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1.3 Leadership Development

Community Service Learning · Grade 10 · 6 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Qualities of an effective leader
  • Styles of leadership in the community
  • Guidelines to govern leadership activities
  • Leadership skills in executing collective action

What you will be able to do

  • describe the qualities of an effective leader
  • analyse styles of leadership used in the community
  • apply leadership skills in executing collective action
  • appreciate the importance of effective leadership in CSL activities

Key questions

“Why is effective leadership important in executing community activities?”

Lessons

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  1. What makes a leader effective
    40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
    The qualities that matter, and the four styles - none of which is always right.
  2. Leading collective action
    40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
    Turning a group of willing people into work that actually gets finished.
  3. Qualities under pressure
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Integrity, accountability, fairness and resilience are easy to claim and only visible when something has gone wrong.
  4. Leadership styles in the community
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Chief, prefect, youth chair, sports captain: the same person needs more than one style, matched to urgency and skill.
  5. Guidelines for leadership activities
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Records, accounts, a constitution that binds the leader, no hidden interest, and a handover that does not leave a hole.
  6. Practising leadership skills
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Run a short meeting that decides something, with a name, a date and a record - then reflect on what was difficult.