Meeting

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Meeting 1

• Freshmen Spring

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Leadership Series- 1st Year

• Foundational Leadership- Part I
• Introduction /
• Character

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Band of Brothers

• We are going to utilize the Band of Brothers
  series in throughout leadership discussions.
• Band of Brothers is a true story based on WWII
  D-Day Invasion
• We will look at different styles of leadership
• Sobel / Winters / Nix

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Purpose of series

• To challenge you to think about the leadership
  and its importance in your life
• Without vision the people will perish Proverbs
• To give you tangible leadership skills
• Leaders are not born, they are made Vince
  Lombardi

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The 4 Year Plan

• Foundational Leadership- 1st Year
• Introduction / Character (Week 1)
• Commitment and Discipline (Week 2)
• Courage (Week 3)
• Confidence (Week 4)
• Selflessness (Week 5)

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The 4 Year Plan

• Leadership Skills- 2nd Year
• Vision Casting (Week 1)
• Team Building (Week 2)
• Relational Development (Week 3)

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The 4 Year Plan

• Servant Leadership 3rd Year
• What is leadership
• Where are you as a leader and where do you want
  to go?
• Why is leadership necessary?
• How do you lead?
• The cost of leadership

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The 4 Year Plan

• Family Leadership 4th Year
• Paying forward
• Practical leadership in the home
• Practical leadership in the home- Part II
• Obstacles for men as leaders in the home

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What is leadership

• Leadership- One word definition
• INFLUENCE
• If you think you are leading and no one is
  following you are just walking

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LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE

• The prominent leader of any group is quite easily
  discovered. Just observe the people as they
  gather. If an issue is to be decided, who is the
  person whose opinion seems most valuable? Who is
  the one others watch the most when the issue is
  being discussed? Who is the one that people
  quickly agree? Who is the one that others follow?
  Answer to these questions will help you discern
  who the real leader is in a particular group
• -MAXWELL

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LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE

• You may be wondering whether or not you are a
  leader- the answer is YES. Everyone has influence
  with someone. We are all leaders in some areas
  and being led in others
• As we go through the next four years of
  developing our leadership ability, remember we
  are talking about our ability to have influence
  on other people.

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The Foundation of Leadership is CHARACTER

• Before we dive into the how to of leadership we
  need to build a solid foundation for leadership.
  In most material written on leadership, character
  is what good leadership is built on. I wish
  someone would have set me down my freshman year
  in college if not earlier and said Do you want
  to be successful? Do you want to be a leader?
  Well, if you do then you need to develop these
  characteristics.

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Character defined

• What you do when no one is watching.

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CHARACTER

• Be more concerned with your character than your
  reputation, because character is what you really
  are, while your reputation is merely what others
  think you are.
• Winning takes talent, to repeat takes
  character.
• Ability may get you to the top, but it takes
  character to keep you there.
• John Wooden

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CHARACTER

• Leadership is who you are more than what you say.
• Leadership is more judgment than knowledge, more
  art than science, more human relations than
  savvy. This is why it cannot be learned a formula
  or conferred like a title. - Neuschel

Sobel Judgment or Knowledge?
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CHARACTER

• The leader needs unswerving strength of
  character. The choices will be difficult. The
  temptations many. Making the right decisions will
  not be so much intellectual as demanding of ones
  character and judgment. Neuschel

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CHARACTER

• Every message that people receive is filtered
  through the messenger who delivers it. If you
  consider the messenger to be credible, then you
  believe the message has value.
• Why have Sobels men turned on him?

How did Winter demonstrate his character?
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CHARACTER

• People Buy into the Leader, then the Vision.
• When I listen to a politician most of the time I
  am making decisions about the character of the
  person than I am what they are saying.

What at the end does Winters say to solidify his
plan with his men?
If Sobel is giving the same game plan- Is the
reaction the same?
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CHARACTER

• Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only
  capacity having capacity to lead is not enough.
  The leader must be willing to use it. His
  leadership then based on truth and character.
  There must be truth in the purpose and will power
  in the character.
• Vincent Lombardi

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CHARACTER

• I want to challenge you to think about and to try
  to build 6 essential characteristics of a great
  leader. If you can become these 6 qualities then
  your influence will be great and your foundation
  for leading people in every area of your life
  will be real and long lasting.

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Core Value of Character is Integrity

• Who are you really? When you are at school are
  you different than when you are at home? Are you
  different with women than you are men? Are you
  different in class than you are in your living
  unit? Are you different on a job interview than
  you are after having been on the job for a while?

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Integrity

• A leader is going to be found out. Whether you
  are in a public arena or among close friends, at
  some point your true person will be revealed.
• Enron
• Martha Stewart
• Decide who you are and be that person. Be
  consistent.

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Integrity

• It is never too late to be what you might have
  become. George Elliot
• Integrity will take a leader farther than any
  other single quality. John Maxwell

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The Guy in the Glass

• When you get what you want in your struggle for
  self,
• And the world makes you King for a day,
• Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,
• And see what the guy has to say.
• For it isnt your Father, Mother, or Wife
• Who judgment upon you must pass.
• The person whose verdict counts most in your life
• Is the guy staring back from the glass.

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The Guy in the Glass

• Hes the person to please, never mind the rest,
• For hes with you clear up to the end,
• And youve passed your most dangerous, difficult
  test
• If the guy in the glass is your friend.
• You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum,
• And think youre a wonderful guy,
• But the man in the glass says your only a bum
• If you cant look him straight in the eye.

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The Guy in the Glass

• You can fool the whole world down the pathway of
  years,
• And get pats on the back as you pass,
• But your final reward will be heartaches and
  tears
• If you cheated the guy in the glass.
• Dale Wimbrow

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Integrity

• There is no pillow as soft as a clear
  conscience.
• John Wooden

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Integrity Applications

• Taking tests
• Writing papers
• Other examples?

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Leadership

• What is your leadership style?
• Vocal leader?
• Lead by example?
• Are you leading by example or are just setting an
  example?
• Is your example influencing anyone?

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Review

• What is leadership?
• Leadership is influence
• What is the foundation of leadership?
• Character
• Define Character
• What you do when no one else is looking
• What is the core value of character?
• Integrity