LEADERSHIP

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 AGENDA

• Objectives
• Leadership Styles
• Effective Leaders
• Aspects of SWE Leadership

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 OBJECTIVES

• Recognize different leadership styles

• Understand characteristics of an effective leader
• Apply leadership concepts to SWE section
leadership

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 VIDEO

Toastmasters Video -

Be Prepared to Lead

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 LEADERSHIP STYLES

• Influence
• Direction
• Collaboration
• Delegation

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 Adapting your Style

• Is it an emergency?
• What is the task?
• How skilled and motivated is your
team?
• How skilled are you as a leader?

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 Persona of a Leader

• Personality and character attributes that people

expect to find in their leader
• Compassion, concern, skill
• Decisiveness, determination, accomplishment
• Charisma, intelligence
• Vision, consistency, even wealth and appearance

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 Persona of a Leader

• Integrity
• Honesty
• Courage to take chances
• Stand up for what is right
• Strength to say no
• When to accept blame
• When to give credit and praise

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 EXERCISE

• ASSESSMENT TOOL
• What is your dominant leadership style?
• Each participant explain what their style is and why.
• Discuss styles best for each of these situations
– New officers and committee chairs
– Older, experienced members
– Crisis mode - low membership
– New program the Section has never done
– Routine task the Section is used to doing

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 SWE Video

• 20 minute video

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 Managers vs. Leaders

• Managers manage things

• Leaders lead people
• Leadership is getting people to follow
you

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 ASPECTS OF SWE
LEADERSHIP

• Recruit
• Train
• Delegate
• Recognize

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 RECRUITING AND
TRAINING VOLUNTEERS

• Have a working knowledge of members

interests and background
• Customize opportunity for them
• Not enough to advertise opportunity in
newsletter
• Start with small tasks - sign-in, making a
few phone calls
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 RECRUITING AND
TRAINING VOLUNTEERS

• Gather materials for each position to pass

along
• Have a formal training with past and
present people holding the positions
• Sample Officer training agenda
• Maintain job descriptions

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 EXERCISE

• Identify potential leadership candidates in the

section
• Develop “program” to recruit candidates and start
them successfully

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 EXERCISE

• Brainstorm what leaders of the section need to do

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QUESTIONS

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