Revision for Term Test 1 Flashcards
Leadership, learning styles, feedback, etc
What are the qualities of a great leader?
- Respect others
- Knowledgeable
- Ambitious
- Good listener
- Inclusive
A good leader should make you feel…..
Safe, empowered, confident
What are the qualities of a bad leader?
Rude, self-centred, exclusive, indecisive, ignorant, un-organised
What is outdoor leadership?
The ability to plan and conduct safe, enjoyable and meaningful adventure activities while conserving the environment. Building connection within the outdoor and conserving it.
What are the 3 types of skills
Meta, hard and soft skills
What are meta skills?
problem solving, decision making, communication, profession ethics
What are hard skills?
Activity technical skills, safety skills and environmental skills
What are soft skills?
Instruction, organisation, facilitation and interpersonal skills
List the 8 core competencies
foundational knowledge, self awareness, decision making, teaching, environmental stewardship, program management, safety and risk management and technical ability
What is foundational knowledge?
sense of purpose, sense of heritage, breadth of the profession, understanding leadership theory
What is self awareness
acting mindfully, knowing limitation, influencing other and behaving ethically
What is decision making
Conscious decision making, role of judgement, awareness of available resources
What is teaching and facilitation?
Facilitation skills, teaching skills and teaching experimentally (learning by doing)
What is environmental stewardship?
Environmental Ethics, ecological literacy and management of parks and protected areas
What is program management?
Planning skills, organisational skills and management skills
What is safety and risk management?
Participant safety, preparation and planning, the legal aspects and assessing abilities and limitations.
What is technical ability?
Proficiency in outdoor activities, experience based competency and professional certification
What are the leadership theories?
Trait and great men, charismatic and heroic, situational leadership, transformational leadership, feminist leadership, servant leadership, authentic leadership, spiritual leadership,
Trait and Great Men Leadership
Leaders are born not made, have a certain set of physical, intellectual and interpersonal skills and mostly men
Example: Churchill
Charismatic and Heroic Leadership
Inspire passionate reactions, emerge at times of crisis, bring radical change
Example: Hitler Martin Luther King Jr
Situational leadership
Delegating, low support and low directive
Supporting, high support and low directive
Coaching, high directive and high support
Directing, high directive and low support
Transformational Leadership
Most people’s idea of a leader, provides a vision, inspirational, gives personal attention and develops leadership in others
Feminist Leadership
Close attention to relationships, shared responsibility, personal experience is valued
Servant leadership
Being of service to others, people’s needs are met first, empathetic, listens, understands the needs of the group
Authentic Leadership
Self aware, openness, do what they say they will do, build and maintain a positive culture
Spiritual leadership
living with spirit and connected with self, others and the natural world, leads to sense of belonging
Lewin’s leadership styles
Authoritarian, democratic and laissez faire
Authoritarian leadership style
Individual control all decisions and little input from group members
Democratic leadership style
Members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making process
What’s good and bad about democratic leadership style?
Good: more productive, more creative, more care about end results and more committed
Bad: When roles are unclear, not a lot of time
What is Laissez Faire Leadership style?
Leaders are hands-off and allow ground members to make the decisions
What is good and bad about laissez faire leadership style?
Good: effective when group members are highly skilled
Bad: Not ideal when member lack knowledge or experience, projects can go off track.
What is an extrovert?
Someone who is outgoing and bold
What is an introvert?
Someone who is more quiet and deliberative
What is an ambivert?
Someone who falls in the middle of the spectrum between loud and quiet
What type of personality makes the most effective leader
Introverts and extroverts are equally effective although with different kinds of teams
Ambiverts are highly effective in leadership roles because they can adapt to what’s needed
What are the 8 learning styles?
Visual, aural, verbal, physical, logical, social, solitary and natural
What is a visual learner?
Someone who learns through pictures and images
What is an aural learner?
someone who learns through sound and music
What is a verbal learner?
someone who learns through words in speech or writing
What is a physical learner?
Someone who learns through using the body, hands and a sense of touch
What is a logical learner?
someone who learns through logical, reasoning and systems
What is a social learner?
someone who learns in group
What is a solitary learner?
Someone who learns through being alone
What is a natural learner?
Someone who learns through past experiences
What are the 5 factor of personality?
Openness, Conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism.
What does openness mean?
How open a person is to new ideas and experiences
What does conscientiousness mean?
how goal-directed, persistent and organised a person is.
What does extraversion mean?
How much a person is energised by the outside world
What is agreeableness?
how much a person puts others’ interests and needs ahead of their own
What is neuroticism?
How sensitive a person is to stress and negative emotional triggers
What are tuckman’s stages of group development?
Forming, storming, norming, performing and mourning
What is the forming stage?
The polite stage in which the team starts to form, silent leaders may take charge
What is the storming stage?
Honeymoon is over, the silent leader might clash over who is in charge, people disagree
What is the norming stage?
Team starting to work well together, team bounces back and forth between storming and norming, establish team ground rules
What is the performing stage?
High level performance, self directed, accomplish new tasks successfully
What is the mourning stage?
Sense of accomplishment but reluctance to say goodbye, plan for reunion
What is front loading?
Providing key learning point before an activity
What are the benefits of front loading?
Helps participants set a purpose, build on prior knowledge and distributes expertise to the partcipants
What is debriefing?
An experience that enables participants to connect activities and lessons to the outside world
What are the benefits of debriefing?
Encourages learner to reflect, describe, analyse and communicate what they experienced, discover meaningful connections
How do you provide an effective debrief?
Be in a comfortable and safe environment, give sufficient time, be in a circle, set the tone of the answers and tailor to the group
What should you consider when giving feedback?
Time and place, setting, why are you giving it, specificity
What should you do when giving feedback?
Be specific, positive, constructive, giving 2 positives and 1 improvement, take on constructive feedback, reflect on session
What should you not do when giving feedback?
fire off all the negatives, be judgemental, adopt closed off body language, get aggressive when somebody gives you a constructive suggestion
What is groupthink theory?
When individuals overlook potential problems to reach group consensus
What should you think about when making a decision as a leader?
balance the safety of participants and the challenge, dynamic changes like weather, etc, willing to make tough decisions, having a back up plan
