This document discusses role models and the qualities of a good role model. It defines a role model as someone whose behavior, example, or success is emulated by others, especially younger people. Role models can come from various places, including celebrities, family members, teachers, and peers. Key qualities of a good role model include passion for their work, clear values, commitment to community, ability to overcome obstacles, and honesty. The importance of role models is that they can help guide development and decision making, especially for young people. William Slim is provided as an example of a role model, as both a politician and commander during World War II in Burma, for his leadership approach of instilling mission, intellect, and material

1. INTRODUCTION TO
LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
TOPIC : ROLE MODEL

2. WHAT IS A ROLE MODEL?
• A role models is a person whose behavior ,
example or success is or can be emulated
by others ,especially by younger people.
• A role model is someone who inspires
others to imitate his or her good behavior.

3. WHO CAN BE A ROLE MODEL?
• Young people perceive a range of individuals
as potential role models, including celebrities
and other famous people, family members,
adult community members, teachers peers.

4. QUALITIES OF A GOOD ROLE MODEL:
1. Passion and ability to change the
things:
• Role model show passion for their work.
• And have a qualities that inspires others.
• And have a ability to change the things.

5. 2.CLEAR SET OF VALUES
• Your values are the things that you
believe are important in the way you
live and work.

6. 3.Commitment to community.
• They are usually active in their
communities , freely giving
of their time and talents to
benefit people.

7. 4.Ability to overcome obstacles
• Role model should have the
ability to overcome
Obstacles.
• Try to remove all hurdles.

8. QUALITIES OF A GOOD ROLE MODEL:
(CONT..)
5.honest
• A man without his word means
nothing.

9. THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODELS:
• Role models are highly important for helping to guide
us through life during our development decision.
• Role model should be someone hard working,
creative, free thinking.

10. WILLIAM SLIM –AS A ROLE MODEL FOR
PEACE AND WAR
• William slim is both politician and commander.
• In his account of the victorious Burma campaign, he set out his approach
to leadership.
• He is loved by his army more than any commander.
• In 14th army ,he was defeated and isolated.
• Troops called themselves ‘the forgotten army’.
• So , he sat down quietly to think that how to raising their morale , he reached
the conclusion that morale needed three foundations:
1. Spiritual

11. 2.Intellectual
3.Material
• Slim saw that to instill a sense of mission into half a million men , was by a direct
approach ,not by written form or wireless talks but by informal talk , contacts between
troops and commanders.
• He doing as many as three or four such speeches in a day , he convince the troops that
victory over the Japanese was possible , so he adopted some approaches that is A
process through which the men learned the ways of the jungle and develop the ability to
move through it with confidence to against the enemy.

12. …CONTINUE….
• Gradually the belief grew stronger –the Japanese could be defeated.
• He insisted on no distinction between castes in the way troops were
defeated.
• The 14th army included Indians , Africans , gurkhas and as well as
British soldiers.
• He work with people of different cultures.

13. REFERRENCES;
• En.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/role-model
• www.Ehow.Com>parenting
• Www.Rootsofaction.com/what-is-a-role-model-of-ive-qualities-thatmatter-for-role-
models/.
• Sadler.,(2005),leadership(second edition).new delhi:kagan page

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