Learn to Lead Chapter Two Review
Cadets: Leaders in training
Self-management: The process of directing and controlling your actions so that you can achieve your goals in life.
Good self-management leads to having ownership over yourself, your decisions, how you use your time, and how you control stress.
Future Picture: A clear and compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future.
Goal-setting Process:
Dream big.
Identify a specific goal and write it down.
List the steps needed to reach the goal.
Get help and support from others.
Work toward your goal, one step at a time.
Reward yourself along the way and when you complete your goal.
Goals give you a sense of mission, a rudder, a meaningful purpose.
A decision-making process ensures you do not overlook an important aspect of your problem.
Ethical decision-making process:
Stop, think, and define the problem.
Get the facts.
Brainstorm and list your options.
Weigh your options.
Consider your values.
Decide and act.
Re-evaluate the decision.
In simple terms, an ethical trap is a chain reaction of ethical problems caused by a single unethical decision. If a leader avoids this, his or her team will be inspired by his or her high level of moral courage.
Time Management: The process of organizing and using your time wisely
Time management is an important skill as it helps reach your goals quicker and prepares you for managing others’ time.
Efficiency: How well a leader is making use of their time and other resources
Leaders can become more efficient by paying attention, focusing on goods, doing things right the first time, sequencing the work efficiently, and limiting downtime.
Procrastination: The practice of putting off for no good reason a task that should be done right now.
People procrastinate because they are scared of failure, uncertain about what to do, do not know where to start, and/or think the task is unpleasant or do not think it is “fun”.
Techniques to beat procrastination include considering your peace of mind, breaking the job into small pieces, jumping right in, publicly committing to the work, and using rewards.
Calendars, watches, notepads, “do lists”, time inventories, and flexibility are necessary tools for time management.
Stress: The body’s response to a change
Stress can be positive as it fills your body with adrenaline to avoid harmful substances, help others, among much more. On the contrary, it can impair you mentally and physically if left unchecked.
Stressor: Anything that causes stress
Stressors include arguing with a friend, being upset with your parents, and worrying about your physical appearance.
Resilience: The ability to bounce back and recover from adversity
Seven Ways to Manage Stress:
Try to Resolve the Problem
Avoid Things that Bring You Down
Let Some Things Go
Exercise - Regarded as the most important part of a plan to manage stress.
Relax - You can fool your stress hormones to stop firing.
Eat Well - Good nutrition is important for a healthy lifestyle.
Sleep Well - Teens require 9-10 hours of sleep a night.
A lack of coping skills can blead to drug usage, patterns of failure, and/or discourage followers.
Team: A collection of individuals who are committed to working together to achieve a common goal
Great teams use individuals’ special skills to their advantage.
Team members often look to one another for leadership.
Synergy: The idea that by working together one can achieve more than they could on their own.
4 Characteristics of Team Players:
Self-discipline - Effective teams possess this trait which makes them dependable.
Selflessness - Teamwork requires sacrifice as it bolsters the team, leader, and advancement towards goals.
Enthusiasm - Enthusiasm is contagious and affects everyone.
Loyalty - A team member must be faithful to the people on the team, supportive of the leader, and committed to the team’s mission.
Mentor: A close, trusted, experience advisor
Mentors help you learn something you would have learned less well, more slowly, or not at all if left alone.
Ways Mentors Can Help You:
Mentors are your role models - Mentors show you how to act.
Mentors challenge you - Mentors stretch your capabilities.
Mentors are your friends.
Mentors are your guides to CAP.
Mentors are your tutors.
Mentor-ready Checklist:
Eager to Learn
Humble
Ambitious
Listening: The process of receiving, deciphering, and responding to spoken and non-verbal messages
Listeners do not merely hear sounds; they focus on meaning.
Reasons Why People Might Not Listen Well:
Thinking about what to say next.
Hearing what we expect to hear.
Not paying attention.
Being prejudiced.
Leaders spend 70% of their day communicating.
Ways to be an Active Listener:
Prepare
Adjust to the situation
Focus on key points.
Pay attention to verbal & non-verbal cues.
Think in context.
Take notes.
Confirm the message.
The main goal of communications is not just to receive sounds, or to merely see words, but to share meaning.
Feedback takes place when you return to the speaker a portion of the message they sent to you. It is important as it a method in which the speaker and the listener work together to share meaning.
3 Types of Questions:
Knowledge questions ask “What?” - Ask for basic facts & data.
Understanding questions ask “Why?” - Helps gain deeper understanding.
Synthesis questions ask “How?” - Explores one topic’s relationship with another.
Leaders should be lifelong readers because knowledge is a never-ending pursuit.
Critical Reading: The process of examining, analyzing, and evaluating the writer’s message.
SQ3R - Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review:
Survey - Gather as much information as you can before reading.
Question - Turn titles, chapter headings, and subheadings into questions.
Read - Successful readers read with a pencil in hand and annotate.
Recall - Once you finish reading, immediately try to recall what you have read.
Review - Look over questions, annotations, and notes to review.
Cadets: Leaders in training
Self-management: The process of directing and controlling your actions so that you can achieve your goals in life.
Good self-management leads to having ownership over yourself, your decisions, how you use your time, and how you control stress.
Future Picture: A clear and compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future.
Goal-setting Process:
Dream big.
Identify a specific goal and write it down.
List the steps needed to reach the goal.
Get help and support from others.
Work toward your goal, one step at a time.
Reward yourself along the way and when you complete your goal.
Goals give you a sense of mission, a rudder, a meaningful purpose.
A decision-making process ensures you do not overlook an important aspect of your problem.
Ethical decision-making process:
Stop, think, and define the problem.
Get the facts.
Brainstorm and list your options.
Weigh your options.
Consider your values.
Decide and act.
Re-evaluate the decision.
In simple terms, an ethical trap is a chain reaction of ethical problems caused by a single unethical decision. If a leader avoids this, his or her team will be inspired by his or her high level of moral courage.
Time Management: The process of organizing and using your time wisely
Time management is an important skill as it helps reach your goals quicker and prepares you for managing others’ time.
Efficiency: How well a leader is making use of their time and other resources
Leaders can become more efficient by paying attention, focusing on goods, doing things right the first time, sequencing the work efficiently, and limiting downtime.
Procrastination: The practice of putting off for no good reason a task that should be done right now.
People procrastinate because they are scared of failure, uncertain about what to do, do not know where to start, and/or think the task is unpleasant or do not think it is “fun”.
Techniques to beat procrastination include considering your peace of mind, breaking the job into small pieces, jumping right in, publicly committing to the work, and using rewards.
Calendars, watches, notepads, “do lists”, time inventories, and flexibility are necessary tools for time management.
Stress: The body’s response to a change
Stress can be positive as it fills your body with adrenaline to avoid harmful substances, help others, among much more. On the contrary, it can impair you mentally and physically if left unchecked.
Stressor: Anything that causes stress
Stressors include arguing with a friend, being upset with your parents, and worrying about your physical appearance.
Resilience: The ability to bounce back and recover from adversity
Seven Ways to Manage Stress:
Try to Resolve the Problem
Avoid Things that Bring You Down
Let Some Things Go
Exercise - Regarded as the most important part of a plan to manage stress.
Relax - You can fool your stress hormones to stop firing.
Eat Well - Good nutrition is important for a healthy lifestyle.
Sleep Well - Teens require 9-10 hours of sleep a night.
A lack of coping skills can blead to drug usage, patterns of failure, and/or discourage followers.
Team: A collection of individuals who are committed to working together to achieve a common goal
Great teams use individuals’ special skills to their advantage.
Team members often look to one another for leadership.
Synergy: The idea that by working together one can achieve more than they could on their own.
4 Characteristics of Team Players:
Self-discipline - Effective teams possess this trait which makes them dependable.
Selflessness - Teamwork requires sacrifice as it bolsters the team, leader, and advancement towards goals.
Enthusiasm - Enthusiasm is contagious and affects everyone.
Loyalty - A team member must be faithful to the people on the team, supportive of the leader, and committed to the team’s mission.
Mentor: A close, trusted, experience advisor
Mentors help you learn something you would have learned less well, more slowly, or not at all if left alone.
Ways Mentors Can Help You:
Mentors are your role models - Mentors show you how to act.
Mentors challenge you - Mentors stretch your capabilities.
Mentors are your friends.
Mentors are your guides to CAP.
Mentors are your tutors.
Mentor-ready Checklist:
Eager to Learn
Humble
Ambitious
Listening: The process of receiving, deciphering, and responding to spoken and non-verbal messages
Listeners do not merely hear sounds; they focus on meaning.
Reasons Why People Might Not Listen Well:
Thinking about what to say next.
Hearing what we expect to hear.
Not paying attention.
Being prejudiced.
Leaders spend 70% of their day communicating.
Ways to be an Active Listener:
Prepare
Adjust to the situation
Focus on key points.
Pay attention to verbal & non-verbal cues.
Think in context.
Take notes.
Confirm the message.
The main goal of communications is not just to receive sounds, or to merely see words, but to share meaning.
Feedback takes place when you return to the speaker a portion of the message they sent to you. It is important as it a method in which the speaker and the listener work together to share meaning.
3 Types of Questions:
Knowledge questions ask “What?” - Ask for basic facts & data.
Understanding questions ask “Why?” - Helps gain deeper understanding.
Synthesis questions ask “How?” - Explores one topic’s relationship with another.
Leaders should be lifelong readers because knowledge is a never-ending pursuit.
Critical Reading: The process of examining, analyzing, and evaluating the writer’s message.
SQ3R - Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review:
Survey - Gather as much information as you can before reading.
Question - Turn titles, chapter headings, and subheadings into questions.
Read - Successful readers read with a pencil in hand and annotate.
Recall - Once you finish reading, immediately try to recall what you have read.
Review - Look over questions, annotations, and notes to review.
