1. BECOMING A LEADER
 Definitions
of Leadership
 Challenges
of Being a Leader
 Effective
Leaders are Empowered
Individuals
 How
to Expand Your Personal
Empowerment
 Summary
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2. WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
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3. BECOMING A LEADER
Leaders are ordinary people
who accept or are placed
under extraordinary
circumstances that bring forth
their latent potential,
producing a character that
inspires the confidence and
trust of Munroe
others
Myles
Becoming A Leader, “Everyone Can Do It”
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4. BECOMING A LEADER
True leadership is born out of
a guiding vision and a
PASSION to accomplish a
noble task, and to inspire
others to develop and release
their potential. It derives its
fulfillment from the success of
others – Personal Sacrifice
Myles Munroe
Becoming A Leader, “Everyone Can Do It”
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5. BECOMING A LEADER
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Good leadership involves responsibility
to the welfare of the group
Some people will get angry with your
actions and decisions
It’s inevitable, if you’re honorable
“Being responsible sometimes means
pissing people off.”
Secretary of State
Colin L Powell
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6. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
REJECTION
LONELINESS
CRITICISM
PRESSURE & PERPLEXITY
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL FATIGUE
PRICE PAID BY THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU
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7. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
REJECTION
One of the most common costs of
leadership is the experience of
rejection. If you are willing to accept
the call to leadership, at times, you
may be rejected and misunderstood
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8. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
CRITICISM
No leader is exempt! The very
nature of effective leadership
involves taking a position on issues,
making decisions, and determining
direction. These will always result
in some form of reaction from one’s
environment.
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9. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
LONELINESS
Leadership, at times, is lonely
because you must be out front, ahead
of the followers. Also, because the
leader is the one with the guiding
vision and purpose, he/she sees the
end from the beginning and must live
both the process and destination, all
at the same time.
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10. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
PRESSURE AND PERPLEXITY
Leaders must face the challenge of
the responsibilities and demands that
come with leadership. These involve
the need to make critical decisions,
often under constraints and external
pressure.
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11. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL FATIGUE
Leadership places heavy demands
on the individual who fills the
position. There is no way to become
an effective leader and not be
affected by its stress, physical
demands, and mental toll.
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12. CHALLENGES OF BEING
A LEADER
PRICE PAID BY THOSE CLOSEST
TO YOU
You must be aware of the tremendous
cost which will be born by those
closest to you (for example, family
members). Because leadership
demands the giving of oneself to
others, your life becomes the property
of those whom you SERVE.
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13. EFFECTIVE LEADERS ARE
EMPOWERED INDIVIDUALS
PERSONALITY
CHARACTERISTICS
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Dedication
Persistence
Commitment
Self-Motivation
Self-Responsibility
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14. EXPANDING YOUR
PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
1.
Assess your present level of personal
empowerment. (Be honest. Solicit input from
various sources.)
2.
Determine whether your performance falls
below, meets, or exceeds customer
expectations.
3.
If your performance is below expectations,
assess your level of commitment. (Seriously
reexamine whether you are committed to
meeting the expectations of your position. If
not, make plans for doing something else.)
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15. EXPANDING YOUR
PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
4.
Committed, determine the new skills you
require. (If your responsibility and
accountability expanded with your new/present
position, write details about the new skills you
require—personal and/or professional skills.)
5.
Acquire a mentor/coach to hold you
accountable. (Check out the results you
produce.)
6.
Work to overcome your self-limitations. (Let’s
talk about self-esteem.)
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16. EXPANDING YOUR
PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
7.
If committed to expanded empowerment,
define a new challenging area of activity.
(Describe a project or an area of activity you
would enjoy. This should involve significantly
expanded responsibility in terms of the
acquisition of new personal and/or professional
skills.)
8.
Proceed and apply steps five and six where
difficulties occur. (Get started on the new
project; use and learn proven professional
methods and knowledge.)
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17. LEADERS MUST EMPOWER
OTHERS
By empowering others, leaders tap unlimited
resources available to them by allowing others to:
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Use initiative
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Be resourceful
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Better accomplish the mission
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Use teamwork
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Take charge
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Use common sense and judgment
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18. LEADERS MUST EMPOWER
OTHERS
Leadership has great flexibility in varying the
level of empowerment based on the individual’s
capabilities and seriousness of the
consequences of the individual’s action/inaction.
When assessing capabilities, consider the
following:
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Willingness to accept empowerment
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Training
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Judgment
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Experience
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19. LET’S DO A
MEMO TO MYSELF
EXERCISE
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20. WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS
THAT AN ORGANIZATION
MAY FACE WHEN THEY HAVE
INEFFECTIVE LEADERS?
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Members don’t feel valued
Creates negative attitudes
Not developing all employees
Higher absenteeism
Low productivity/poor quality
Miscommunication
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21. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
WHEN AN ORGANIZATION HAS
EFFECTIVE LEADERS?
 Members
at all levels feel needed
 Promotes positive attitudes
 Utilize all resources
 Reduce complaints
 Members share ideas
 Less confusion
 Shared goals
 Fosters TEAM building
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22. If you are willing to work harder, longer, and
more intensely and beyond the call of duty,
you will become an effective leader.
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