To Serve is to Lead    To Lead …. is to Serve  
       
      Learning Objectives:
            •   Enhance your ability to be an effective leader and work well with 
                Leaders by understanding critical leadership essentials
            •   Provide Leadership techniques and tactics to help you serve 
                others and make a difference for you, and colleagues at work and 
                in your network 
            •   Discover personal leadership style/traits that can work for you
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        THE INFLUENTIAL LEADER: 
        LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS
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      What is Leadership?
          "No one can whistle a symphony. It needs  someone to direct it; it takes a 
                              whole orchestra to play it."  …. H. E. Luccock
         At its core, Leadership is inspiring people to follow you; providing them
       the opportunity to maximize their efforts;  to achieve goals and objectives 
           Can Identify Leaders                                        Motivating people
                          who
         are examples for each                                         Influencing people
                 of these Roles
                                                                      Commanding people
          It is situational!!
                                                                       Guiding people
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  Leaders - Be Aware of Key Needs of Your Followers
                                                      Common 
                                                       Goals 
                       Constructive                                                Roles:
                           conflict                                                What is 
                         resolution                                                needed
             Respect for                               What                               Involvement 
             differences                               Teams                                   of all 
                                                        Need                                members 
                    Mutual Trust                                                  Maintenance 
                                                                                      of Self-
                                                                                     esteem 
                                                     Decision-
                                                      making 
                                                      ability 
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      What Makes a Good Leader?  Surveys say…. 
      Qualities that U.S. workers consider necessary for being a good Leader (in 
      order of importance), according to a recent Yahoo! survey:
      1. Communication/listening skills
      2. Effective leadership skills
      3. Trust in their team members to do their jobs well; 
            Holding others accountable.
      4. Flexibility and understanding
      5. Coaching and working collaboratively
      6. Intelligence
      7. Teamwork skills
      8. Even temperament
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