Personal Leadership and Leadership Development Strategies

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Personal Leadership and Leadership Development
Strategies

• Dr. Janet AyresProfessor
• Department of Agricultural Economics

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Introduction

• Characteristics of Leadership
• Definition of Leadership
• Why Leadership is Important
• How Leadership Relates to You
• What You Can Do To Develop Your Leadership
  Potential

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Leadership Characteristics

• While we tend to think of great people as
  leaders, can you think of ordinary people who
  have made a difference?
• What did they do?
• What are they like?

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Characteristics of Leadership

• Vision Able to inspire a direction for the group
• Action Able to get things done to mobilize
  resources
• Relationships Builds effective working
  relationships
• Communication Listens, speaks clearly, influences
  others
• Character Integrity, honesty, caring,
  responsible, fair
• Competent Knowledgeable about issues skillful

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Definition of Leadership

• Leadership is a process of people working
  together toward common goals that bring about
  positive change.
• Purdue College of Agriculture
• Leadership Development Certificate Program
• 2005

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• Do You Think Leadership is Important?Why?

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How does leadership relate to you?

• Family?
• Business?
• School?
• Community?
• Religious affiliation?
• Professional organization?
• Other areas of your life?

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How many of you think of yourself as a leader?
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What Can You Do To Build Your Leadership
Potential?

• Develop awareness of yourself
• - Strengths weaknesses
• - Values
• - Interests
• - Emotions
• - Character

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Personal Assessment

• Four Components
• Personal Leadership Development
• Interpersonal Leadership Development
• Group Organizational Leadership
• Community Leadership Development

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Personal Assessment

• Other assessments are available such as
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator
• DISC
• Insight
• Others available at the Dean of Students Office

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What Can You Do To Build Your Leadership
Potential?

• Develop awareness of yourself.
• Identify what you do well and what you do not do
  well.
• Identify what you would like to develop.
• Set goals for yourself.
• Get involved in groups.
• Stretch yourself.
• Reflect on what you learned.

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What Can You Do To Build Your Leadership
Potential?

• Leadership is about taking risks and trying new
  things.
• Stretch yourself 10.

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• You have a great opportunity to develop your
  leadership capacity while here at Purdue.
• Housing unit
• College of Ag organizations
• Campus organizations
• Community organizations
• International opportunities
• Conferences workshops
• Leadership classes

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• Consider participating in the College of
  Agricultures
• Leadership Development Certificate Program
• Sophomore or Junior Year