What Is Leadership?

I.         What Is Leadership?

A.    Nicholas Murray Butler

There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who don’t know what’s happening, those who watch what’s happening, those who make things happen

Although leadership is not easy to define, the one characteristic common to all leaders is: The ability to make things happen

1.     Leadership is not MANIPULATION.

2.     Leadership is not.  DICTATION.

3.     Leadership is The ability to motivate people to act decisively to accomplish mutually desired results.

You have to make them want what you want for them

II.     Leadership Traits

A trait is:  habitual, instinctive, internal paradigm, ones initial response to situations or people

A.    Enthusiasm

o   Enthusiasm includes OPTIMISM and HOPE.

o   A leader is an. OPTIMIST: he thinks. POSITIVELY

B.    Trustworthiness

·        A true leader is HONEST and TRANSPARENT in his dealings and relationships.

·        A true leader is. WORTHY OF FOLLOWING: A PERSON OF INTEGRITY: A PERSON OF THEIR WORD

C.    Disciplined

·        A leader is able to lead others because HE HAS CONQUERED HIMSELF

·         LEADERS WORK WHILE OTHERS WASTE TIME,  LEADER WILL STUDY WHILE OTHERS SLEEP, LEADER WILL PRAY WHILE OTHERS PLAY

D.   Confidence

·        If a leader does not KEEP SECRET, No one else will.

E.    Decisiveness

·        When he has all the FACTS, a leader makes, and CLEAR DECISIONS.

·        He resists PROCRASTINATION and VACILLATION.

F.     Courage

·        Courage is “ THE CAPACITY TO STAY IN THERE FIVE MINUTES LONGER

·        God’s leaders know and experience FEAR, but they refuse to TO GIVE INTO IT.

G.    Humor

·        Humor is THE ABILITY TO SEE THE BRIGHT FUNNY AND BRIGHT side of life.

·        A leader knows THE VALUE OF A CONTAGIOUS SMILE            

H.   Loyalty

·        Loyalty does not  make one a LEADER but DISLOYALTY will prevent one from WILL PREVENT ONE From becoming

III. Unselfishness

1.     The true leader Forgets his own interest in the interest of   others  

2.     Remember:  Self-preservation is the first law of nature

3.     Self -development is the first law of success

4.     Self-sacrifice is the first law of leadership

IV. CONCLUSION (1):  Leadership is Learned Behavior.

1.     “Leaders are. MADE not BORN.”

2.     Therefore we must LEARN THE TECHNIQUES and  

3.     DEVELOP THE TRAITS of leadership if we would lead.

4.     EMULATING someone else is not enough.

5.     We must KNOW OUR OWN WEAKNESSES, EVALUATE HINDERANCES TO CHANGE IN HIS LIFE, DEVELOP STRENGTHS OF LEADERSHIP

6.     People are more important than POLICY grows out of filling PEOPLES REAL NEEDS

POLICIES ARE MEANT TO SERVE PEOPLE NOT PEOPLE POLICIES

7.     Our GOALS must never arise out of our policy, but out of. A DESIRE TO MEET THE REAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE meeting the people.

V.     LEADERSHIP IS APPLIED THROUGH MANAGEMENT.

A.    Leadership at management are two ends of the same continuum 

1.     Einstein: vision without execution is a hallucination

2.     For best leadership results one must MANAGE well.

3.     Management brings leadership to the point of OPPORTUNITY.

B.    Good management consists of three things: THE NECESSITIES OF MANAGEMENT

1.     Setting goals and objectives

2.     Determining the best way of accomplishing

3.     Valuation of how well whether they are accomplished

C.    The CLEARER THE IDEA one has of what he is trying to ACCOMPLISHED, the greater his chances of ACCOMPLISHED it.

·        Clear OBJECTIVES provide the basis for establishing mutually satisfying

·        SUCCESSFUL and UNSUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND RESULTS

D.   Ten Ingredients of Successful Leadership Management.

1.     Determining your OBJECTIVES

§  PUT THEM IN WRITING

2.     Decide which Major activities need to be performed in order to achieve the objectives

§  General objective, specific, long range and immediate

§  Questions: is this one necessary? Is it important? Why?

3.     Organizing your PROGRAM

§  Make a checklist of the important things that must be done

§  Arrange The important things in priority

4.     Make a breakdown of EACH ACTIVITY.

§  Identify ESSENTIAL STEPS in the sequence of IMPORTANCE.

5.      Preparing a TIMETABLE.

a) Prepare a work schedule

b)  Set a time for the completion of each step in your program

c)  Stick to your schedule or if something happens reset your schedule

d)                        Don’t let time slip by without definite action

e)  Follow through

6.      Establishing CONTROL POINTS.

a)    Determine where in win you will review progress

b)    Establish your benchmarks

c)      Make the necessary adjustments on the way

d)   Determine if remedial work is required

7.     Clarifying RESPONSIBILITIES and ACCOUNTABILITY. a. Clarify for delegated responsibilities authorities and relationships

·        See to it that they are coordinated and controlled

8.     Maintaining channels of COMMUNICATION.

·        Keep your associates fully informed

·        Be sure to make it easy for them to keep you advised

9.     Developing COOPERATION.

·        Realize that successful achievement depends on GROUPS OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER.

·         Clarify THE RESULTS to be ACCOMPLISHED.

10. Identify what is EXPECTED of each individual affected.

E.    Resolving PROBLEMS.

§  Group thinking MULTIPLIES individual thinking and

§  COORDINATES capacities of members of the team.

§  Build MORAL through PARTICIPATION.

§  An operating problem is Any interference to desired results. Anything problematic needs to be dealt with.

VI. Spot the Problem and Clarify it.

Tackle one problem at a time. Analyze underlying causes and Contributing solutions

1.     Develop possible solutions And select the best one

2.     Determine a plan of action and put it into effect

3.     Check results in terms of improvements and objectives

4.     Giving CREDIT where CREDIT is due.

5.     Recognize And acknowledge all who assist in the attainment of your objectives

6.     The  LAW OF RECOGNITION is as fundamental as the

7.     LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION

VII.            CONCLUSION II

James Russell Lowell

Life is a leaf of paper white where on each of us may write his word or two and then comes night. Greatly begin though they’ll have time for a line be that sublime. Not failure but low Amy is a crime