1.5 - About University

H OW TO USE THIS LEADERSHIP TOOL“Without principles we are leaves in the wind pushed in every direction by every new idea.”—David BlyClarifying your personal leadership principles will:✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Develop your integrity as a leader.Clarify your leadership values, limits, and ethics.Help you explain your actions to others, including why you can’t do something theymight expect of you.Help you discuss underlying principles and needs, and avoid getting stuck on a positionor arguing alternatives.Help guide your decisions and choices.Help you coach others.Help you create unique responses in novel situations.WEB WORKSHEETDon’t be limited by the list of leadership principles in the table already provided. Prepare yourown principles list. Since principles tend to be broad, overarching statements, make this listtangible by noting actions that you will start doing, stop doing, and continue doing to demonstrateeach leadership principle within your workgroup or team.Actions you will Actions you will Actions you willSTART doing to STOP doing to CONTINUE doing toYour leadership demonstrate this demonstrate this demonstrate thisprinciple principle principle principleCopyright McGraw-Hill 2000. Original purchasers of this book are permitted to photocopy or customize this worksheet by downloading it fromwww.books.mcgraw-hill.com/training/download. The document can then be opened, edited, and printed using Microsoft Word or other word processingsoftware.SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS 13