Practice Positive Group Interaction

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Good leaders plan, organize, implement, and evaluate a project
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Different management styles involve:
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Compromiser = each side giving up something to get something
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Dominator = the leader takes over and insists that their ideas are best

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Leaders need to be sensitive to the ways each person in the group can best be motivated.
Some work best independently, others in pairs or groups

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Effective speaking and listening are part of leadership
A leader is ready to respond to suggestions, problems, and complaints

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Good leaders find solutions to the problems that naturally arise when people work together

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A good leader manages a meeting by using a set of rules called Parliamentary
Procedure
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(Thomas Jefferson’s book of Parliamentary Procedure from 1801)

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Democratic method for allowing people to voice their opinions in order to reach a majority decision
A simple majority vote is one more than half of the group (i.e. in a group of 50, a simple majority is 26)

When the chair announces “motion carried” he is asking for a revote
Division of the House = members of the house literally divide into groups indicating a vote in favor of or in opposition to a motion on the floor

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A style of voting in which the chairperson asks members to vote on a motion by saying “Aye” or “No”

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A leader is a role model and sets an example for others
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Good followers are responsible, complete their tasks on time, and use good communication skills

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A citizen is a member of a community, such as a school, city, or nation
Every citizen has the responsibility to obey the law

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In civil law, the person making the complaint is the Plaintiff
The person they are making the complaint against is the Defendant