National Representative2012 – 2013

Building for Success: Leadership Styles

Building for Success:

Leadership Styles

By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

• Define the term leadership• Define the three main styles of leadership common to the

PTA• Keep PTA volunteers engaged and motivated• Build a successful team

Welcome to the

PTA Zoo!

What animal do you think best represents leadership qualities? Why?

What is leadership?

Defining Leadership

• The art of inspiring people to do something

• Situational• Transforms potential into reality

Styles

Leadership Styles

• Authoritative• Democratic• Hands-Off

Authoritative Leadership Style

• Makes the decisions and announces them

• Tells others what to do• Limits discussion on ideas and new ways

of doing things• Teamwork and camaraderie is absent

Democratic Leadership Style

• Presents alternatives; group chooses or creates their own alternative

• Involves members in planning and implementation

• Asks for input before assigning• Greater participation promotes sense of

teamwork

Hands-Off Leadership Style

• Group defines boundaries and makes decisions

• Leader gives little or no direction• Leader gives opinion only when asked• No one person seems to be in charge

Leadership Qualities

Participant Activity

Essential? Important? Optional? • Vision• Focuses on

Priorities• Listens• Delegates• Inspires• Decisive

• Seeks Input• Checks for

Agreement• Clarity• Mentor• (fill in the blank)

Motivating Volunteers!

3 Types of Volunteers

• Self-serving• Relational• Belief-centered

Practical Ways to Engage and Motivate Volunteers

Provide Meaningful Tasks

• Tell volunteers how their work contributes to the overall success of PTA, children, project

• Link volunteer participation to the broader mission of PTA

• Create positions that tackle diverse tasks• Don’t assign tasks that are unorganized or

waste time

Show Volunteers Respect

• Don’t ask a volunteer to do something he or she cannot handle

• Give clear directions and necessary tools, and be available to answer questions

• Seek volunteer input, listen to advice and recommendations

Support Personal Skill Enhancement

• Help volunteers acquire new skills and relate them to professional life. Build resumes

• Provide opportunities for leadership development and advancement

Recognize Volunteers

• Appreciate every volunteer regardless of task

• Show appreciation often• Individualize recognition by making it

specific and meaningful to each volunteer

Questions?

(800) 307-4PTA (4782)info@pta.org

PTA.org

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