Learning Objectives:

1. Explore your own ideas about what a leader is.
   
2. Develop a personal definition of a leader based on these ideas.
   
3. Learn the basics of leadership theory through Maslow's hierarchy of needs
4. Apply these ideas of “leader” and “leadership” to school, 4-H, community, and national situations.

The Main Lesson:

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• Leadership on the surface seems simple to define but if one thinks deeply one will see it is much more complex.  I first want you to learn about the theory of leadership by studying Maslow's hierachy of needs.  Maslow's theory will help you to see why certain people are motivated to exibit leadership behavior and why others aren't. 
  
• Maslow's Theory
• Additional Explanation

• After studying Maslow's theory read the next website and do some of the exercises.  This will help you to understand what a leader is and how you have been and can be a leader. 
  

• http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2001/february/leader.html
• http://www.achievement.org/atv/atv039/pdf/atv039stu.pdf

• You can find more on The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner by going to their website. http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/WileyCDA/

Assignment

• Pick a person that you believe embodies the characteristics of a leader.  Write a 1-2 page paper on why you believe this person is a leader based on Maslow's theory.  Also include in your paper how you can apply lessons learned from your chosen person to a 4H setting.  Submit Via Vista.
  

• There is no PowerPoint Presentation this week.