1. What Type of Leader are you ?
Jon Christie

2. overview What is leadership ? Leadership theory Leadership traits
Leadership v management

3. What is leadership?
"Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential."
Prof. Warren Bennis

4. Why is leadership important?
Leaders – born or bred?
Why is leadership important?
discuss

5. Leadership Theory
Functional Theories (John Adair, Action Centred Leadership, 1970)
Leader is concerned with the interaction of 3 areas:
Task – goal setting, methods and process
Team – effective interaction/communication, clarify roles, team moral
Individual – attention to behaviour, feelings, coaching, CPD

6. Action Centred Leadership

7. Audience participation
Examples of Leaders ?
What makes a good leader ?
Is that a trait or a skill ?

8. Leadership Skills Clever (intelligent) Conceptually skilled Creative
Diplomatic and tactful
Fluent in speaking
Knowledgeable about group task
Organised (administrative ability)
Persuasive
Socially skilled
Question – what is the difference between traits and skills ?

9. Leadership Traits Adaptable to situations
Energetic (high activity level)
Alert to social environment
Persistent
Ambitious and achievement orientated
Self-confident
Assertive
Tolerant of stress
Cooperative
Willing to assume responsibility
Decisive
Dependable
Dominant (desire to influence others)

10. Leaders will also use: Integrity Honesty Compassion Humility
Why are these important ?

11. Leadership v’s Management
What’s the difference?
Do good leaders make good managers?
Do good mangers make good leaders?

12. Leadership v’s Management
If you had to choose one key skill as a Leader to help inspire, relay your vision and motivate your teams what would it be?

13. What factors can effect your ability to communicate instructions / vision ?
Communication is the vital part of Leadership.
How can you convey your vision and motivate your teams with out effective communication.
Communication is broken into three parts– what are they?
Get examples
Then ask:
What factors can effect your ability to communicate instructions / vision etc?
Bring up
INTERPRETATION

14. Communication Interpretation Verbal Written Non-verbal
Communication is the vital part of Leadership.
How can you convey your vision and motivate your teams with out effective communication.
Communication is broken into three part – what are they?
Get examples
Then ask:
What factors can effect your ability to communicate instructions / vision etc?
Bring up
INTERPRETATION

15. Interpretation in action – following instructions
Why does this happen?
Go through both exercises
Exercise 1 – Folding paper exercise
Get multiple students to follow simple folding instructions on folding paper. Without looking at each other
Exercise 2 – Interpreting exercise .
Get one student to describe a basic picture to another student. Without eye contact student 2 has to draw the picture
Then ask – Why does this ( Variance ) happen?

16. Interpretation
We all interpret information in a different way and in accordance to own blend of learning preferences.

17. VARK – Learning Preferences
Visual
Audio
Read / Write
Kinaesthetic

18. When communicating your goals, visions and your instructions its important to keep VARK in mind. Even in formal presentations
Evaluate the following presentation

19. Resources The VARK Questionnaire

20. Questions