introduction to leadership development apamsa leadership development module

INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTAPAMSA Leadership Development Module

What is "Leadership"?

behaviors influence relationships communication trust integrity

confidence expertise management power authority entitlement

Leadership has been defined in terms of...

Leadership Definitions

“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)

Leadership is…

Leadership Development

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

Relevant Competencies

Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 189-210)



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

Leadership Challenge (1)


Maintain self-awareness Develop relevant skills Recognize that a strength can become a

weakness Compensate for weakness




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




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




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




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





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

Summary


Leadership Traits & Skills

Our next module reviews the traits and skills characteristic of effective leadership

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G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 189-210

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