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Knowing Your Roles and Responsibilities as Effective Student Leaders

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 Effective Student Leaders

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  1. Knowing Your Roles and Responsibilities as EffectiveStudent Leaders Timothy Holston Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mississippi Valley State University

  2. “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

  3. 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

  4. Leadership Goals • Inspire • Motivate • Choice • Participate • Support • Service

  5. 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

  6. Lead Self • Who am I? • What are my values and core beliefs? • What kind of leader do I want to be? • What motivates me?

  7. Learn How People Perceive You • Provides better communication • Ask non-threatening questions • Provide a way to get anonymous feedback

  8. 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

  9. Effective Student Leader Traits • Attitude Development • Communication Skills • Positive Role Modeling • Personal Responsibility • Understand Self Motivation • Sensitivity when working with peers

  10. 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

  11. Provide Direction • Develop a vision and attainable goals • Set group goal • Assist in setting individual goals

  12. Know organization/individuals • Understand needs of group • Understand how group operates • Understand how members operate

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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.

  16. Develop your own leadership style • Situational Leadership • Unwilling and unable • Willing and unable • Unwilling and able • Willing and able • Read your group

  17. Practice makes (close to) Perfect • Work on your skills • Seek feedback to improve • Try new methods when something doesn’t work

  18. Remember..…. • If not now, when? • If not here, where? • If not you, who?

  19. Go to http://www.socrative.com on your Smartphone and enter room 666403

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