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The Air Force defines leadership as
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The art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission.
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Leadership is an area because it requires
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imagination and creative skill
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Leadership is also a science because it is an
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academic subject requiring careful study, observation, and experimentation.
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A leader works with
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people
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The mission is the reason why the
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team exists
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Among the leaders many responsibilities, accomplishing the
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mission is the most important
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there is no universally agreed upon definition for
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leadership
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Most experts include in their definition of leadership three components;
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the leader, the follower(s), and the goal
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Culture is
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the attitudes, customs, and values of a civilization, it influences how we approach leadership.
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In America, for example, our society is built on
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democratic values
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Recall the Air Force`s definition leadership;
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The art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission.
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Leading is now seen as
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something everyone has the potential for
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Absolute power
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corrupts absolutely
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Threats, coercion, and extortion are
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not tools genuine leaders use
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Bad leadership implies no
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leadership
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In the everyday sense of the word, to lead means to bring
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someone to a new place
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Visionary leaders paint an
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inspiring future picture for the whole team
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Seventeen years before Pearl Harbor, Brigader General Billy Mitchell
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was warning that Japan could use carrier-based airplanes to attack Hawaii
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His vision called for crating an independent air force that would
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not be subject to the Army or Navy
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Cadets want to have a sense of __(1)___ over their program. With that freedom comes the responsibility to provide __(2)___ leadership.
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1) ownership
2) visionary |
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Leaders not only need to envision the future, they must
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live in the real world
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Motivation is more than just cheering, it comes in many forms;
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money, praise, a prestegious position, awards, special privileges, and more
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John F. Kennedy challenged America by appealing to the nation in several ways. What are the steps?
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1) He cited the great accomplishments of earlier generations
2) He linked his moon challenge with our stature as a world power 3) He motivated by putting his presedency on the line 4) Most of all, Kennedy motivated by setting an audacious goal |
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Cadets motivate one another all the time during
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competitions, on obsticle courses, and whenever they try to build team spirit
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When a leaders motivational qualities ever be too much of a good thing, they might
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inspire the team to follow them for the wrong reasns, or worse, motivate them to do something they know is wrong but find it hard to resist
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A leader will want to take an idea
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in his or her mind and deposit it in the minds of others and vary their message, doing whatever it takes to reach their audience
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Good comunicatiors are perceived to have orderly minds, which
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inspires condifence
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Martin Luther King Jr.`s "I Have A Dream Speech"is recognized as one of the
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greatest oratorical performances of all time
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Instead of delivering an angry speech that might have satisfied the passions of those who experienced injustice in the Deep South, Martin Luther King Jr. projected
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optimism, confidence, and a belief in America
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By the time Dr. King`s chorus, "I Have A Dream Today", comes around to be repeated 9 times, everyone of the 200,000 people in the audience has found
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plenty to agree with
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the work of a communicator is to
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make complex ideas easy to understand
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People judge leaders by
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their conduct and not their words.
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Possesing expert knowledge helps leader
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establish their credibility and win respect
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Jimmy Doolittles most famous accomplishment came in the early days of WWII, when he devised a method for
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launching Army Air Force bombers from a Navy aircraft carrier.
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Doolittle`s plan resulted in
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a dairing raid on Tokyo
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To be effective leaders,
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cadet officers and NCO`s need to be experts in all aspects of cadet life
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Leaders teach their teams how to
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act and what to value
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Anne Sullivan wrote "Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge
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and love too enter the mind of a child
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Deep down, Sullivan knew that every blind children want to
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learn and contribute to society as much as anybody else did
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Because of Anne Sullivan`s leadership
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many Americas began to see that people with disabilities can live productive, and successful, lives.
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With the responsibility to teach junior cadets comes the opporotunity for
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experienced cadets to hone their leadership skills
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Leaders who are seen as having all the answers could inadvertently make the team
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dependent of them
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Leaders communicate, teach, and
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inspire, sometimes all at once
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the oldest leadership philosophy is the
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Great Man theory
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The Great man theory professes that to
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study leadership you must focus on the life stories of successful people
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One would not presume to challenge or contradict the example set by the
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great men
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Leaders are presummed to be
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acquanted with the biographies of the great men
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According to the great man theory, leadership is almost a
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magical quality found in only a select few.
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the Great Man theory does
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not explain how we determine who is a successful leader
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Experience, education,and situation have a
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much greater impact on leadership than the great man theory acknowledges
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Air Force doctrine (the service`s official beliefs) states that leadership is built from
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experience, education, and training
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Trait theory explains leadership in terms of the
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personality and the character of the leader
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Each leader is unique in their
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personal qualities and in their approach to leading
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The major weakness in trait theory is that
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no one agrees which traits make a good leader
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Simply by discovering how mysterious leadership can be, that it equires deep study and reflection,
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you have taken an important step in your development as a leader
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On June 14th, 1777, the U.S. congress created
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the flag
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June 14th is celebrated as
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flag day
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The poem,"The Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key, would later be known as the
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U.S. National anthem, changed by how Americans felt about their flag
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The flag best represents the best things about our
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people, our land, and our commitment to equality
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TABOOS OF DISPLAYING THE FLAG
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Do not allow the U.S. flag touch the ground
Do not use the flag in advertising Do not fly the flag upside down, except as a sign of distress Do not fly another flag above the U.S. flag Do not drape the flag over a parade float or car Do not wear the flag as clothing Do not place words, pictures, or logos on the flag Do not fly a tattered or dirty flag; destroy it in a dignified manner, usually by burning |
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TO DISPLAY THE FLAG
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Display the flag everyday, especially national holidays
Public buildings must display the flag Fly the flag from sunrise o sunset, or through the night only if illuminated Do not fly the flag during bad weather Briskly hoist the flag up the flag pole, and lower it ceremoniously If marching in a group, the U.S. flag belongs front and center of all the other flags, or on the marching right. |