Leadership Development: 50 Activities

Author: Lois B. Hart
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: I don't believe that everyone can master leadership through learning, but at least learning can help those with leadership potential improve their skills more quickly. So this doesn't affect my endorsement of this book. It is indeed a good book and will be very helpful for leadership training. At the same time, I particularly agree with the educational philosophy presented: education is to guide what already exists. Many books about leaders have been published recently, but none can answer these questions. Your job is to train leaders. But how to train them? What skills do leaders really need? This training manual includes the key skills required to become a competent leader, and the training activities are organized based on the questions raised in recent leadership research. This book provides trainers with activities that can be used to develop trainees' leadership skills. These specific, interactive activities place trainees in the daily scenarios faced by actual leaders, such as dealing with creativity, teams, power, and change, as well as motivating their subordinates. The lesson plans for the 50 activities in the book are identical. Each activity's first page includes a brief introduction to your objectives, time allocation, training methods, equipment and supplies list, distributed materials, references, and general suggestions to help you prepare for the lesson. This is followed by detailed instructions for conducting the activity and distributing the materials.