Everyone wants to be a leader/ Along with you your nature ability to a leader, some guidance is necessary. This course will give you the ability to improve your leadership skills through, Holistic Communication, along with Maslow's Hierarchy Needs
7. Leadership Definition
Leadership is the ability to influence others, with or without authority.
All successful endeavors are the result of human effort; thus, the ability to
influence others is a derivation of
Interpersonal Communications
Conflict Management
Problem solving
8. Being Effective interpersonally
Interpersonal effectiveness is the capability of an individual to do this,
influence others, competently.
Leadership is a direct function of three elements of interpersonal effectiveness
Awareness
Ability
Commitment
9. The importance of being aware
Awareness is a state of consciousness.
It is the ability to recognize yourself, others, events and situations in real time.
It is the ability to assess the impact of actions on situations and others, and be
critically self-reflective.
It is a development process that is a function of experience, communication,
self discovery and feedback
10. Technical to Adaptive abilities
Ability to learn and understand technical issues is the basis of our careers.
Ability to lead is a function of influence:
Ability to communicate
Ability to resolve conflicts
Ability to solve problems and make decisions
As a member of a team, we influence others in a collaborative effort to find
better ideas or solve problems.
11. The importance of Commitment
For leaders, the “one thing” that leads to maturity is the fully aware
recognition that one’s decisions make a difference, both positively and
negatively, in the lives of others, and that any attempt to solve a problem
might have a decided negative impact on some, while helping others.
In no-win scenarios, one must still make a hard decision.
12. Guiding vision of leadership
Effective leaders know what they want to do, and have the strength of
character to pursue their objectives in the face of opposition and in spite
of failures. The effective leader establishes achievable goals.
13. Why Passion is important
Effective leaders believe passionately in their goals. They have a positive
outlook on who they are, and they love what they do. Their passion for life
is a guiding star for others to follow, because they radiate promise!
14. Integrity, Honesty, and Trust
Integrity: Because they know who they are, effective leaders are also aware
of their weaknesses. They only make promises they can follow through on.
Honesty: Leaders convey an aura of honesty in both their professional and
their personal lives.
Trust: Effective leaders earn the trust of their followers and act on behalf
of their followers.
Introduction of Anita Johnson and Wayne Curtis
Specifically, an overview of our backgrounds, our respective companies, and how we got together on this project.
Next, why are we imminently qualified to conduct this webinar
The debate of what leadership is about has been going on for a long time, and it is not our intent with this webinar to debunk one theory over another. For our purposes, we embrace the following definition:
Leadership is the ability to influence others, with or without explicit authority. We also recognize that all successful endeavors are the outcomes of interactions among individuals; this is true whether it is your community, a nonprofit, or for profit organization
There is lot of research about attributes when discussing leadership. Many of the traditional perspectives are being turned on its head as the body of literature addresses leadership attributes more holistically.
Some of the traits include focus, confidence, transparency, integrity, inspiration, innovation, and patience
Management has often seen as execution of a vision, whereas establishing the vision is the role of leadership
Some people have formal leadership roles (assigned) in an organization, where others are perceived (informal) as leaders given how their colleagues respond to them (see Northhouse, Peter, “Leadership Theory and Practice”)
Jung’s theory of neurosis is based on the premise of a self-regulating psyche composed of tensions between opposing attitudes of the ego and he unconscious. A neurosis is a significant unresolved tension between these contending attitudes.
The ego is largely responsible for feelings of identity and continuity. (like Freud) Jung emphasized the importance of the unconscious in relation to personality (as pulled from the internet on October 25, 2016)
Why is this important to interpersonal communications?
Essentially, as a leader you must be cognizant of the natural tensions in your identity, as they are likely to manifest themselves as you deal with others.
Self reflection and evaluation are critical to being able to do the adaptive work of leadership (see Heifetz, Ronald, “Leadership Without Eash Answers”)
Here again we see the term ‘self evaluation’, which is particularly important when entering negotiations and even more so if they are contentious.