Using soft skills

in non-formal Understanding
education leadership
Leadership: Introduction
Quotes
 Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly
for group objectives. (George R. Terry)
 Leadership is as the interpersonal influence exercised in a
situation and directed, through the communication process,
toward the attainment of a specialised goal – or goals. (Robert
Tannebaum, Irving R. Weschler, and Fred Massarik)
 Leadership is influencing people to follow in the achievement of
a common goal. (Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell)
1.
Tower building
game
ACTIVITY 1:
TOWER BUILDING GAME

Make teams of minimum 4 persons:

▹ 2 managers
▹ 1 worker
▹ Other observer(s)
ACTIVITY 1 :
TOWER BUILDING GAME
The task: build the highest tower with your team
▸ Only the worker is allowed to build the tower
▸ The worker is blindfolded and works with non-dominant hand
▸ The two managers guide their worker
▸ The two managers decide on the height of the tower
▸ Their decision is decisive
▸ Time to build: 10 minutes
Scores
▹ 10 points for each block / Task completed: bonus 20 points
2.
Debriefing
ACTIVITY 2:
DEBRIEFING
▸ Did you achieve the target?
▸ What happened during the exercise?
▸ How did the managers communicate with the worker?
▸ Was one manager more aggressive than the other?
▸ Was there any element of trust on one manager over the other?
▸ What happened when several constraints are imposed on the worker?
▸ Do you find similar experiences in your everyday work situation?
▸ What lessons can be drawn with regard to leadership processes from
this experience?
 Remark: observers can intervene based on their observations
3.
Various apects of
leadership
LEADERSHIP STYLES

The
democratic
leader

The
The laissez-
autocratic
faire leader
leader
LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Technical
skills

Conceptual
Human skills
skills
 LEADERSHIP
ATTRIBUTES – 1

• Acceptability
• Delegation
• Confidence: personal – interpersonal
• Creativity / conceptual skills
• Dependability and high integrity
• Empathy
• Effectively helpful
• Emotionally balanced
• Effective persuasiveness
• Exemplary
LEADERSHIP
ATTRIBUTES – 2

• Fair-minded
• Functional work
• High self-esteem
• Leadership and membership skills
• Motivated and motivator
• Open-mindedness
• Personally committed
• Sound decision making and judgement
• Responsible
Leadership
Conclusion

Leadership skills can be learned. One's success as a

leader calls for the blending of your personal
capacities with sound leadership principles,
continually applied.