Leadership

What is leadership?

What are leadership traits?

What are some leadership behaviors?

What leaders are successful?

Some Definitions

…process of influencing group activities

…influencing, guiding in direction

…effective influence

…building cohesive and goal oriented teams

…persuading others to pursue a common goal

Leader, Administrator, Manager

What are the differences?

Can you be all three?

If you had a choice, which one would you choose?

Traits and Skills of Successful Leaders

Traits Adaptable to situations

Alert to social environments Achievement oriented Assertive Cooperative Decisive Energetic Persistent Competent

Skills Intelligent Conceptually skilled Creative Diplomatic, tactful Fluent in speaking Organized Persuasive Socially skilled

Administrative SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Problem Analysis JudgmentOrganizational abilityDecisive

LeadershipSensitivityStress tolerance

Communication SkillsOther Dimensions

Oral communicationWritten

communicationRange of InterestsPersonal motivationEducation value