Leadership PrinciplesLeadership Principles

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OverviewOverview

• What are the key principles of leadership?What are the key principles of leadership?

• What is the importance of knowing What is the importance of knowing yourself and your role?yourself and your role?

• What is the importance of setting the What is the importance of setting the example?example?

• What is the importance of caring for your What is the importance of caring for your people?people?

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• How can you communicate, educate, How can you communicate, educate, equip, and motivate?equip, and motivate?

• What is the importance of accepting your What is the importance of accepting your responsibility?responsibility?

• What is the importance of developing What is the importance of developing teamwork?teamwork?

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Quick WriteQuick Write

Read an American Biography or Read an American Biography or Americans in Action article from an Americans in Action article from an

earlier lesson in the textbook. earlier lesson in the textbook.

Then write a list of words that indicate that Then write a list of words that indicate that person’s leadership qualities. person’s leadership qualities.

How did the person’s actions reflect his or How did the person’s actions reflect his or her leadership qualities? her leadership qualities?

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Key Principles of LeadershipKey Principles of Leadership

• Ideas about leadership have changed Ideas about leadership have changed • Many businesses used to have a “top-down” Many businesses used to have a “top-down”

management structuremanagement structure• But by the mid-1980s, boundaries between the But by the mid-1980s, boundaries between the

top and the bottom had become less distincttop and the bottom had become less distinct• Leadership became a shared responsibilityLeadership became a shared responsibility

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Key Principles of LeadershipKey Principles of Leadership

• Part of your job as a future leader is to Part of your job as a future leader is to understand leadership theories and styles understand leadership theories and styles

• By demonstrating strong values, building By demonstrating strong values, building trust, focusing on results, and motivating, trust, focusing on results, and motivating, you will influence your team members you will influence your team members

• In so doing, you will help them adapt to the In so doing, you will help them adapt to the challenge of service in an ever-changing challenge of service in an ever-changing world world

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Key Principles of LeadershipKey Principles of Leadership

• To help its men and women understand the To help its men and women understand the behaviors expected of its leaders, the Air behaviors expected of its leaders, the Air Force has adopted a set of leadership Force has adopted a set of leadership principlesprinciples

• A A leadership principleleadership principle is a rule or guide that is a rule or guide that has been tested and proven over the years by has been tested and proven over the years by successful leaderssuccessful leaders

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Leadership Principles Leadership Principles

• Know yourself and your roleKnow yourself and your role• Set the exampleSet the example• Care for your peopleCare for your people• Communicate, educate, Communicate, educate,

equip, and motivateequip, and motivate• Accept your responsibilityAccept your responsibility• Develop teamworkDevelop teamwork

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Knowing Yourself and Your RoleKnowing Yourself and Your Role

• To be a successful leader, you must To be a successful leader, you must recognize your strengths or abilities, as recognize your strengths or abilities, as well as your limitations well as your limitations

• You must then build on your strengths You must then build on your strengths and try to overcome your weaknessesand try to overcome your weaknesses

• As a leader, you must understand your As a leader, you must understand your own roleown role

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Knowing Yourself and Your RoleKnowing Yourself and Your Role

• You must also understand You must also understand how your team contributes how your team contributes to the overall mission of the to the overall mission of the organizationorganization

• Finally, you must make sure Finally, you must make sure that each team member that each team member understands how his or her understands how his or her role relates to the missionrole relates to the mission

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Setting the ExampleSetting the Example

• Setting an example means giving Setting an example means giving people a strong model to imitatepeople a strong model to imitate

• As a leader, you must set the As a leader, you must set the standard for your team by your standard for your team by your actions as well as your words actions as well as your words

• If you are arrogant or domineering, If you are arrogant or domineering, you will command little respect you will command little respect

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Setting the ExampleSetting the Example

• Self-control is also essential—a leader Self-control is also essential—a leader who cannot control himself or herself who cannot control himself or herself cannot control otherscannot control others

• Lack of self-discipline in a leader Lack of self-discipline in a leader destroys the team’s unity and its ability destroys the team’s unity and its ability to performto perform

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Caring for Your PeopleCaring for Your People

• Caring for people means putting others’ needs Caring for people means putting others’ needs before your own before your own

• To take care of people, you must know them well To take care of people, you must know them well and be sensitive to their needs and be sensitive to their needs

• If people are worried about their personal lives or If people are worried about their personal lives or other issues, they cannot focus fully on the taskother issues, they cannot focus fully on the task

• Then the mission suffers Then the mission suffers

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Caring for Your PeopleCaring for Your People

• If your people believe you If your people believe you care for them, you will earn care for them, you will earn their confidence, respect, their confidence, respect, and loyaltyand loyalty

• Caring for your people Caring for your people involves establishing clear involves establishing clear lines of communication lines of communication between you and them between you and them

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Caring for Your PeopleCaring for Your People

• The bottom line about caring for your The bottom line about caring for your people is this: people is this:

– People who feel cared for are people who People who feel cared for are people who become self-motivatedbecome self-motivated

– Self-motivated people can accomplish the Self-motivated people can accomplish the impossible impossible

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CommunicateCommunicate

• Communication and information should Communication and information should flow continuously throughout the flow continuously throughout the organizationorganization

• Successful leaders listen to their peopleSuccessful leaders listen to their people

• Providing feedback is also essential Providing feedback is also essential

• As a leader, it’s your job to keep all As a leader, it’s your job to keep all communication channels open communication channels open

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EducateEducate

• People need training to do their jobs wellPeople need training to do their jobs well• Professional military education, technical Professional military education, technical

training, and on-the-job training are the training, and on-the-job training are the formal means by which Air Force formal means by which Air Force personnel receive trainingpersonnel receive training

• Informal training, practice, and personal Informal training, practice, and personal experience at the unit level reinforce experience at the unit level reinforce formal trainingformal training

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EquipEquip

• Part of your responsibility as a leader is to Part of your responsibility as a leader is to make sure your team has the equipment it make sure your team has the equipment it needs to do its job needs to do its job

• The leader’s responsibilities include The leader’s responsibilities include identifying needs, securing funds, and identifying needs, securing funds, and obtaining the necessary supplies, tools, obtaining the necessary supplies, tools, and equipment to accomplish the mission and equipment to accomplish the mission

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MotivateMotivate

• A leader’s greatest A leader’s greatest challenge is to motivate challenge is to motivate team members to achieve team members to achieve the high standards set for the high standards set for themthem

• The ability to generate The ability to generate enthusiasm about the enthusiasm about the mission may be the single mission may be the single most important factor in most important factor in leadershipleadership

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MotivateMotivate

• To motivate people, a leader must To motivate people, a leader must understand their needs and align these understand their needs and align these needs with the unit’s requirements needs with the unit’s requirements

• Recognition is one of the most powerful Recognition is one of the most powerful motivational forces motivational forces

• One of your goals as a leader should be to One of your goals as a leader should be to provide an environment that fosters and provide an environment that fosters and rewards self-motivation rewards self-motivation

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Accepting Your ResponsibilityAccepting Your Responsibility

• Gen Curtis LeMay once said “If I Gen Curtis LeMay once said “If I had to come up with one word to had to come up with one word to define leadership, I would say define leadership, I would say ‘‘responsibilityresponsibility.’”.’”

• As a leader, you are responsible As a leader, you are responsible for ensuring that your team for ensuring that your team accomplishes its mission accomplishes its mission

• If you fail, you are accountable If you fail, you are accountable for the consequencesfor the consequences

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Gen Curtis LeMay

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Accepting Your ResponsibilityAccepting Your Responsibility

• If you are not willing to accept If you are not willing to accept responsibility for failure, you will lose responsibility for failure, you will lose your credibility and respectyour credibility and respect

• Accountability requires disciplineAccountability requires discipline• Just as a leader should reward a job well Just as a leader should reward a job well

done, he or she must discipline those done, he or she must discipline those who fail to meet their responsibilities who fail to meet their responsibilities or standards or standards

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Developing TeamworkDeveloping Teamwork

• The leader’s job is to mold a collection of The leader’s job is to mold a collection of individuals into a cohesive team individuals into a cohesive team

• CohesionCohesion is the ability of a team to stick is the ability of a team to stick together when it works toward its together when it works toward its objective objective

• As the leader, you should know how the As the leader, you should know how the various roles of individual team members various roles of individual team members fit together fit together

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Developing TeamworkDeveloping Teamwork

• You should create and maintain an atmosphere You should create and maintain an atmosphere of teamwork and cooperation to meet mission of teamwork and cooperation to meet mission demandsdemands

• CooperationCooperation is the ability of team members to is the ability of team members to work together to accomplish the team goalwork together to accomplish the team goal

• Teamwork comes when people are willing to Teamwork comes when people are willing to put the team’s mission before all elseput the team’s mission before all else

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ReviewReview

• A A leadership principleleadership principle is a rule or guide that is a rule or guide that has been tested and proven over the years by has been tested and proven over the years by successful leaderssuccessful leaders

• Leadership Principles:Leadership Principles:– Know yourself and your roleKnow yourself and your role– Set the exampleSet the example– Care for your peopleCare for your people– Communicate, educate, equip, and motivateCommunicate, educate, equip, and motivate– Accept your responsibilityAccept your responsibility– Develop teamworkDevelop teamwork

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ReviewReview

• As a leader, you must understand your own As a leader, you must understand your own rolerole

• Setting an example means giving people a Setting an example means giving people a strong model to imitatestrong model to imitate

• Caring for people means putting others’ Caring for people means putting others’ needs before your ownneeds before your own

• Successful leaders listen to their peopleSuccessful leaders listen to their people

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ReviewReview

• People need training to do their jobs wellPeople need training to do their jobs well

• Part of your responsibility as a leader is to Part of your responsibility as a leader is to make sure your team has the equipment it make sure your team has the equipment it needs to do its jobneeds to do its job

• A leader’s greatest challenge is to motivate A leader’s greatest challenge is to motivate team members to achieve the high standards team members to achieve the high standards set for themset for them

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ReviewReview

• As a leader, you are responsible for ensuring As a leader, you are responsible for ensuring that your team accomplishes its mission that your team accomplishes its mission

• If you fail, you are accountable for the If you fail, you are accountable for the consequencesconsequences

• The leader’s job is to mold a collection of The leader’s job is to mold a collection of individuals into a cohesive teamindividuals into a cohesive team

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SummarySummary

• What are the key principles of leadership?What are the key principles of leadership?

• What is the importance of knowing What is the importance of knowing yourself and your role?yourself and your role?

• What is the importance of setting the What is the importance of setting the example?example?

• What is the importance of caring for your What is the importance of caring for your people?people?

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SummarySummary

• How can you communicate, educate, How can you communicate, educate, equip, and motivate?equip, and motivate?

• What is the importance of accepting your What is the importance of accepting your responsibility?responsibility?

• What is the importance of developing What is the importance of developing teamwork?teamwork?

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• Done—leadership principlesDone—leadership principles

• Next—leadership style and mission Next—leadership style and mission demandsdemands

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