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Are you an Effective Leader Presented by Sandra WaffordPinkins & Letisha Brooks Community Action Partnership of Kern Head Start & Early Head Start

AGENDA: LAW OF ATTRACTION (VIDEO) INTRODUCTIONS ICE BREAKER QUESTION (ARE YOU AN EFFECTIVE LEADER?) LEADERSHIP IS A JOURNEY LEADERSHIP IS A SKILL CHECKS AND BALANCES SURVEY AND GROUP DISCUSSION EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

ARE YOU AN EFFECTIVE LEADER? THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION DURING OUR WORKSHOP.

Leadership is a Journey. Just as you bring unique experiences, you also bring your own leadership styles. While Administrators and Managers with a variety of leadership styles can be successful, we know that the peak of successful leadership involves the ability to shift focus from individuals to interactions—in principle, to build relationships. Effective leadership development encourages you to reveal on your own leadership style, to build upon personal strengths, and to discover leadership tools and resources that complement your personal style.

Leadership is the exercise of power and influence. —Resonant Leadership

“Leadership is the skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.” —The Servant

Intentions Along With Checks and Balances Intentions are essential in leadership. Knowing if your intentions are showing up in the right way is challenging, less so if we take the time to define them and then really lead in this defined manner. Even then, intention is only a third of the formula. Leadership intentions along with core beliefs and positive, growth-oriented actions enable an individual to become an effective leader. What about Leadership Checks & Balance Now, comes the challenging part: How will you know? How will you check your leadership in each of the three elements? How will you know if you are maintaining balance.

Intentions Along With Checks and Balances Continued: Self Reflection: Self-reflection may come by asking yourself the tough questions, meditating, praying, or just taking a long, long walk to contemplate who you are or what you have become. Look in the mirror what do you really see? Other Reflection: Look at non-verbal cues from staff and coworkers do they readily engage you. Are they open with feed back to you. Open Feed Back: Find someone who doesn’t work for you and knows you well. This person needs to be around you often enough to see how you act and how others react to you. Sit down with them and then ask them: What do my intentions show? What do my actions say? Be open. Listen. Adjust

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Effective Leadership Development

STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY

A significant amount of time, effort, and money has been dedicated to the study of leadership. In spite of all this research, there is little promise about just what leadership is. Still, people know effective leadership when they see it. And while great leaders may sometimes be born that way, there are certain qualities that countless leaders share in common that anyone can practice and implement to become more effective. What qualities are those? Well, to be a highly effective leader, you must...

QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, SHARING

REFLECTION Here are some specific ways to increase your leadership effectiveness: 1. Get 360-degree feedback on your present level of effectiveness, as judged by co-workers you respect. 2. Pick the most important behaviors for change— those you believe will enhance your effectiveness as a leader—e.g., "become a more effective listener" or "make decisions in a timelier manner").

3. Periodically ask co-workers for suggestions on how you can do an even better job in your selected behaviors for change. 4. Listen to their ideas—don't promise to change everything—and make the changes that you believe will further increase your effectiveness. 5. Follow-up and measure change in your effectiveness over time. Are leaders born or made? If you are working with and through others to achieve objectives, you are already a leader. Can you become a more effective leader? Definitely.

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