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Student Leadership. By: Rhys Andrews. Why a Focus on Student Leadership?. Tomorrows leaders will be you We can help prepare you for leadership challenges We develop shared learning about leadership. Critical Elements of Student Leadership Development. Partnerships between staff and students
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Student Leadership By: Rhys Andrews
Why a Focus on Student Leadership? • Tomorrows leaders will be you • We can help prepare you for leadership challenges • We develop shared learning about leadership
Critical Elements of Student Leadership Development • Partnerships between staff and students • Provide you with decision making power and responsibility for consequences • Provide a broader context for learning and service • Recognize your experiences, knowledge and skills
10 Things to Think About Search out challenging opportunities Experiment, take risks, and learn Envision an uplifting future Enlist others in a common vision Foster collaboration Strengthen people by giving power away Set an example; develop shared values Achieve small wins; consistent progress Recognize individual contributions Celebrate team accomplishments Leaders are at their best when they: “challenge the process, inspire a shared vision, enable others to act, model the way, and encourage the heart” A Long Definition of LeadershipBy: Kouze and Pozner (1995)
An Outline for Student Leadership 1. Leadership from Within Leadership through Service 4. Leadership for the Future 2. Leadership with Others 3. Leadership in the Community
Leadership from Within Develop Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes in: • Classical and contemporary leadership • Personal awareness • Communication skills • A personal definition of leadership
Leadership With Others Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes in: • Authentic leadership • Balancing “being” and “doing” • Working successfully in teams • Conflict resolution
Leadership in the Community Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes in: • Community values • A personal definition of community leadership • A community leader skill set • Appreciative inquiry
Leadership for the Future Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes in: • Local, regional and global issues • Personal interests and values around issues • Collaborating and building consensus
Self Awareness • We have perceptions • We make sense of our perceptions • We see what we believe and what we want to believe • We make up negative stories more often • We attribute error to others • We project (what we see outside of us is what is inside of us) • We have mental models
How to Defeat Perceptions and Sense Making? 4 skills to defeat these two norms of human behavior: • Self awareness – know mental maps, etc. • Descriptiveness – know own experience and how to describe it to others (be discerning) • Curiosity – ask questions and listen • Appreciation – be positive and appreciate others
Window on the world What does your window on the world look like? • your assumptions • your beliefs • your attitudes • your values
Open Talking and Listeningwe need to do both • Talking openly – willing to expose to others what is inside us • Listening openly – willing to expose ourselves to something new from others • Doing both opens new realities
Tell a personal experience about leadership to a friend. Listen intently to the story and paraphrase. When somebody speaks personally, passionately, and from the heart, the conversation deepens. Speak up and speak in the here and now – think, feel, sense, want, and do. Open Talking
Open Listening • Remember the root of not listening is knowing if I already “know” the truth, why do I need to listen? • How do you feel when you are listened to? • What do you learn when you listen to others?
Your experience is not what happens to you, but what you do internally with what happens to you. You create your experience. Ron Short • The quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response anonymous
Authentic Leadership • Behavior • Practices • Skills • Self • Framing • Character • Alignment Doing Being
Moving from Inauthentic to Authentic • What feels right • Sharing my truth in the moment • Self fulfilling – we are authentic to authentic people • Be true to your values • My barriers do not have to be there
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.Chinese proverb
Trust as belief in someone versus obligation The goal – an equal partnership Why is trust important to you? How do you know when someone trusts you? If I believe you are capable we are in this together If I expect you to take some action it requires dependency Trust
Team supports a set of values ( listening, community, feedback, dialogue) Shared responsibility Process and results Support Open communication Collaboration Team is recognized Try out ideas Conform to team standards Preparation for future Better problem solving Why Team?
Disablers of Teamwork Triangle Avoid Accountability Lack of Commitment Fear of Conflict Absence of Trust Inattention to Results
Appropriate Assertiveness • Using “I” statements to be clear • State your case without arousing the defenses of the other person