Introduction to Leadership and Personal Development

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Introduction to Leadership and Personal
Development
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What is Leadership?

• Leadership is the ability to move or influence
  others toward achieving individual or group
  goals.
• It is learned behavior than anyone can improve by
  study and application.
• Every member of a group participated in
  leadership when they contribute an idea.
• There is no limit to the number of leaders in a
  group.

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What is Leadership?

• Given the opportunity for feedback and practice,
  those with a desire and persistence to lead can
  substantially improve their abilities to do so.
• Leadership comes in many personality types.
• Leadership has a purpose and a goal, leaders help
  others arrive at a better understanding of
  themselves, others, and issues at hand.

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What is leadership?

• There can be no leadership without someone
  willing to lead.
• The relationship is only successful if people are
  willing to follow.
• Leadership is a group effort.
• Leadership is an action, the leader helps others
  develop their own skills and share knowledge with
  others.

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Myths About Leadership

• There is little knowledge about leadership.
• All leaders are born with unique qualities.
• Leaders make all of the groups decisions.
• All leaders are popular, charismatic individuals.
• To lead requires election or appointment.
• Leadership is a rare skill.
• Leaders control, direct, and produce.
• Leadership exists only at the top of an
  organization.

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Famous Leadership Quotes

• Few men are born leaders. Leadership is
  achieved by ability, alertness, experience and
  keeping posted by willingness to accept
  responsibility a knack for getting along with
  people an open mind and a head that stays clear
  under stress.
• -E.F. Girard
• Even if you are on the right track, you will get
  run over if you just sit there.
• -Will Rogers

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More Leadership Quotes

• Gumption is that stuff on the end of a coon
  dogs nose that lets him know which tree the coon
  is in!
• -J.W. Fanning
• Leadership is the courage to admit mistakes, the
  vision to welcome change, the enthusiasm to stay
  out of step when everyone else is marching in the
  wrong direction.
• -Unknown

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Becoming a Good Leader

• To become a good leader
• Study the qualities of good leaders and learn
  from their mistakes.
• Analyze yourself, determine strengths and
  weaknesses. Set goals for improvement.
• Learn to take direction.
• Learn about how groups function.
• Make a personal leadership plan and stick to it.

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Personal Leadership

• Personal leadership is the self-confident ability
  to establish an exact direction for your own
  life, commit to move in that direction, and then
  act on what that goal demands.
• Success in personal leadership is determined by
  attitudes.
• Leaders know their strengths and have the
  persistence to accomplish their goals.

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Personal Leadership Plan

• Step 1 Develop a Vision and Focus Your Thinking.
  
• Vision is the ability to have a clear picture of
  your goals.
• Vision provides direction, motivation,
  enthusiasm, a sense of achievement, and
  fulfillment of ones purpose.
• Step 2 Set Goals.
• Key to accomplishment.
• Should have goals in the following areas
  physical, family, social, financial, educational,
  ethic, and career.

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Personal Leadership Plan

• Step 3 Develop Initiative.
• Initiative is taking action and getting started.
• There are 3 types of people in the world those
  who make things happen, those who ask whats
  happening, and those who asked what happened.
• Focus on the positive and reach for your goals.
• Step 4 Develop Self-Confidence.
• The only way to do this is to expose yourself to
  risk and press on through the challenges.

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Personal Leadership Plan

• Step 5 Develop Personal Responsibility.
• Must take responsibility for thoughts, actions,
  and feelings.
• Leaders understand that this quality is
  essential.
• Step 6 Develop a Healthy Self-Image.
• Mental picture of the person we think we are.
• We never rise above the picture we create for
  ourselves.

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Personal Leadership Plan

• Step 7 Develop Self-Organization.
• You must know what to do next in order to achieve
  and leadership goals.
• TIPS Write down everything, make a daily to-do
  list, and utilize time management skills.
• Step 8 Eliminate Procrastination.
• Develop constructive habits to replace
  procrastination.
• TIPS Admit that you procrastinate, learn more
  about it, choose a plan of action, carry out the
  plan (dont procrastinate with this!)

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Personal Leadership Plan

• Step 9 Study.
• Talking to successful people, researching,
  observing your own leadership habits.
• Step 10 Magnify Your Strengths.
• Identify your own strengths.
• Use talents to your advantage.