Transcript Basic Leadership - University of Arizona

You can't build a reputation
on what you're going to do.
- Henry Ford
Basic Leadership
CDR Tim Quinn
Fall 2007
What is
Leadership?
What makes a
good Leader?
Traits/Qualities
Maturity
Tact
Decisiveness
Humor
Perseverance/
Will
Confidence
Compassion/
Empathy
Integrity
• Acute sense of right and wrong
−Honesty
−Truthfulness
−Sincerity
• Adherence to moral and ethical principles in
one’s actions
• Helps builds trust and loyalty
Self Discipline
• Doing your duty, what you ought to do – regardless
of other factors
• Helps prove your dependability
• Examples:
− Attention to detail
− Personal conduct on and off duty
− Adherence to regulations, orders, standards
− Adherence to chain of command
− Ability to perform w/out supervision
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Leadership Principles
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performing a Task
times
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learn/put task to work
equals
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times
Ability of Individuals
to Work as a TEAM
times
Ability of Leader to get
Teams to work together
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“First I want you to believe in yourself. You have
to know that you are capable, that you are
competent, that you are good...”
“Second, I want you to believe in America...We are
still, as Abraham Lincoln said, the last best hope
on earth.”
“Finally,...remember the worst kind of poverty is
not economic poverty, it is the poverty of values.”
– General Colin Powell
Questions?