WebQuest on Leadership

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WebQuest on Leadership

• Designed by
• Reynaldo Robles
• reynaldo.robles_at_harlingen.tstc.edu

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Introduction

• Are leaders born or made?
• How do we know that?
• Leadership is based on skills and traits

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What are skills?

• Skills are behaviors or acts people learn through
  education or experience
• Examples include
• Communication
• Cognitive Abilities
• Persuasiveness
• Knowledgeable about work

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What are Traits?

• Traits are unchanging characteristics of a person
• Examples include
• Assertive
• Persistent
• Self-Confident
• Dependable

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Personality Tests

• The internet provides numerous personality tests
  free of charge. While they are not perfect, the
  serve as a good gauge for identifying skills and
  traits

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Task

• Students will
• Complete an Internet based personality test
• Research the skills and traits of listed leaders
• Create a slideshow comparing and contrasting
  themselves to the leaders

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WebQuest Framework

• The WebQuest will contain the following
  components
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Task
• 3. Process
• 4. Resources
• 5. Evaluation
• 6. Conclusion

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Process

• How will you be able to build leadership?
• Step 1 Identify your own skills and traits
• Step 2 Identify skills and traits of recognized
  leaders
• Step 3 Compare and Contrast your skills and
  traits with those of the leaders chosen and
  create a slideshow displaying the results

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Resources

• Personality Test Websites
• Queendom.com
• Similarminds
• Click here for more resources

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Evaluation
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Conculsion

• Remember, leadership is a combination of skills
  and traits. Race, religion, or gender have
  nothing to do with being a better leader. It
  starts with you and ends with you.
• How do your skills measure up?
• So, can you say you were born or made a leader?

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