LINDA GREEN CHAI RMAN

American Legion AuxiliaryDepartment of Maryland, Inc.

L e a d e r s h i p

What is Leadership?

Inspiring and helping people to work toward a goal

Not necessarily “Taking Charge”Ways to Lead:

Setting an example for others to follow; What we do What we say

Introducing new ideas that help solve problems; “Thinking up” “Speaking up”

Helping to settle differences and disagreements by encouraging a spirit of cooperation

Leadership

What is Leadership?Why Should We Learn About Developing

Leadership Skills?Effective LeadersTips for Leading

Why Learn about developing Leadership Skills?

Everyone is not born a leader, BUT

Everyone can develop leadership skills, AND

Everyone can benefit from using them

Why Learn about developing Leadership Skills?

Whether appointed, elected, or assuming a leadership role, leadership skills can help to: Contribute:

to achieving group goals by focusing on everyone’s energy on the task at hand

Grow: professionally, as the skills can be applied in any line of

work Enjoy:

personal growth and satisfaction from knowing you are making a difference in the world around you

Effective Leaders Are Good Communicators

Success depends on the ability to communicate Communication (Teamwork) is the art of getting a message

across Forms of Communicating:

Written Information sent via letters about meetings, reports, emails, etc

Spoken Message transmitted by the speaker via phone calls, speeches & conversation

Unwritten & Unspoken Attitudes & opinions are formed based on communicators tone of voice, body

language and mannerisms Impartiality

Remain unbiased to issue at hand; not taking sides in a situation.

**Communication is the KEY in developing all other leadership skills because you cannot work effectively without communicating**