, and they don't make impulsive, careless decisions. They think before they act.
Motivation –They're willing to defer immediate results for long-term success. They're highly productive, love a challenge, and are very effective in whatever they do.
Empathy - Empathy is the ability to identify with and understand the wants, needs, and viewpoints of those around you. People with empathy are good at recognizing the feelings of others. Excellent at managing relationships, listening, and relating to others and avoid stereotyping
Social Skills - excellent communicators, and are masters at building and maintaining relationships

11. Activity Time! ‘My Poker’ 16 students will be divided into two groups
Each of you will get one card which will be stick at your back
Line up in order (From Small ‘A’; to large ‘K’ and ♦, ♣, ♥, ♠)
Rule: No talking

12. Leader and Service-Learning: Giving Culture in a team
Give people a sense of importance
Give feedback, not criticism
Give people visibility
Give anonymously
Know when to forgive
Give encouragement
Give opportunity
Share your knowledge and experience
Give moral support
Try create this giving culture in this Summer Institute!

13. Leader and Service-Learning: Giving Culture
Good leaders help others shine and grow.

14. Friendly Reminders
Sense of humor: Optimism is the hidden asset

15. Friendly Reminders
Responsibility : Fulfilling your promises and not letting others down

16. Friendly Reminders
Communication: Understanding the special needs your teammates may have

17. Friendly Reminders
Flexibility: Be open to and ready for unexpected changes

18. Friendly Reminders
Proactiveness: Seek your own opportunities to learn and serve

19. Friendly Reminders
Open-mindedness: Appreciating differences and new perspectives from others

20. Cultural Sensitivity: Aware and accepting of other cultures

21. Friendly Reminders
Honesty: Don’t be afraid to share if you need help or have suggestions

22. Revision Time!

23. Practice the things that you learnt in this workshop!
Practice Time!
Group Discussion: Set the late rule
Rule:
For all of the Summer Institute participants (both Staff and Students)
No voting is allowed in the discussion
Speak out when they need help
No designated leader in the group
Practice the things that you learnt in this workshop!

24. Practice Time! Group Discussion: Set the late rule Discuss:
What will be our late policy?
What activities will it cover? (just scheduled activities or also group activities?)
How will we enforce the late policy?
Who will enforce it?

25. Our Late Policy Definition: past 10 min. = LATE 1ST Time: Forgiven
2nd Time: Chair Confession
3rd Time: Teach Something (5 min)
After the 3rd time: teach more…
Punishment takes place after the session.
We will NOT wait for the person who is late.

26. Reference List
Skills for Leaders / by John W. Gray and Angela Laird Pfeiffer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, [c1987] Leadership Skills Become an Exceptional Leader: Christian Leadership World Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University