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Bruce and Dana Brown



This book is written for anyone working on leadership with young adults. Whether you are teaching a leadership class, working with a Captains Council within your school, or an individual coach developing team leaders, it will hopefully provide a sustainable plan. Lessons and activities can be adapted for a daily semester class, a weekend retreat or anything in between. If you need help with lesson plans or if you develop lessons plans or activities that you would like to share, please email them to me at Bruce@ . Support materials for this topic are available at Booklets:

First Steps to Successful Teams ? Core Covenants Captains, 7 Ways to Lead Your Team Life Lessons for Athletes The Impact of Trust Presentation DVD's Captains and Coaches Workshop (Developing Core Covenants and Captains, 7

Ways to Lead)

This book is dedicated to our Proactive Coaching teammate, Tim Driver. In his 45 years, Tim was our student, athlete, then cocoach, teacher, business partner, mentor, great friend and servant

leader.

Copyright 2011 Proactive Coaching LLC

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Leadership 1. Defining Leadership (page 4)

o Having and sharing a vision o Unifying people toward specific actions o Influencing people for the betterment of the team o Activities 2. Are you sure you want to lead? Understanding what you are getting into (page 7)

o Discussion questions 3. Who is going to follow you? (page 9)

o Who do you trust and why? o Activities o Team trust survey 4. Why Teams Win (page 14)

o The difference leadership makes on a team o What is in your control o Know your enemy o Specific behaviors that can be seen on teams with strong leaders o Activities 5. Leadership Styles What kind of leader do you want to be? (page 18)

o Boss or Leader o What makes a leader effective o Activities and discussion points o What is your leadership style 6. Qualities of exceptional leaders (page 20)

o Activity Common traits 7. Positional power vs. Personal Power (page 26)

o Activity 8. Individual ego vs. Team Ego (page 28)

o "We" not "Me" o Activity 9. Sharing Leadership (page 31)

o Shared leadership fallacies o Required for shared leadership to succeed o Suggested operational standards for shared leadership o Activities, discussion questions and evaluation 10. Team Covenants and Leadership (page 36)

o Purpose of covenants o Defining core covenants o Cultural comparison

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o Process for developing core covenants o Activities o Covenant examples o Follow through and assessment 11. Selecting Leaders (page 50)

o Strengths and weaknesses of different methods o Activities and interview questions for team leaders o Commitment statements for leaders

Leadership Concepts and Application ? Expanding on the Captains booklet 12. Be the First to Lead by Example (page 53)

o Being an example means walking your talk o Being an example in the small things allows you to win o Being an example demonstrates commitment o Being an example is one of the things that can build trust o Being an example requires courage o Activities o Commitment statements 13. Be the First to be a Lifeline of Communication Between the Coach and Team

(page 62)

o Communication triangle o Communicating the truth o Communicating by being connected o Clear and concise communication o Being a better listener than talker o Communicating to new members of your team o Activities o Commitment statements 14. Be the First to Praise Others (page 68) o Quiet confidence equates to strong leadership o Humility o Humility and mistakes o Examples of humility o Words of Praise o Activities o Commitment statements 15. Be the First to Protect and Defend (page 74)

o Why loyalty is important on teams o Defining loyalty o Loyalty means keeping your arms around the inner circle

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o Loyalty requires being aware and dealing with snipers o Activities o Commitment statements 16. Be the First to Confront Violations of Team Standards (page 77) o Defining confrontation o Purpose of confrontation ? why confront o Confrontation requires courage o Confrontation requires integrity o What are you willing to confront and at what level? o How to confront o Code of confrontation (Commitment Reminder) o Working with your coach and leadership team o When confrontation doesn't work o Examples of confrontation o Activities o Commitment statements 17. Be the First to Encourage and the Last to Become Discouraged (page 90) o Be passionate about what you do o Be the face your team needs to see o Be a confidence builder o Recovery rituals o Activities o Commitment statements 18. Be the First to Serve Others (page 96) o It's not about you o Selfish leadership o Serving leadership o Examples o Activities o Commitment statements 19. Leadership Book Recommendation List (page 102)

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