Time Management

Time Management is about setting boundaries.

Aspects of Time Management

Prioritize, Clarify Values, Compare Worth, Set Goals

Prioritize - what order

          Clarify Values - where do you want to spend your time

                    Compare Worth - of the activity to the value

                              Set Goals - long term, immediate and short term

To set boundaries sometimes you have to say no.

A great way to do that is to say "I would prefer not to".



Setting the tone

Tone demands that leaders provide structure, clarify norms,

build cohesiveness, and promote standards of excellence.

When you set a tone,

you help group member perform at their highest level.

By providing structure you create a blueprint for work, communicate goals (give a sense of direction), provide synergy (that's when the group outcome is greater than the sum of the individual contributions) and identify how each member uniquely contributes to the whole.

Norms are the rules of behavior that are established and shared by group members.They also play a major role in the performance and effectiveness of groups. Norms tell us what is appropriate or not and are the outcome of people interacting with each other and with the leader.

When a leader builds cohesiveness they create a sense of "we-ness".

Cohesiveness is the cement that holds the group together.

Six factors to promoting standards of excellence:

1. What do group members need to know and what skill they need to acquire.
2. How much initiative and effort they need to demonstrate.
3. How group members are expected to treat one another.
4. The extent to which deadlines are significant.
5. What goals they need to achieve.
6. What the consequences are if they achieve or fail to achieve these goals.





Creating a Vision

There are five characteristics of a vision:

a picture, a change, values, a map, and a challenge.

You need to be able to articulate and implement your vision.

"We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision."

Developing Leadership Skills

Core Leadership Skills

Administrative, Interpersonal, and Conceptual

Administrative skills include managing people, recruitment and retention of employees, communicating effectively, managing resources, and showing technical competence.

Interpersonal skills include being socially perceptive, showing emotional intelligence, and handling conflict.

Conceptual Skills include problem solving, strategic planning, and creating a vision.

 

Core Values

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.  Freya Stark

My core values are family and integrity.

Values are ideas, beliefs or modes of action that people find worthwhile or desirable. As a leader, you should be faithful to your values and sensitive to your followers. You should pay attention to who you are, what you do, what goals you seek, your honesty, the way you use your power and your values.

Leadership Styles

There are three leadership styles - authoritarian, democratic and laissez-faire.

Authoritarian -
This style is used when leaders tell their employees what they want done and how they want it accomplished, without getting the advice of their followers. Some of the appropriate conditions to use it is when you have all the information to solve the problem, you are short on time, and your employees are well motivated.

Democratice -
This style involves the leader including one or more employees in the decision making process (determining what to do and how to do it). However, the leader maintains the final decision making authority. Using this style is not a sign of weakness, rather it is a sign of strength that your employees will respect.

Laissez-faire -
In this style, the leader allows the employees to make the decisions. However, the leader is still responsible for the decisions that are made. This is used when employees are able to analyze the situation and determine what needs to be done and how to do it. You cannot do everything! You must set priorities and delegate certain tasks.

My leadership style - democratic

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership." Harvey S. Firestone

Philosphy

McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y are two contrasting models of workforce motivation. They are theories of human motivations created and developed by Douglas McGregor in 1960. McGregor's Theory X states people dislike to work, need direction and control, and need security not responsibility. McGregor's Theory Y states people like to work, they are self motivated, and the accept and seek responsibility.

Philosophy are ideas you have about human nature that affect your leadership style.

My Style - McGregor's Theory Y