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Meeting Today’s Challenges

Focusing on Tomorrow’s Needs

DEFINITION OF A LEADER:

"Leaders are individuals who establish direction for a working group of individuals, who gain commitment from these group members to this direction, and then motivate the members to achieve the directions' outcomes. This activity is something individual members could not do on their own."

                      from J.A.Adapted  Conger,

 

                                    Learning to Lead

 

 

"Effective leaders are passionate about the cause they are promoting and about their commitment to the greater or public good."

                                                                                                                                                                                            Sara E. Melendez

The successful club has one major attribute that sets it apart from unsuccessful clubs" i.e. dynamic and effective leadership.

Effectiveness: leadership is determined by his or her ability to assess accurately the needs and abilities of club members and adjust his or her leadership style accordingly. Clubs can not meet their goals without effective leadership.

LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS QUALITIES

• Willingness to share responsibility

• Emotional balance and control

• Ethical conduct

• Personal integrity

• Communication ability

• Energy

• Enthusiasm

• Experience

• Courage

• Maturity

MOTIVATORS

• Allow workers:
• to complete challenging jobs
• to experience success in problem solving
• to receive praise and recognition
• to advance within the club’s hierarchy to work with relative independence
• to be given responsible jobs to perform
• to be assigned work that is enjoyable, creative, and/or challenging
• "Leadership is not
• a solo act."

                            THE IDEAL LION LEADER IS.....

• Communication

• Team / follower

• Leader

• Organization

• International

1. Clarify the decision required
2. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Research the topic area
3. Specify objectives
4. Identify alternatives
5. Determine advantages and disadvantages
6. Weigh alternatives for impact and feasibility
7. Select Option
8. Implement decision
9. Evaluate

PROGRAMMING THE FIVE ... I’s

Interesting Meetings

Induction

Indoctrination

Involvement

Innovation

"The skills needed in big jobs are sometimes much more complicated than are taught in leadership courses. The best we can do with training is to provide a catalyst to catch managers’ attention to some important skill areas. The key is not to really develop the skills in the classroom, but to help managers appreciate them and gain awareness."

John Kotter,

Harvard BusinessSchool                                                                                                                

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