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... To get our goals accomplished. c) What is expected? Class participation is essential. i) For you to think and participate. ii) For you to take this seriously. iii) Do outside work. Some Saturdays required. iv) Have fun doing it although it might seem like work. It will be beneficial. d) What is leadership? Define it. In this course we will be discussing some of the characteristics of leadership. The interesting thing is most of the attributes can be learned i.e. Leaders can be made and are not necessarily born. For example the Army. Harvard Business School. MBA programs Scouts. Other aspects are up to you. Values, ethics, i) What are some of the characteristics of a leader? ii) Lots of different ideas. All probably correct. (1) Scouts talk a lot about it. What does it mean? (a) Trustworthy (b) Loyal (c) Helpful (d) Courteous (e) Kind (f) Obedient (g) Cheerful (h) Thrifty (i) Clean (j) Reverent (k) Are these aspects of a leader? (2) Drucker (3) Russel (4) Cohen iii) What do you look for in someone to lead you? Someone cool. Someone knowledgeable. iv) My defintion of leadership and one we will be working with. Leadership is the privilege to have the responsibility to direct the actions of others in carrying out the purpose of the organization, at varying levels of authority and with accountability for both successful and failed endeavors. (Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, Wess Roberts Ph.D. 1987. (1) Purpose of the Organization: Beginning point. Most important in communicating with the other members. Needs to be defined and we will get to this. Lacking in Scouting. (2) Our only purpose seems to be to have fun on an individual basis. (3) Privilege: Democratic with scouts in the past. To get leadership requiremen...