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Knowing Your Roles and Responsibilities as Effective Student Leaders. Timothy Holston Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mississippi Valley State University. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” --Aristotle
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Knowing Your Roles and Responsibilities as EffectiveStudent Leaders Timothy Holston Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mississippi Valley State University
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” --Aristotle “Outstanding Leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, its amazing what they can accomplish.” --Sam Walton “With great power there must also come – great responsibility!” --Stanley Martin Lieber
What does it mean to LEAD? • Lead as I would like to be led • Exemplify a passion for excellence • Accountability, Commitment and Integrity • Dare to be all I can be
Leadership Goals • Inspire • Motivate • Choice • Participate • Support • Service
Assess Your Personal Strengths • Understand Strengths • Understand Limitations • Surround yourself around people who complement you. • Delegate accordingly • Work on areas to assist in becoming a better leader
Lead Self • Who am I? • What are my values and core beliefs? • What kind of leader do I want to be? • What motivates me?
Learn How People Perceive You • Provides better communication • Ask non-threatening questions • Provide a way to get anonymous feedback
Display Leadership Habits Habit 1: Be proactive Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind Habit 3: Put first things first Habit 4: Think Win-Win Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharper the saw
Effective Student Leader Traits • Attitude Development • Communication Skills • Positive Role Modeling • Personal Responsibility • Understand Self Motivation • Sensitivity when working with peers
Effective Student Leader Traits • Self accountability • Set action plans to achieve group goals • Keep Integrity • Understand the meaning of TEAM. • Commitment ot excellence • Work Ethic
Provide Direction • Develop a vision and attainable goals • Set group goal • Assist in setting individual goals
Know organization/individuals • Understand needs of group • Understand how group operates • Understand how members operate
Provide productive meetings • Set agenda and follow it • End meeting by stating all action items or important points • Follow up meetings with notes and action items with who is responsible for seeing the action items through
Communication is • Know your Audience • Tailor your words • Make it hit home • Know what they want out of communication • Exude confidence • Be a great listener
Build Your Team • Encourage to participate • Show them how to work well with each other • Step out of safe zone for a good idea • Let members take ownership of ideas and projects.
Develop your own leadership style • Situational Leadership • Unwilling and unable • Willing and unable • Unwilling and able • Willing and able • Read your group
Practice makes (close to) Perfect • Work on your skills • Seek feedback to improve • Try new methods when something doesn’t work
Remember..…. • If not now, when? • If not here, where? • If not you, who?
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