This content will describe the key attributes and structures of evidence-based leadership frameworks. You’ll explore how opportunities and styles for leadership vary in professional, cultural, and career stage contexts. What are the key attributes of being a leader? You’ll also learn how to distinguish and differentiate a leader from a manager and mentor, and reflect on your own experiences with leadership.
Introduction
Introduction
Learning Objectives:
Describe the key attributes and structures of evidence-based leadership frameworks;
Distinguish and differentiate leadership from management and mentorship;
Reflect on your perceptions of and experiences with leadership;
Explore how opportunities/styles for leadership vary in professional, cultural, career stage contexts;
Apply a leadership approach to a current or future care.
In a single word, express a positive characteristic of a leader.
In a single word, express a negative characteristic of a leader.
Using a last name, identify a leader that embodies the leadership qualities you most admire from the past or present day.
What comes up for you when you reflect on these word clouds around leadership? What are you seeing that’s different or similar? How might cultural perspectives inform your thinking?
Self-reflection on leadership experiences:
Think of one positive leadership experience that you had (either as a leader or as a member of a team, group, or community). What leadership behaviors made that experience positive or negative for you?
Think of one negative leadership experience that you had (either as a leader or as a member of a team, group, or community). What leadership behaviors made that experience positive or negative for you?
Applying a Leadership Approach to your Career Context
Activity tied with InterSECT Job Sims
Activity:
Choose one of the selected Job Simulations that interests you (not in a classic leadership role) from the list below and complete the associated tasks.
What are the opportunities or moments within these simulations where a person in this job could demonstrate leadership, even though the role may not be a leadership-type position?
If you were in this job and completed the work described in the simulation, how might you pitch the outcomes toward a new leadership opportunity?
