Leadership Skills
Leadership
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A leader is a person who directs with
authority and influence
 A leader:
 Guides
 Directs
 Facilitates
 Empowers
 Influences
Having an efficient team meeting
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Set the agenda by defining goals and
desired outcomes
Keep the meeting on task
Brainstorm ideas
Resolve differences by consensus
Assign follow-up tasks and items
Evaluate the session and end on time
Brainstorming to generate ideas
Define the problem
 Set the ground rules
 Treat participants with respect
 All ideas have value
 No debate or discussion of ideas
 Document ideas
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Reaching Consensus
Consensus is a decision in which everyone
participates and everyone can live with and
support.
 Develop criteria for the decision
 Find areas of common agreement
 Develop a consensus proposal
 Ask for a show of consensus
Conflict is okay if managed!
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Conflict is essential to critical thinking because
members must feel the freedom to differ
Manage constructively
 Use ground rules
 Acknowledge differences as they occur
 Look for common ground and identify
alternatives
 Resolve quickly by consensus
Team-building process
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Forming - members learn their roles
Storming – members understand their differences
often with conflict and disagreement
Norming – members recognize common interests
and goals
Performing – members work productively to
achieve their goals
Adjourning – members celebrate accomplishments