Leadership Techniques and Supervision

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Leadership Techniques and Supervision

• By
• Jennifer Hill
• Chad Karsnia
• Ryan Trautsch

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Definition of Leadership
Leadership empowers, motivates, and organizes
people to achieve a common objective, and
provides moral guidance. It is a service to the
people and a vision for the future.
One of the basic functions of leadership is to
unite people bring people together to achieve
common objectives.
-Charles Barron
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Approach to Leadership

• Trait
• Style
• Situational
• Functional

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Styles of Leadership

• Autocratic
• Democratic
• Laissez-faire

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Ten Techniques for Effective Practice Leadership

• Manage by objectives
• Delegate
• Make work meaningful
• Set decision procedures
• Build a team
• Assess/change leadership style
• Improve communication
• Manage time
• Solve problems
• Appraise performance

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Definition of Supervision
Management by overseeing the performance or
operation of a person or group.
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Three Types of Supervision
General Transitional Specific
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Functions of a Supervisor

• To manage participant behaviors
• To render emergency care
• To enforce rules equitably
• To be alert to dangerous conditions
• To maintain responsibilities for participants off
  the premises.

Jordan 1999 P. 385
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The Front Line
Helpful Hints for Effective Leadership

• Involve participants in decision making
• Ask questions that will require more than a
  yes/no response
• Never ask a question for which you are not
  prepared to answer
• If outdoors, let the group face the leader the
  leader faces the sun

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The Front Line Continued...

• Never wear sunglasses (unless for safety)
• Be flexible
• Always end an activity while the participants are
  having fun
• Safety should never be compromised, nor negotiated

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The Front Line continued

• End an activity on a positive note
• Always love the person, dislike the behavior
• Provide structured choices
• Power is like love, the more given away, the more
  one has
• Do not treat children like miniature adults
• Be aware of your surroundings, arrange
  participants to minimize outside detractions

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The Front Line continued

• All children need to run, jump, and scream--let
  them
• Always be honest with children (and others)
• Adult logic and reasoning does not always make
  sense to a child
• Participants will be excited about things leaders
  are excited about
• Remind yourself (and other adults) to PLAY every
  once in a while

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Resources
Fujishin, Randy, The Leader Within, Acada Books
1997. Jordan, Debra J., Leadership in Leisure
Services Making a Difference, Venture
Publishing, Inc. 1999. Porteous, Brian James,
Ten Techniques for Effective Practice
Leadership,www.ChiroWeb.com/archives/09/23/03htm
l www.dictionary.com
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The End