This document outlines key points about leadership from various authors. It includes a scoring pattern for a leadership class with assignments like attendance, participation, projects and exams. The objectives are to focus on class participation and leadership examples. Leadership is defined as learning through emulating others without realizing it. A great leader is one where people feel they accomplished things themselves, with confidence in themselves rather than just the leader. A good leader takes more than their fair share of blame and less than their fair share of credit. The goal of a leader should be to make their own role redundant by empowering others. It is also important for leaders to truly know the people they are leading.

1. Leadership in Action
Jan 10th , 2017
Author: Anik Saha

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Scoring Pattern
Parameters % Deadlines
Attendance 5% Every session
Class Participation 5% Every session
Leadership Example 5% As applicable
Group Project 20% TBD
Mid Term 30% TBD
Final Exam 35% TBD
Total 100%
* Midnight ends at 00:00:00 hrs
* penalty per day on late submission, no excuse
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Objectives & Premises
Will Focus
• Class Participation
• Games
• Leadership Examples
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What is ‘LEADERSHIP’?
Leadership is viral, in a sense. We learn by
‘emulating’ or copying those we want to
be like, often subconsciously, without
realizing we are doing it. If you want
people to behave a certain way, don’t tell
them to do it. Model the way yourself.
Phil Dourado

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‘WE’ DID IT OURSELVES
“A good leader is he* whom people revere. An evil
leader is he whom people despise. A great leader is he
of whom the people say ‘We did it ourselves’ ”
- Lao Tsu
* (Or ‘she’, of course)
• Good Leader vs. Great Leader
• Confidence on the leader vs. confidence on themselves

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It’s ‘THEM’ and Not ‘YOU’
“What do you think?”
- Tom Peters, the ‘uber-guru’ of management and leadership

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High Share on ‘Blame’, Low
Share of 'Credit’
“A good leader is a person who takes a little more
than their share of the blame and a little less than
their share of the credit.”
- John Maxwell

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Make Yourself ‘REDUNDANT’

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‘KNOW’ Your People

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Acknowledgement
• THE SECOND LITTLE BOOK OF LEADERSHIP, by Phil Dourado
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