Fw: Leadership Training
David L. Bair (Dbair_at_mho.net)
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:52:39 -0700
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> From: David L. Bair <Dbair_at_MHO.Net>
> To: CRM Developers <CRM-Devel_at_db.erau.edu>
> Subject: Leadership Training
> Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 12:37 PM
>
> Hello again CRM Developers,
>
> I have been in the lurking stages for several months now and just lately
found that I had a pesky computer virus (worm) that needed to be taken care
of and now hope is gone for good. Thanks to all who helped. I have read
with
> interest the past several posts about leadership training.
>
> I am more under the impression these days that good leadership begins
with
> the leader's gut level value system. I am wondering about how the
leader's
> primary concerns for life issues effects the way he/she leads. The old
> grid that relates concern for task verses relationships comes to mind,
when
> thinking about group or team dynamics.
>
> It seems to me that leadership characteristics in people are inherent
> somehow. In other words, how a leader leads begins with WHO the leader
> really is as a person first, away from the environment in which they
> perform leadership functions. These inherent characteristics are mostly
> developed along with the person's value system, I think. That seems to
> result in the person more or less naturally gravitating towards places
> where leadership concepts are being taught, like military leadership
course
> work or any of the other many civilian organizations where leadership
> development is naturally occurring.
>
> It seems that as followers, we resent leadership if it clashes with our
own
> gut level value system. This is a leadership AND a followership issue
that
> further stirs up the mud. But when talking about leadership training I
> think it is important to consider that if when trying to "train" a person
> to be a leader you are unknowingly attempting to "change" a person into a
> leader, the results will be most disappointing to everyone involved. So
> now the real issue is matching a person to a "predefined" leadership
role.
> In other words, a leader on the battle field has to be a really different
> person than a leader (teacher) in the classroom in the school system even
> though it might seem that there are some similarities. In that sense,
> leadership is not generic in my opinion, although many of the major
> leadership characteristics or skills remain the same and have to be
> appropriately applied to that particular team and it's mission.
>
> Just some thoughts for your considerations and response. Thanks.
>
> Capt. David L. Bair
> CRM development
> Frontier Airlines
>