Get Ready to Lead!

SA Cummins Dr Philip

Description

This book is a practical guide for young leaders about to take their first steps into leadership roles. Combining relevant theory and exercises, it guides students through the process of identifying their values, articulating their quest and developing their action plan for leadership in their school or organisation. It is the first in a series designed to complement Brave Hearts, Bold Minds: Leadership for Young Australians, also by Dr. Philip SA Cummins and Dr. Ian PM Lambert.

Informations

• Publié par: CIRCLE
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783015993
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Get Ready to Lead!
Dr Philip SA Cummins and Dr Ian PM Lambert
Published by CIRCLE - The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education Pty Ltd
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Philip SA Cummins and Ian PM Lambert September 2010
This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be stored or reproduced by any process without prior written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher.
ISBN 978-1-7830159-9-3
Contents
Introduction The Adventure of Your Lives
Values and Team Values
Task 1: What are my values?
A Framework of Values
The Quest for Excellence
Task 2: What is my quest?
Building the Right Attitude
Task 3: What is my plan?
Conclusion: Being a Leader
About the Authors
Introduction The Adventure of Your Lives
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free For to be free is to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Nelson Mandela

All of us are called on in our lives to be leaders (and followers). What is it that makes one person go out and make something happen, while others sit back and wait? How is it that we can prepare ourselves to be successful in a world which has increasingly high expectations that we will use our imaginations to find new and better solutions to problems? How many of us will be prepared to discover the potential for enterprise and initiative that lies within each of us?
The Old Testament Book of Proverbs in Chapter 6 talks of how the lazy man can learn from the industrious ant; it is clear that a lack of effort will never get us to our goals. Yet what might be even more constraining to us is laziness of thought, an unwillingness to go beyond preserving the status quo and a reluctance to contemplate what might be. This process begins with an honest appraisal of one s own strengths - who am I? What am I good at? What can I do? And then we should ask about the team around us - who else is on my journey? What are they doing? What are their strengths? Where do I fit in? Finally, we should contemplate our aspiration to serve - what needs to be done? What works? What doesn t work? How can I find a new way of fulfilling people s needs?
When we set our goals, therefore, we must be mindful not only of enterprising thought, but also the personal qualities we will need to see the challenges posed by these three sets of questions. We must recognise the opportunities and use the gifts that God has given us, whatever field we choose to pursue. We must be courageous and pursue our aims with tenacity and creativity.
We must be ready to perceive prospects that others have not yet seen, to try things which have not been done before and to have the resolve to see things through to a successful conclusion. We need to have a vision for the future and to work out ways to achieve this. We need to give ourselves options and back our judgment. At the same time, we also need to be prepared to work out an alternative or even a whole set of alternatives when an unexpected obstacle appears. Sometimes things will go wrong and when they do we need to make good decisions about pausing, regrouping and trying again. And again and again, if need be.
Before you lead others, you must learn about yourself. We will, therefore, spent time in this book reflecting on: Who you are What you believe in What you do Where you fit in How others see you How you want to be seen What you need to do to make this happen
Thus, armed with your values and the flexibility to see through to what a problem reall