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Leaders must have certain qualities and skills in order to be an effective leader. Some of the qualities and characteristics that a leader should have are:

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Be willing to learn new things: Leaders should be an example to those that they lead in that they are willing to learning new things at any point in their life regardless of any fear or hesitancy they may have in trying or learning something new. If my administration asked me to learn something new for the betterment of our school and I say my administration was also willing to learn it as well, it goes to show me that I shouldn't have any fear if they do not as well. The only way we fail in learning new things is if we choose to not try.

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you miss 100% of the shots you don't take

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Be human. The strongest leaders that I have seen on my campus have always shown that they too make mistakes, struggle with many similar issues, and often ask for help. They show that they are not some perfect person that never has issues and always has the right answer, but that they continue to learn at their job and in life. Being yourself and showing others that, as a leader, you are also human and not perfect gives others the opportunity to see a leader that is similar to themselves. It also allows for people to possibly see themselves as a leader and to help the leader with whatever problems or issues because we do not want to see each other struggle.

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Chapter 5: Creating a Powerful Vision: Competency Three

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Chapter 5: Creating a Powerful Vision: Competency Three

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Leaders must be able to create a powerful vision for others to follow but also for them to live their life...live their why. Being able to share their vision and listen to others, without bias, can create the best version of yourself as a leader.

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Be open in letting others solve problems with their ideas. Leaders should not impose a specific way to solve a problem. To truly motivate and inspire others, leaders must allow for others to be creative in problem solving so that people can see the value in their work and learn to solve problems with the help of others rather than just following the directive of one person. When I am given a job by leadership on campus, but am also given the freedom to accomplish that job with my own creativity, it allows me to think that my work is valued and that they trust me in doing this job. There is more than one way to solve a puzzle.

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Find your vision: Being able to know what your own vision is important because that is what leads you in becoming who you are and what your "why" is. Once you have that, then you are able to share it with others and find those who have a shared vision with you.

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Listen to others: When you are able to listen to others and their visions, without bias or wanting to change their vision, you do two things: One, you are able to find commonalities in the visions and can lean on those to accomplish many things based on those visions. And two, you can adopt things you hear from other people's visions that you strongly resonate with to make your own vision the strongest it can be.

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Come back to your vision: At times, it may seem like things can get difficult and what you have first set out to do is not what it is now. Remember, you can always come back to what your vision and be true to it. Trust the process and that your vision will lead you to where you need to be.

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Good leadership should have a balance of three major characteristics: competence, integrity, and ambition. Leadership that is missing one or more of these qualities usually gives negative results within the organization of this leadership.

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Three-legged stool of leadership:

When talking about the three qualities of leadership; competence, ambition, and integrity, if one of these qualities is missing, then it results in negative issues.

If competence is missing, leaders will be unable to realize promised results and potential with their group.

If ambition is missing, leaders will fail to challenge others from being innovative and creative, thus failing to go above the status quo.

If integrity is missing, you will have a leader that is only looking out for themself over what is best for the group.

All of these result in a stool that doesn't work or a leader that doesn't fit.

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Doing things right vs doing the right thing.

A manager is seen as somebody who follows the rules set before them and makes sure everybody adheres to these rules. People like this are necessary but will never get the best results from those they are managing. Leaders are those that do the right thing. They put people in a position to succeed and push people to they fullest potential. Leaders try to do things right as best as possible but when push comes to shove, will do the right thing more so than doing things right.

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Integrity in leadership

At the end of the day, showing and having integrity is the best way to have people trust and follow you as a leader. Being open and honest about yourself while staying humbled will have others follow you. Now, in order to be a good leader, you must have ambition and competence as well in order to have people follow you into positive results, but getting people to follow you requires integrity. Practice integrity in your daily life so when the time comes to lead, you are ready for it.

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Chapter 6: Communicating with Meaning: Competency Four

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Chapter 6: Communicating with Meaning: Competency Four

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Being able to communicate effectively can do some many things as a leader. It can: motivate others to join, resolve conflicts, and show your vision. All of which are essential to have in a work environment.

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Effective communication can help unify, show empathy, create effective partnerships, inspire others with metaphors, encourage transparency and candor: The way we speak to others and groups can go a long way in sending the appropriate message across. It is not just the words that are being said that is important, we must realizes our tone, posture, gestures, facial expressions, and other things all matter. Effective leadership is usually coming from somebody who is an effective communicator.

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Resolving conflicts: As an administrator, I feel like the toughest issues that I would face would be to resolve conflicts: whether it's between students, between staff and students, between staff and parents, or between staff members against one another. All of these situations require great communication in order to resolve the conflicts as best as possible.

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Chapter 7: Maintaining Trust Through Integrity: Competency Five

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Chapter 7: Maintaining Trust Through Integrity: Competency Five

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Building integrity through many different means is key to build trust with your staff as an administrator. Showing that you are competent, caring, consistent, and are congruent with what they say and do allows others to believe that you have integrity. You can't be a person that just says words and doesn't follow them, you have to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.

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Inspire trust through empathy: This textbook along with the other that we are reading (The Leadership Challenge) both talk about showing empathy is a great way to get people to trust you. It shows that you are about the other person and value their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings. Making sure that you show integrity while showing empathy is extremely important. Don't just show empathy because you want to be an effective leader, show empathy as a part of your character. People can figure how who is fake and who isn't. Be genuine in having empathy.

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Be consistent: Building trust also means being consistent to your words and actions not just at work but as a person. If you are a leader at a school site, your actions, thoughts, words, and interactions are constantly being observed by others even when you are not noticing. If people see you not following through on what you say, the trust that you have build can start to crumble because you are not being consistent on what you say. It begins to break the integrity you have attempted to show to others.

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Chapter 8: Realizing Intention Through Action: Competency Six

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Chapter 8: Realizing Intention Through Action: Competency Six

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Good leadership can effectively strategize, communicate their strategy, get others to jump on board with the strategy, and help develop good quality work that the group finds meaningful and enjoyable. Just writing down a goal and telling people what it is isn't enough to make it happen. There needs to be a well-developed and thought out plan that has reason behind it and is able to be adjusted on the fly accordingly as things change. When people see that a leader is well equipped in their strategy and ready to adapt, they are more likely to follow and trust them in implementing the plan.

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Make good judgement calls. Effective leaders make good judgement calls and it isn't by coincidence or chance. When making a judgement call, the text book says that effective leaders go through three different phases when making a judgement decision: preparation, decision-making based on storyline, and implementation. During preparation, leaders identify the key issues and get the key members they are working with to understand the importance of the decision while gathering input from the members they have chosen to work with. In the decision-making based on storyline phase, the decision must be made in line with the identity and mission of the school along with the vision of the leader. Making sure that the decision fits the story of the organization is important so that the people within the organization know that the leader has the interest of the organization in mind. The last phase in implementation is when the organization does the action of the decision and implements it correctly and willfully. If the results from the decision are off or wrong, the leader can be honest with the team and come back together to work on the issue again with the trust of the team.

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When leaders implement the three phases of making a judgement call, they focus on people, strategy, and critical response. These make the greatest contributions to the wellbeing of the organization. Inspiring key people and getting them involved in the plans based on the judgement calls increases the chance of success of the plan. Mapping out a strategy and being able to explain the mapping to the people gives them to see a roadmap that they can execute and increases the chance of success. Dealing with crisis response will happen eventually. A bad decision or a bad call will be made and being able to own up to it early allows for those in the group to gain the trust of the leader because they know that the leader will not continue to steer them in the wrong direction. It also allows the leader to receive input in redirecting the plans and giving the people working with the leader an opportunity to share their ideas and thoughts, making it a more communal approach to the crisis response, giving it a better chance of creating a successful new plan.