The Leadership Connection
On the QT Newsletter, The Leadership Connection
February 20, 2008
LeadershipActivity.pdf (74 KB)
Did you know? What made the leaders of yesterday will not make the leaders of tomorrow. The days of command and control leaders of the past has given way to a more collaborative leadership style. Leadership today requires energy, enthusiasm, integrity, and an ability to engage, motivate, and inspire others. While the definition and actions of leaders is changing, leadership qualities and experiences are in high demand in the workplace. In fact, when employers are deciding between two job candidates with fairly equal skills and experience, they will often look to leadership experiences to help them make the final selection. Most students have more leadership attributes than they realize, but they need to think about what leadership is, what leadership experiences they have had, and be prepared to articulate these. To help your students focus on their leadership qualifications have them try this simple exercise based on an activity from An Instructor’s Guide for Exploring Leadership, page 19-21.
Try This:
- Show this one and half-minute video clip and then ask your students, What does leadership mean to you?
- Have students divide themselves into groups of 3-5 students.
- Distribute the activity sheet attached, Is this Leadership?
- Ask students to rate each activity as a leadership or non-leadership and to share their thoughts about their ratings within the group. (There are no right or wrong answers.)
- Come back together as a class and ask volunteers to share one of their leadership experiences.
- If you want your students to review more leadership resources, activities, and leadership assessments, assign the Prepare to Lead online lesson with guide.
Want More: Today’s presidential candidates do indeed have different leadership styles. Read how one business school professor analyzes the two competing leadership styles represented by Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama, in this Business Week article.
Quik Quote: The leader of the past knew how to tell; the leader of the future knows how to ask. Peter Drucker
