Leadership Mush Flashcards
[Effective leader]
How to achieve work/life balance?
Set aside time to disconnect from work.
Plan regular breaks into your working day.
[Effective Leader]
How to delegate?
Nominate a task leader based on best use of available skills
[Effective Leader]
How to deal with difficult conversations
Acknowledge frustration- strengthens relationships
Don’t allow conversation to overly focus on minutia if there are more pressing things
[Effective Leader]
How to manage change
Communicate change effectively
Acknowledge concerns
Offer one-on-one if there are people struggling
[Personal Effectiveness]
What are the 7 habits?
Be proactive (only concentrate on the things you can control)
Begin with the end in mind
Put first things first
Think win-win
(to win, don’t need others to lose)
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Synergise
Sharpen the saw
(Exercise / reading makes everything else easier)
[Personal effectiveness]
What is the limit for focusing on a task?
Ultradian rhythm: 90 mins
[Leadership styles]
What are the three styles?
Crisis
(directive)
Change
(inspirational)
Dealing with problems
(facilitative guidance)
Being overly directive will reduce motivation
Being overly facilitative will reduce direction as staff not sure what to do
Experienced / Inexperienced
Expert / Novice
[Resilience]
Boomerang / Doomerang?
Bouncing back
Negative baggage, resentment, pain, harder to deal with new challenges
[Resilience]
Stress bucket- how do we stop it from overflowing
Drill holes in it
Positive, enjoyable things, hiking, sport, charity, worship
Water still comes but doesn’t overflow
[Resilience]
Name some key strategies (5)
Half-full / probortunities
Let go of the past
Personal vision
Self-discovery
Cope well with conflict
[Resilience]
How to build confidence (4)
Past Acheivements
Strengths/Values
Managing the mind
Commit to success
[Resilience]
What does resilience not mean
Doesn’t mean endurance
[Critical Thinking]
Aristotle quote
The mark of an educated mind is to entertain a thought without accepting it
[Critical Thinking]
How is foresight developed
Existing knowledge
Past experience
Intuition
[Critical Thinking]
What is Socratic questioning?
Asking questions that lead to multiple directions.
Striving to learn what we don’t know through effective questioning and CT