Social Relationships in

Middle and Late

Adolescence
 Definition, Kinds,
and Importance of
Personal Relationships
 Brief Introduction
In this lesson, we will expand the relationships of adolescents to a
wider group of people, such as schoolmates, neighbors,
community acquaintance, church group, and even the small
group of friends usually referred to as cliques. As you mingle with
different individuals especially with people you admire or look up
to, you may adopt some of their traits and characteristics. This
lesson will help you discover your potentials and capabilities
which may help you assume your responsibilities in your
respective communities.
 PLANE CRASH
Imagine that you are on a plane. The plane that you are riding on had crashed. Suppose
that place is in a jungle. Together with few survivors, you look and choose five things
in that jungle that you find useful in aiding your survival.
Use the worksheet below and rank each item according to its importance.
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This activity will help

you develop your
problem-solving
skills. You will
discover your
potentials and
capacities if you find
yourself playing the
role of a leader, or
just a mere follower.
 LEADERS YOU ADMIRE
Think of a person/s who has influenced you the most. Identify the leadership/
followership characteristics of these individuals.
This activity will
define the
characteristics
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of being a
leader and a
follower. You
will understand
your role in the
society as you
contribute
meaningfully to
the
community.
 Great leaders find the balance between business foresight,
performance, and character.
Here are the common characteristics of a great leader:

1. Great leaders have a vision. They can see

into the future, a clear idea of what
they are trying to accomplish with strategic
planning.
 Great leaders find the balance between business foresight,
performance, and character.
Here are the common characteristics of a great leader:

2. Great leaders are courageous. They are

willing to take risks in the achievement
of certain goals with no assurance of success.
 Great leaders find the balance between business foresight,
performance, and character.
Here are the common characteristics of a great leader:

3. Great leaders’ core of integrity is

truthfulness. It is honesty in everything they
do, both internally and externally.
 Great leaders find the balance between business foresight,
performance, and character.
Here are the common characteristics of a great leader:

4. Great leaders value humility. It doesn’t mean

that you’re weak, but you have the confidence
and awareness to recognize the value of
others without feeling threatened.
 Great leaders find the balance between business foresight,
performance, and character.
Here are the common characteristics of a great leader:

5. Great leaders are outstanding at strategic

planning. They have the ability to look ahead,
anticipate accuracy where their organization is
going.
 Great leaders find the balance between business foresight,
performance, and character.
Here are the common characteristics of a great leader:

6. Great leaders have the ability to get

everyone working together which is essential
to success. Leadership is the ability to get
people to work for you because they want to.
Leadership Theories
 Leadership Theories

1. Trait Theory- define leadership based on

personality traits like decisiveness,
persistence, persistence, self-confidence and
assertiveness.
 Leadership Theories

2. Behavioral Theory - states that leadership is

a learned behavior and are defined according
to certain types of behavior they exhibit.
 Leadership Theories

3. Participative theory – the opposite of an

autocratic leader, it involves other people to
make common decisions
 Leadership Theories

4. Transactional theory – this theory states that

leadership involves a transaction or
negotiation position that employs reward and
punishment.
 Leadership Theories

5. Transformational theory – this theory

involves a vision, and the role of the leader is
in motivating others to support the vision to
make it happen.
Types of Social Influence:
 Types of Social Influence:
Herbert Kelman, a Harvard Psychologist, suggested
that there are three varieties of Social Influence:
1. Compliance – when a person seems to agree and
follows what is required of him/her to do but does not
necessarily believe or agree to it.
 Types of Social Influence:
2. Identification – when a person is influenced by
someone, he/she likes or look up to, like a celebrity or
superhero.
3. Internalization – when a person is able to own a belief,
and make it known
publicly and privately.
 Community Activities and Civic Responsibility
You can take civic responsibility and be active in your
community by:
joining a Youth advisory through the local council
helping with a primary school play or coaching a junior sport
setting up an arts space for the community, or organize a youth
radio
promoting causes-for example, clean environment, save an area
of wildlife
 Servant Leadership
Servant Leadership is servant first
according to Robert K. Greenleaf. It
begins with natural feeling that one wants
to serve, to serve first. Then conscious
choice brings one to aspire to lead.
 Servant-leaders
Servant-leaders as people who initiate
action, goal-oriented, dreamers of great
dreams, good communicators, able to
withdraw and re-orient themselves,
creative, and are dependable.
 LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP

1. What are the

characteristic
s of a leader/
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follower that
had been
shown by the
Stork?
2. The Farmers
and the Stork
taught me
that a
leader/
follower
should…
 Directions:
Analyze the
pictures
below.
Explain
what
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characteristi
cs of a
leader and
follower
have been
shown here
and how
can those
characteristi
cs influence
people.
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 Role of an Effective
Follower that Leaders
Need
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

1. Courage to do responsibility –
Effective follower feels a sense of personal
responsibility and ownership for his or her
own behavior in the organization.
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

2. Courage to challenge –
If the leader’s actions contradict the best
interest of the organization, effective follower
takes a stand. Do not sacrifice your own
integrity or the good of the organization just to
maintain harmony
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

3. Courage to participate in transformation -

Effective followers view the struggle of
change and transformation as a mutual
experience shared by all members, support
the leader and does not afraid to confront the
changes.
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

4. A can-do attitude –
A leader’s job becomes smoother when he or
she has followers who are positive and self-
motivated, can get things done, accept
responsibility, excels in required tasks, and
willingly accept difficultassignment.
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

5. A collaborative approach –
Each follower is a part of the leader’s larger
system and should realize that his or her
action affect the whole. Work effectively as a
team member.
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

6. Courage to serve and subservient- Effective

follower understands the needs of the
organizations and seek to serve those who
need.
 Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

7. The passion to drive personal growth-

Leaders want followers who seek to
enhance their own growth and development
rather than depending on the leader to do it.
Activity 1. My organization. Which organizations
involving you in our society?
(church group, singing/dance group, community
group, youth group, club, school
organization, neighborhood association, volunteer
group. etc.)
Activity . My organization. Which organizations
involving you in our society?
(church group, singing/dance group, community
group, youth group, club, school
organization, neighborhood association, volunteer
group. etc.)
 PORTFOLIO OUTPUT 2: Make a poster or slogan
showing different roles of a leader and follower
in a society that could influence people.
Process Questions:
1. What is the message of your slogan or poster?
2. How could you influence others to become a good leader and a
follower?
3. Why do young people need to understand the concept of
leadership and followership?