Leadership Styles and Skills

Education 204

The Resident Assistant Position is a position of leadership among university students

“With great power comes great responsibility”Voltaire

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills- ability to effectively communicate with others; Leaders must be able to communicate their goals and visions and their plan to achieve them.

Vision- Leaders must develop a vision of where they want to be (Setting goals for your residents, floor, fellow RAs, etc.)

Inspiration- Leaders must be able to inspire others to do their best.

Time Management- Leaders have to be able to manage multiple demands on an overloaded schedule.

Motivation- Leaders are self starters who begin tasks without being reminded.

Crisis Management Skills- ability to take charge in a crisis while following protocol and completing job responsibilities.

Plutare

“Leadership is a divine skill.”

“There is no secret to success. It is the direct result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.”

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

Collin Powell

Plato

Bill Crosby

Madonna

“The self- confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.”

RA role Leadership challenges Balancing friendship with residents and

enforcing policies.

Maintaining professional work-based relationships with fellow student staff.

HEAVY time commitment as an RA can present a challenge.

Types of Organizational Cultures and Leadership

stylesCameron & Quinn 2006

Types of Organizational CulturesClan

AdhocracyHierarchy

Market

Clan:• Organization is like a

family, teamwork is valued, customers are treated as partners.

• Focus of organization is to be collaborative.

• Leaders are facilitators, mentors team builders

• Belief system: “Human Development and Participation Produce Effectiveness.

Adhocracy• Organization is considered

specialized, only comes together for specialized projects. Company could be considered temporary.

• Focus of the organization is to be creative.

• Leaders are known for being innovative, entrepreneurial and visionary.

• Belief system: “Innovativeness, vision and new resources produce effectiveness.

Hierarchy:• Organization is very

structured, concerned with producing the best quality product in the least amount of time. Organization has very clear lines of command and leadership.

• Focus of organization is to be highly controlled.

• Leaders are coordinators, monitors of employees

• Belief system: “Control and efficiency with capable processes equal effectiveness.”

Market• Organization is highly

competitive internally and externally. Profits and success are highly important.

• Focus of the organization is to be competitive

• Leaders are known for being driven and competitive.

• Belief system: “Aggressively competing and customer focus is what’s effective.”

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Explaining Leadership Styles

CHARISMATIC TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY

Charismatic Leadership- • Often found in religion• Based on the power of

the leaders’ personality. • Example: Televangelists

Traditional Authority-• Leadership inherited,

given by tradition• Believed to be given by

God • Example: Queen of

England, Monarchies.

Explaining Leadership Styles Continued

BUREAUCRATICMCGREGOR’S THEORY X AND THEORY Y

Bureaucratic Leadership• Leaders are born, not

made.• Leaders have certain

physical characteristics, abilities and personality (tall, outgoing, intelligent.)

• Example: Military or government leadership

Theory X and Theory Y• Theory X Leaders are

concerned about production, they believe their workers have to be motivated by either payment or punishment.

• Theory Y Leaders believe workers are motivated from within and want responsibilities, they believe workers should enjoy work.

University Housing Leadership

Professional Staff Dr. Crain, President of Southeastern

Mr. Domiano, Vice President of Finance Ms. Davis, Director of Auxiliary Services

Dr. Kay Maurin, University Housing Director Amanda Robbins, Assistant Director of Res. Life

Area Coordinators

University Housing Leadership

Student Staff Resident Assistant 2 (4 positions)

• Resident Assistant 1 (up to 19 positions)

Resident Assistant (up to 28 positions)

Student Workers- Front desk workers (up to 3 positions)

Student staff needs are based on occupancy, need and budget. Average number of student staff positions = 50.

Qualifications Resident Assistant: Full time student, 2.5 minimum GPA, no

disciplinary history with the university.

Resident Assistant 1: Full time student, 2.7 minimum GPA, no disciplinary history with the university, completed 2 semesters as an RA, no more than 1 disciplinary slip as an employee, high rankings on student satisfaction survey, must participate in at least 1 RA Committee, assist new RAs and work 5 office hours per week.

Resident Assistant 2: Full time student, 2.7 minimum GPA, no disciplinary history with the university, completed 4 semesters as an RA, high rankings on student satisfaction survey, no more than 1 disciplinary slip as an employee, must act as chairperson in at least 1 RA Committee, assist new RAs and work 6 office hours per week.

CompensationResident Assistant: Scholarship

for cost of Room and Meal Plan.

Resident Assistant 1: Scholarship for Room and Meal Plan plus a

$1,000 stipend.

Resident Assistant 2: Scholarship for Room and Meal Plan plus a

$1,500 stipend.

RA CommitteesPlans and Implements all Departmental Programs such as Oktoberfest, Fais Do Do Crawfish Boil, etc

Assists with the development of a successful Hall Council Student Organization, student leadership in Residence Halls

Plans RA Trainings, Team builders and Continuing Education (In-services).

Promotes Education 204 class, recruits potential RAs and plans interview process.

Departmental Programming

Hall Council

Training & Development

RA Recruitment