Agenda

• 4 corners- Which best defines leadership for you?

• Which of these people are leaders?

• Leadership Traits- (groups)

• ‘Awesome Top Ten’

What is a Leader Anyway?

• -leader vs. famous person

• -Positive role modelling vs. negative role modelling

Group Work:

• In groups, create a mind map that includes as many leadership qualities as your group can think of. (8 mins)

• Each group should be prepared to present their top 3 qualities and put them on the board

• As a class, we will formulate our own Leadership Top Ten! (use worksheet)

Qualities of a LEADER• Adaptable• Asks questions• Assertive• Balance• Building trust• Clear goal or vision• Community• Honest• Influential• Initiative• Inspiring

• Realistic• Reliable• Respect• Respect for Authority• Responsible• Role Model• Selflessness

• Sets goals

• Integrity• Interpersonal Skills

The Visionary:“Option and Possibility”

• Approaches to work/leadership style:

 • Visionary who sees ‘the big picture’• Very idea oriented, focus on future thought• Insight into mission and purpose• Looks for overarching themes and ideas• Likes to experiment and explore• Strong spiritual awareness – attune to higher level

The Healer- “Right, Fair”

• Approaches to work or leadership style:•  Allows others to feel important in determining direction• Value driven • Uses relationships to accomplish task• Feeling-based, trust own emotion/intuition, intuition

regarded as “truth”• Team player, receptive to others’ ideas, build on ideas of

others• Non-competitive

Warrior- “ I can Do It, Do it Now”• Approaches to work or leadership style:• Active and decisive• Likes to be in control

• Quick to act, expresses sense of urgency for others to act now

• Enjoys challenges• Thinks in terms of the “bottom line”• Courageous- Perseveres, not stopped by hearing no

• Likes variety, novelty, new projects

The Teacher- “Objective”• Approaches to work/leadership style:•  Seen as practical, dependable and thorough in task

situations

• Helps others by providing planning and resources• Follows procedures and guidelines• Uses logic to make decisions• Weighs all sides of an issue• Careful, thoroughly examines people’s needs in

situations

• Skilled at finding fatal flaws in an idea or project

GROUP TASKS:

• Task #1: In your group, create a short skit that illustrates how your style of leader might behave.

• Task #2: On the chart paper provided, brainstorm the strengths and weaknesses that your style of leader might have-

• Hint: think about how they might work (or not) in groups!

The Situations where Teachers work Best and Not so well!

Weaknesses• Get caught up in details and

unnecessary information• May resist change• May seem overcritical at times

Strengths

•Weighs all sides of issues

•Skilled at finding flaws in logic

Healer- • STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

Visionary

• Strengths • Weaknesses

Warrior• Strengths Weaknesses

Falling Mountain: Scenario• “Your hiking group has been trying o reach the

top of the mountain. Finally they reach the very top and celebrate by taking a picture. Just as the picture is taken, the sides of the mountain begin to slide away, making the standing area small for the group. Help is on the way, but the group must keep everyone on the top of the mountain as the area becomes smaller”.

Solve the Mystery!• Debriefing:

• 1) As a group identify:– What would you do differently next time in

order to:• increase productivity• Increase the quality of work• Increase the sense of group consensus.

• 2) Observer: provide feedback on the notes taken during the activity