AS300 Leadership Studies INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP Thinking

1
AS300 Leadership Studies

• INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP

2
Thinking about Leadership

• Student definitions?
• Common concepts or themes?
• How did you come up with your definitions?

3
Overview

• Leadership Basics
• Course Definition
• Leadership is both an art science
• Leadership vs Management
• Model Interactional Framework for Analyzing
  Leadership
• Course Overview

4
Leadership Basics

• Definition
• Leadership is the art and science
• of influencing and directing people
• to accomplish the mission.
• Fundamental elements of leadership
• People
• Mission
• Leadership as an ART
• Leadership as a SCIENCE

5
Leadership as a Science

• Myth 1 Leaders are born, not made.
• Truth Innate factors interact with
  experience
• Myth 2 Good leadership is all common sense.
• Truth What seems obvious after you know
  the results and what you wouldve predicted are
  not the same thing. Hindsight is always 20/20.
• Myth 3 The only school you learn leadership
  from is the School of Hard Knocks.
• Truth Formal study provides a variety of
  ways of examining a leadership situation.
  Examining leadership from multiple perspectives
  is a skill in becoming a better leader.

6
Leadership vs Management

• LEADERSHIP
• Risk taking
• Dynamic
• Creative
• Change
• Visionary
• Value laden

• MANAGEMENT
• Efficiency
• Planning
• Paperwork
• Procedures
• Regulations
• Consistency

Two overlapping functionsalthough some functions
performed by leaders and managers may be unique,
there is an area of overlaporganizations need
both to be successful. (Hughes, Curphy,
Ginnett, 2002)
7
Interactional Framework for Analyzing Leadership
Leader
Followers
Situation

• Leadership is a process, not a person or position
• Leadershipa complex interaction not easy to
  make broad generalizations about leadership
• Useful heuristic to analyze situations
• Use heuristic to organize leadership theories and
  research

8
Course Overview

• Leadership Overview
• Leadership basics, AF Leadership, the
  Profession of Arms
• Basic Skills in Leadership
• Self assessment, effective communication
  skills, critical thinking, problem solving,
  management skills, follower role, team building,
  motivation, managing conflict, choosing best
  behaviors for given situations)
• Military Relationships
• Civilians, professional/unprofessional, case
  study
• Advanced Skills in Leadership
• Power influence, effective supervision,
  counseling, authority, responsibility,
  accountability
• Ethics in Leadership
• Applying core values, ethics, law, joint
  ethics, supervision, putting it all together
  (capstone case study)

9
Summary

• Leadership Basics
• Course Definition
• Leadership is both an art science
• Leadership vs Management
• Model Interactional Framework for Analyzing
  Leadership
• Course Overview

10
Freedom to do your best means nothing unless
youre willing to do your best.

• Colin Powell

11
Any Questions?

• Introduction to Leadership and AS300 Course