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"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."
Mahatma Gandhi
Now, you need to consider your emotional investment in a leadership role:
Do you feel you can be trusted as a leader? Do people seek out your help in difficult situations?
If you have been a leader, do the people you led see you working just as hard/sacrificing as a leader?
Will you care about the well-being of the people you were leading? Were their opinions and concerns heard?
Did you consider the people who didn't feel that they were being served by you?
Leadership Project Time!
You have the opportunity to take on a leadership role at home. Maybe it’s organizing meals for the week, assisting with siblings, assisting your parents/guardians, helping your fellow classmates with questions, or helping your school leadership at this time from home.
Think of some way you can be a leader using one of the above examples or your own. You are going to be asked to develop a leadership plan and consider all that you have learned, building that into your leadership strategy.
Choose one of the options provided or your own and think about all of the pieces involved in that leadership role.
For example: If you have chosen to help your family with technology, how do you start leading? What are some areas where your family needs help? How can you make sure you are answering the three questions Ms. Torres indicated were important for great leaders. How are you building trust and comradery as a leader?
Please take a look at this article by Brian Eastwood from Northeastern University entitled How to Create a Personal Leadership Development Plan
Now it is time to develop a leadership plan:
What are the skills you need to improve?
What are the responsibilities you are willing to take on?
What are the tasks you hope to complete?
Your Leadership Plan
You will need to develop a leadership plan based on Mr. Eastwood’s criteria and keeping in mind all you have learned from the TEDtalks by Ms. Torres, Ms. Adamek and Mr. Sinek.
Think about the examples of leadership you recorded your thoughts about earlier in this activity, and what worked and did not work in those instances.
Think about your own past experience with leadership as well.
Choose a place in your current life at home from the list of examples provided and develop a leadership plan.
You do not have to actually take on this leadership role, but you need to develop a solid plan for it.
Record information (3-5 sentences or points) under the following headings:
1.Core Skills to Master
If you were to take on this leadership role what would you need to do? Do you need to hold meetings? Consider a budget? Develop activities?
2. Experience Gaps to Close
Why have you chosen this area? What have you noticed is needed there? What skills do you have that fit nicely with this area of leadership?
3. New Relationships to Build
What connections do you already have to the area in which you want to lead? What relationships do you need to build? What relationships do you need to maintain for success?
4. Specific Tasks to Delegate
Can you do this all on your own or do you need help? What help will you need? Why? How would you manage people in multiple roles to complete the project?
5. Key Action Items to Complete
You probably aren’t in a perfect position for this leadership role—what do you need to improve? Learn? Understand? How long will it take and what kind of effort is involved in this improvement?
6. Critical Indicators of Success
How are you going to measure success at the end? When is the end? What factors would indicate that you have been a successful leader at the end of this project? How would you know if you needed to continue, switch direction or stop for this project?
Create a short presentation of your leadership plan! You presentation can take the form of a power point, prezi, webpage, etc. Submit this Leadership Plan presentation to the SHSM Lead Teacher so they can confirm you have completed the Leadership Certification,
Make sure your Leadership Plan includes:
The type of leadership project you chose from the list provided
The 6 Headings from How To Create a Personal Development Plan with information under each
How you plan to address the 3 questions Ms. Torres said are important for leaders
How you plan to build trust and comradery which Ms. Sinek says is important in your role as a leader
How you plan to make sure all voices are heard at your leadership table like Ms. Adamek
What you have learned from other leaders and your past leadership roles that you want to address in this new role
If you are only completing your Leadership Certification your work is complete once you connect with your SHSM Lead Teacher and share your Leadership Plan with them.
But, if you need to complete the SPE as well, please continue on to the next Module.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
You have completed a Leadership Certification!
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