SCM 413 Leadership (Skipper)

Process by which an individual influences other to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in cohesive/ coherent manner

Process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal

A process by which a soldier influences others to accomplish a mission

Inspiring others to pursue your vision within the parameters you set to the extent that it becomes a shared effort, vision, and success

• Influences others through social influence (not power) to accomplish something

• requires others (who aren’t direct-reports) to get something accomplished

• A need to accomplish something

Lead thru Utilizing knowledge, skills, and abilities

Leaders are Made

Lead thru utilizing some trait

Leaders are Born

Leadership is learned but skills and knowledge processed by the leader can be influenced by traits

Contribute directly to process of leadership

Give leader certain characteristics that make them unique

Traits may lead people to a leadership role

• Tall People

Rise to the occasion

• Great Events Theory

Choose to be a leader

• Learn Skills (most widely accepted

• Leader

• Follower

• Communication

• Situation

Who you are

What you know

What you can and cant do

followers

lack of trust or confidence

Superiors or Followers

Different Strokes for different folks

-Leadership style matters

-Highly motivated follower vs not so highly motivated follower

Know their needs, motivation and emotions

-What drives them

-Do these drives change over time

Must be 2-way

What and how you communicate is important

- Builds or breaks down relationship

• Thought: Info exists in the mind of the sender

• Encoding: Message is sent to receiver in words/symbols

• Decoding: Receiver Translates

• Culture, Background, existing bias

• Noise

• Us

• Perception

• Message

• Environmental

• Smothering

• Stress

All situations are different

• Standards vs No one size fits all

• Consistent (process, not outcome)

• Reaction Matters, effects outcome

  • too early/ too late

  • too harsh/ too weak

Developed over time and experience

Learn from others, pay attention

Relationship with Superior

Skill of the followers

Informal Leaders

Organization

• Flat, Virtual, Hierarchical

produce order/ consistency thru process

(Planning. budgeting, organizing, problem solving)

• Planning

• Budgeting

• Organizing

• Problem Solving

Produce movement and constructive change thru process

Establish direction, visioning, aligning people, motivation, inspiration

• Direction

• Visioning

• Aligning People

• Motivation

• Inspiration

Being the boss gives power

Power does not make you a leader

achieve

Trust and confidence (in leader)

Effective Communication

• Understand the mission

• Understand the contribution

• How are we doing

1. Know yourself and seek improvement

2. Be technically proficient

3. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions

4. Make sound and timely decisions

5. Set the example

6. Know your people and look out for them

7. Keep your folks informed

8. Develop a sense of responsibility in your folks

9. Ensure tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished safely

10. TRAIN as a team

11. Use the full capabilities of your organization

Backbone of any team

• Resolve

• Persistence

• Get the job done

Change roles based on

• Needs of the team

• Time/ Situation

• Growth of individual

1. Reliability

2. Communicate with confidence

3. Do more than asked

4. Adapt

5. Display genuine commitment

+1. Develop Positive Relationships

• Day in/ day out

• Teammates can always count on him to get the job done

• Meet deadlines

• Keep your word

• Consistent, high-quality work

• Not enough to ‘just get it done’

• must be able/willing to speak up/often

• Honest and clear

• Respect views and opinions (don’t have to always agree tho)

• Constructive and respectful is key to being heard

• doing your share is expected

• Step outside comfort zone and grow

• Come up with creative ideas

• Do more when you can, so when you can’t

• Life happens to everyone

• Social Capital

• Change is consistent

• Don’t sit passively and see what happens (drive change)

• Be part of change and be flexible

  • Not the same as going with the flow

  • Don’t change your values just because

• Be happy with what you do

• Working 9-5 is min standard

• Have passion for what you do (show you care everyone is watching)

• Expect others to do the same

• Keep them on track

• Showing you care is good but don’t overdo it

• Be active

  • Be more than your title

  • Put the team’s needs first, especially if you are in charge