"Adversity is another way to measure 
the greatness of individuals. I never had 
a crisis that didn't make me stronger."
- Lou Holtz

Top Ten Qualities of an Effective Team

Thank you MPTC Students for sharing your thoughs on an effective team.

1. Communication
2. Understanding Goal and Expectations
3. Commitment
1. Logistical
1. Time Management
2. Research
3. Preparation
4. Deadlines
5. Priortize
6. Flexibility
2. Personal
1. Motivation
2. Initiative
4. Respect
1. Patience
2. Etiquette
3. Compromise
5. Qualifications
1. Technical Skills
2. Communication Skills
1. Technical Writing
2. Marketing
3. Public Relations
3. Critical Thinking
4. Problem Solving
6. Results-Driven Productivity
7. Cooperation
1. Attitude
2. Compromise
3. Interdependence
8. Trust
9. Accountability

Building Team Emotional Intelligence

Building Team Emotional Intelligence

"Many of life's failures are people who
did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up."
- Thomas Edison

Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Are YOU Socially Intelligent? Daniel Goleman - Social Intelligence

Moraine Park Technical College - Team Building and Problem Solving

I am looking forward to speaking with you regarding emotional (EI) and social (SI) intelligence on Wednesday, January, 2011.  Understanding emotional and social intelligence is a vital part of being a successful team member and/or supervisor.

Please complete this Emotional Intelligence Test and the Personality Test for our class on Wednesday.  Print of the results and bring them to class with you.  Be ready to discuss the results.  These are free test, however the web-site will provide you the option to purchase a more detailed report for an additional cost.  This is not required, but highly encouraged for the EI test.

For additional information on Emotional Intelligence, click here.

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

At all times it is better to have a method. -Mark Caine

A person once shared with me that an authentic leaders understand that if our lives do not stand for something bigger than ourselves, our leadership lacks purpose.  This comment sparked a renewed interested on taking a closer look within. Literature points out that leaders should always be creating a better future for the organization and not just for themselves.  Leaders must take the time to educate their members on the vision of the future and how each member can contribute to the success of the organization.  Methods to accomplish this are: encouraging personal vision, communicating and asking for support, visioning as an ongoing process, blending extrinsic and intrinsic visions, and distinguishing positive from negative visions (Senge, 2008).

Each organization is unique and special within iteself.  The leadership and the collective members should work together and not against each other if they are to be successful.  This also includes not taking advantage of a situation and the climate for personal gain.  March forward and when you develop the organizational road map, do no forget to consider those that should be on the road with you.


Reference:


Senge, P  (2008, March). Shared Vision. Leadership Excellence, 25(3), 4.

Scenario Planning Becoming Increasingly More Important For Our Organizations

http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/build.html

Defining Leadership #1

Defining leadership is a very difficult task.  Successful leaders can be found in organizations that grow and mature: but what exactly makes a successful leader?  Are there traits that you are born with or are there skills that you acquire through life experiences?  Or does the success of a leader depend on the organizational culture that he/she is involved with.  -  What are your thoughts?

Vision

Vision

It is important to establish goals and a vision for any program to be successful (Hughes, 2006).  In the sense of the definition of leadership, a leader knows to plan for the future not for the present.  The vision should help the group to make choices about what it should do and what it should not do, they type of people to hire and retain, and what rules to operate by (Hughes, 2006). 

Almost like a strategic planning model, this type of module helps the leader to escape typical operational thinking and ultimately manage their organization strategically (Wallace, 2006).  Positive and proactive leadership helps to create a vision that all members are aware of.  The leader with the support of the employee helps to create a vision or direction that the team is willing to work towards.

Any change process can be conceptualized as consisting of three stages: a stage of recognizing that change is required, a stage of moving from the present to the changed state, and a stage of sustaining and stabilizing the changes made.  No change will occur unless the system is ready to change, and no change will last unless the system has ensured the change survives.

Vision seems to help establish the footprints for motivation.  Motivation usually increases if the employee perceives a positive relationship between effort and performance.  It is mentioned that motivation can usually be increased with valued rewards (Hersey, 1993).  Victor Vroom states that there are three relationships that could increase motivated behavior.  Those three relationships are; positive relations between relationship and performance, a positive relationship between good performance and rewards, and the delivery or achievement of valued outcomes or rewards.           

Without a vision statement an organization will have concerns operating effectively.  When a vision statement exists, the organization still should provide education and training on what the vision means to the employees and the organization as a whole.  Creating the vision statement may take time and you may experience some conflict, but in the long run the level of resistance should be less. 

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela 

Human Potential - Click for a great web-site for the Path to Extraordinary Leadership

David Logan on tribal leadership

"Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future." ~ Peter Drucker

Understanding The Importance Of Team Work - Ants Building A Farm Over A ...

Welcome

Through our travels we come across many leadership models and methodologies. This site was established to share these resources among those that follow this blog. Feel free to post and add your own resources or comments to share with others. The goal of this blog is to become a virtual learning community among those that strive to become stronger leaders within their own field.