Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Better Leader, Basic Group Management, and Self Actualizing People

50 tips for better leadership
1. Lead by training others.
2. Never stop learning how.
3. Master the simple first.
4. Look for leadership in others.
5. Cultivate the right climate.
6. Be faithful to principle.
7. Be buoyant.
8. Be a good follower.
9. Learn to like people.
10. Be yourself all the time.
11. Earn respect.
12. Inspire others.
13. Be exciting and enthusiastic.
14. Be confident.
15. Match people to the job.
16. Expect the best of people.
17. Keep your poise.
18. Be active.
19. Be humble, but not too humble.
20. Be consistent
21. Be gracious.
22. Know your organization.
23. Be an attentive listener.
24. Follow the chain of command.
25. Learn from others.
26. Be cooperative in seeking answers.
27. Be interested.
28. Don’t show off authority.
29. Be thoughtful.
30. Criticize constructively.
31. Admit your own mistakes.
32. Delegate authority.
33. Be firm but fair.
34. Plan programs in advance.
35. Study the great leaders.
36. Be affirmative.
37. Give credit.
38. Praise your people publicly.
39. Reprove tactfully.
40. Rate fairly.
41. Keep people informed.
42. Respect the work of others.
43. Give reasons.
44. Talk directly, briskly.
45. Compromise, don’t appease.
46. Be good to yourself.
47. Be brave, not brash.
48. Be dynamic.
49. Cultivate a sense of humor.
50. Cultivate moral fiber.


Basics of group management
• Effort should be made to integrate the
group, but particularly on the first
evening and day of the expedition.
• Anything that is a threat to health and
safety needs immediate attention.
• Heavy or boring jobs must be shared
and rotated.
• Domestic jobs must be shared by all
members of the group.
• Treat everybody equally.
• Allow for personal space and personal
choice. The group does not have to stay
together during free time, however, the
leader should know everyone’s
whereabouts.
• Prejudices (racism, sexism, ageism, etc.)
should not be tolerated from anybody.
• Keep everybody informed of everything
that is happening.

Characteristics of
self-actualizing people
• They have better perceptions of reality
and are comfortable with it.
• They accept themselves and their own
natures.
• They lack artificiality.
• They focus on problems outside themselves
and are concerned with basic issues
and eternal questions.
• They like privacy and tend to be detached.
• They rely on their own development and
continued growth.
• They appreciate the basic pleasures of life
(do not take things for granted).
• They have a deep feeling of kinship with
others.
• They are deeply democratic and are not
really aware of differences.
• They have strong ethical and moral
standards.
• They are original and inventive, less
constricted, and fresher than others.


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