Unit 2.0 Personal Leadership
The objectives of this unit include:
➢ Discuss factors that impact personal leadership style
➢ Articulate your personal leadership style
➢ Develop a Leadership Philosophy
➢ Outline a personal leadership development plan
Whenever individuals work together in a team or project setting, differences of leadership and personal style are always present. We will explore these personal and leadership styles using a framework called “True Colours”.
At the end of the exercise you will be able to identify yourselves from four common personality styles and assess your connection to the leadership environment in relation to others. This will also improve your ability to work effectively together with others. (Also linked to our work in Unit 4 Group Goals and Structure.)
Activity
➢ Write your name on a piece of paper using your non-dominant hand. (Right-handed, use your left hand. Left-handed, use your right hand.)
o How does it feel to write with a hand that you are not familiar with?
o Why wasn’t if comfortable to write with that hand?
o What other types of things do we do every day that make us feel uncomfortable?
Doing things that may feel uncomfortable is a great way to learn about our personal strengths and areas for improvement. Ultimately they often help us grow.
You will now have the opportunity to explore your own strengths and areas for improvement by learning more about personal and leadership styles. To do this we will utilize the True Colours Inventory.
The results of this exercise (Assignment) will assist you with the next major project: to develop your Personal Leadership Philosophy.
True Colours: uses four colours to represent four styles of being – green, blue, orange, and gold.
Each of us has some of all these colours in our personality, but most of us have more of one than the others. We call this our dominant personality style. We might sometimes act like an orange even when our dominant colour is blue for example, but we’re more likely to act like our dominant colour more of the time… especially when we are under stress.
No one colour is better than another. Often in teamwork, it is helpful to have a variety of different colours.