WHAT MAKES A LEADER?
INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP
SKILLS FOR CREWS (ILSC)
Leading Self
Leading Others
Leading Crews
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision
Learning Objectives:
Explain the role vision plays
Characteristics of good vision statement
Relate vision/leadership to Oath/Law
Contribute to crew vision statement
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision
Vision Statement
One clear sentence
Excitement/motivation for future
Clear Statement
Habitat For Humanity
Special Olympics
Google
BSA
Starbucks
Toys R Us
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision
Vision Focuses
Vision Inspires
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision
BSA VISION:
“To prepare every eligible youth in America to
become a responsible, participating citizen
and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath
and Law”
LEADING SELF Creating A Vision
Summary
LEADING SELF Goal Setting
“Setting goals is the first step in
turning the invisible into the visible”.
Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
“If you don’t know where you are
going, you’ll end up someplace else.”
Yogi Berra, MLB player and manager
LEADING SELF Goal Setting
LEADING SELF Goal Setting
Guidelines for writing goals
SMART goals
LEADING SELF Goal Setting
Activity
Summary
LEADING OTHERS Communications
“The single biggest problem in communications is
the allusion that is has taken place.”
George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
Learning Objectives
Importance of communication in leadership
Practice group problem solving skills
Great appreciation for nonverbal
communication
LEADING OTHERS Communications
Activity
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making
Decision Making Process Steps
Identify the problem
Brainstorm solutions
Evaluate the solutions
Make a decision
Make a plan
Implement the plan
Get feedback & be flexible
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making
Step 1: Identify The Problem
Is there a problem?
What exactly is the problem?
Why should it be solved?
Who is affected?
Is there a time deadline?
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making
Step 2: Brainstorm Solutions
Group Brainstorming Ideas
One person scribes
Post it notes
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making
Step 3: Evaluate the solutions
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making
Step 4: Make a decision
LEADING OTHERS Planning
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”
Benjamin Franklin
Learning Objectives
7 step process
Why essential to leadership?
Appreciate planned activity
Plan an activity
LEADING OTHERS Group Decision Making
Review:
Identify the problem
Brainstorm solutions
Evaluate the solutions
Make a decision
Make a plan
Implement the plan
Get feedback & be flexible
LEADING CREWS
Activity
LEADING CREWS Delegating
“The best executive is the one who
has the sense enough to pick good
men to do what he wants done, and
self-restraint to keep from meddling
with them while they do it”.
Theodore Roosevelt
LEADING CREWS Delegating
Learning Objectives:
Explain the need for delegation
Identify why leaders don’t delegate
Describe effective delegation
LEADING CREWS Delegating
Why Should We Delegate?
LEADING CREWS Delegating
Why Don’t We Delegate?
LEADING CREWS How To Delegate
Delegated Tasks Must Be
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-based
LEADING CREWS Team Development
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together
is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford
Learning Objectives:
Stages of team development
Leadership style for team development
Describe regression in team development
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Activity
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Forming
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Storming
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Norming
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Performing
LEADING CREWS Team Development
The Leading Edge
LEADING CREWS Team Development
TEAM STAGE DEVELOPMENT
PHASES
LEADERSHIP
BEHAVIOR
Forming
Explaining
Storming
Norming
Performing
High enthusiasm, low
skills
Low enthusiasm, low
skills
Rising enthusiasm,
growing skills
High enthusiasm, high
skills
Demonstrating
Guiding
Enabling
LEADING CREWS Team Development
Regression
Summary
CLOSING
Learning Objectives
Purpose of learning leadership skills
Apply skills to improve crew