You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. - Henry Ford.

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.- Henry

Ford

Basic Leadership

CDR Tim QuinnFall 2007

What is Leadership?

What makes a good Leader?

Traits/Traits/QualitiesQualities

Courage

Know

ledge

Integrity

LoyaltyMaturity

Followersh

ip

Perseverance/Will

Self-

Dis

cipl

ine

Confidence

Flexibility

Endurance

Initiativ

e

Justice

Compassion/Empathy

Decisiveness

Forcefulness

Enth

usi

asm

BearingDependabili

ty

Humility

HumorJudgment

Tact

Selfl

essn

es

s

Integrity• Acute sense of right and wrong

−Honesty

−Truthfulness

−Sincerity

• Adherence to moral and ethical principles in one’s actions

• Helps builds trust and loyalty

Self Discipline• Doing your duty, what you ought to do

– regardless of other factors• Helps prove your dependability• Examples:

−Attention to detail−Personal conduct on and off duty−Adherence to regulations, orders,

standards−Adherence to chain of command−Ability to perform w/out supervision

Leadership Principles

Know Yourself and seek Self-Improvement

Be Technically and Tactically Proficient

Seek Responsibility and Take Responsibility for Your Action

Make sound and timely decisions

Set the ExampleKnow Your People and Look out for their Welfare

Keep your people InformedDevelop a Sense of Responsibility in Your

Subordinates

Ensure the Task is Understood, Supervised, and Accomplished

Employ Your Sailors in accordance with their

Capabilities

Train your people as a TEAM

Leadership Arithmetic

Individual’s Skillperforming a Task

Individual’s willingness to learn/put task to work

times

equals

Performance of individual

Ability of Individualsto Work as a TEAM

Ability of Leader to getTeams to work together

times

times

equals

“First I want you to believe in yourself. You have to know that you are capable, that you are competent, that you are good...”

“Second, I want you to believe in America...We are still, as Abraham Lincoln said, the last best hope on earth.”

“Finally,...remember the worst kind of poverty is not economic poverty, it is the poverty of values.”

– General Colin Powell

Questions?