Mike Calendine

All positions at the school need to show some leadership abilities.  Finding workers who don't care will destroy someone's motivation very quickly.

What do you want your obituary to say?  Who is going to stand up and discuss all of these ideas that you never brought to the table.  Focus one the end :)

Mentoring will help leadership grow in many ways that aren't truly discussed. This person can give advice and listen to ideas as someone who has been there before. 

Assessment of what is actually going on is necessary for the leader to make a correct decision. If the leader is not tied into the followers, the assessment will not be correct and as a result, a poor choice may be made.

If followers know you are buying into what they go through on a daily basis, they will know your passion is with theirs.  If you do not show it, even though it is not "'your  style", you will have to battle it to get buy-in.

I know that my leadership skills are strong when the going is good.  However, in bad times, I try to do too much, to have too much influence and slip back into the micro part of this. 

Leadership qualities can be born or learned.  Many people are much more comfortable with some of the duties associated with these tasks but others struggle to get the buy in.

Faculty always battle with this.  They go into teaching to LEAD...but many of their tasks are managerial.  They have to taught to understand the process for the growth into leadership in the class.

A discussion about motivation is great to have with students.  The idea of wanting them to become intrinsically motivated is always a lively one! 

On the first day, you set your guidelines.  This is how the class will run....you don't scare them...you are not out to get them or change who they are.  It is all about growth.