Leadership Training. Ellie Wood Daquan Proctor

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1 Leadership Training Ellie Wood Daquan Proctor

2 How Would You Define Leadership?

3 Let s Define Leadership Definition: Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal. Key Points: Social influence, not authority or power. Those you lead work with you, not for you. Common goal Personality traits, attributes, and title are irrelevant. Many different approaches are successful.

4 Leadership Quotes Activity

5 Quote #1 Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. Jack Welch

6 Quote #2 You don t need a title to be a leader. Multiple Attributions

7 Quote #3 The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Warren Bennis

8 Quote #4 He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. Aristotle

9 Quote #5 A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Ovid

10 Quote #6 Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren Bennis

11 Conflict Resolution

12 Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Identify the source of the conflict a. Ask a series of relevant questions i. Every perspective. ii. Listen and asks questions only. iii. Encourage them to continue to open up to you.

13 Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Look beyond the incident a. Often the situation isn t the actual cause of the conflict i. Was this something minor that has festered and is now an issue? ii. Is this conflict due to an underlying issue?

14 Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Request solutions a. Ask the people involved in the conflict for resolution ideas. b. Be aware of tone, verbal cues, and body language. c. Be willing to guide them through forming a solution and make them aware of the boundaries and constraints.

15 Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Identify solutions everyone can support a. This is where you working with all of those involved to compromise and produce a reasonable solution b. Do not make the agreement for them. Guide them towards a fair solution.

16 Conflict Resolution: 5 Steps Agreement a. Have all involved agree to one solution and shake hands once

17 Conflict #1 Ethyl is part of a design brainstorming session. When trying to convey her ideas, several mentors sit off in a corner and ignore her ideas, while designing their own robot. Ethyl brings this problem to your attention. What should you do as a leader?

18 Conflict #2 Two best friends aren t talking because one friend told the other friend s secret to the entire robotics team. The friends are the primary members of the drive team and competition is coming up in two days. As a leader on the team, how do you resolve the issue?

19 Conflict #3 One team member neglects their work and decides to socialize with other subteams and distract his teammates. The team has very important deadlines to meet across the board. What would you do as a team leader?

20 Commitment and Personal Accountability What makes a leader respectable? 1) Following your own rules 2) Providing support instead of criticism 3) Never talking down- always be humble. How do you define taking initiative? 1) Punctuality 2) Always doing what s right, even if it s harder 3) Volunteering to do the jobs no one else wants to do 4) Be curious: If you don t know the answer to a question, find it.

21 Food for Thought Think: What promise are you making to the team as a leader?

22 Connecting Different Personalities As a leader, your job is to bring diverse personalities together to achieve a common goal. Well how do we connect with people that we can t easily relate to? 1) Smile 2) Use some ice breakers. 3) Find something relatable. But NEVER relate over something negative.

23 Conversability Activity It Is Time For An Activity! Directions: 1. Stand up and make two lines. 2. We ll ask you a question that you can use to talk to somebody. Then we ll leave you on your own to hold your own conversations. 3. Your goal is to fill an entire minute talking about the question together.

24 Polly Positive In most cases the attitude of the team s leaders sets the mood for the entire team.

25 Polly Positive: Tips Easy ways to keep things positive Greet your members Be understanding of mistakes Reinforce what you were looking for in a nice way Be approachable to everyone Have a sense of humor, role with the punches Give compliments where they are deserved or needed SMILE!!! :) Wrap up the meeting or task in a positive manner

26 What are goals? Goals: The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. Long Term Goals: 10-year, 5-year and 1-year goals Short Term Goals: Goals for the next 9 months, 6 months and 3 months Immediate Goals: 1-30 days from now

27 #GOALS and ROBOTICS If you are to be an effective leader, you must set goals to lead your team towards Set goals that lead not only you but your team as well Your goals should vary from long-term to short-term and encompass a wide variety of topic If you don t reach your goals take time to review with your team why you didn t reach your goals and what you can improve upon for the future Goals aren t set in stone. Be flexible with your goals and work around obstacles.

28 Questions????