SLLL’s FACULTY MANUAL on EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS SRG

Session Objective - To introduce the audience to the definition and importance of ‘Effective Leadership Skills’ (henceforth termed as ‘ELS’) in their professional lives. It is to be noted that the activities are pointing towards working professionals rather than day to day student actions. Slide 3 contains the following session objectives:

What is effective leadership?

Identify the traits and skills of an effective leader

Examine the role, duties and responsibilities of a Team Leader in the workplace

Develop a plan to develop your own leadership potential

What is to be done –

1. Begin with the accompanying ELS power point. Use the given tasks to subsequently de brief the students on the session objectives so that the students self realize the true importance of being an effective leader.

2. Carry on with the ppt. Rules/discipline to be followed in the class can be announced before closing the session.

Faculty guidance for conducting ELS’s Task 1 (Slide 2) “What according to you are the differences between a boss and a leader?”

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SLLL’s FACULTY MANUAL on EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS SRG

Overview :This fun task will help your class participants to understand the difference between a boss and an effective leader. Eventually the students will self realize the qualities that they possess and the ones they are yet to acquire/pick up.

Time: 25 minutes

Tools/Items required: Board or flipchart

Set up: 1. Either let them work as individuals as it is the 1st task or split the class into equal groups of 4 to 6 persons per group. 2. The faculty needs to first just click only once on slide 2 so that only the question is seen and NOT the image with the differences.

3. After giving them 5 minutes to jot down their points, choose the first participant to write down a difference on the board/flipchart.

4. After he/she writes then ask him/her to choose the next person. (Please choose one per group if conducting as a group activity so that each team gets a chance).

5. Subsequently click on the mouse and show the differences on the image.

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6. This activity can be done individually or in groups of 4 or 5. If conducted as a team activity then you may even ask if they felt that the group members could spot certain leadership traits among their team mates. eg. ‘Giving credit where its due’, ‘Enthusiastic’ etc.

RulesTell the individuals/groups that the purpose of this exercise is to get as many differences as possible on the board/flipchart as possible.

Faculty guidance for conducting the ELS tasks 2 (slide 5) and 3 (slide 6) on Leadership Traits and Skills

Slide 5 Slide 6

Both the slides are self explanatory and will facilitate the faculty for moving to slide 7 that lists out the points of Leadership Traits and Skills

Slide 7Faculty guidance for conducting the E LS tasks 4 (slide 8) on ‘Team Leader Job Descriptions’

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Slide 8 is self explanatory and will facilitate the faculty for moving to slide 9 that lists out the points of Leadership Traits and Skills

Slide 8

Kindly click one at a time on slide 9 as each image is to be explained with the points below: Guide/coordinate team members – encourage teamwork and motivate individuals Provide structure for team – set mission and purpose, clarify roles and responsibilities, allocate

tasks and set objectives Clarify working methods, practises and protocol Focus on performance – anticipate challenges, monitor performance, delegate and provide CPD

support

Slide 9

Slide 10 on ‘How to improve your leadership skills’ can first be questioned before the points are shown. Please click the mouse once at a time.

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Slide 10

Faculty guidance for conducting the E LS tasks 5 (slide 11)

Slide 11Final slide 12

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