PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOPIC
Leadership Development

**Prior to utilizing these resources, please complete the training from the New Employee Training Curriculum entitled "Your Role as a Court Employee".

Upon completion of this curriculum you will be able to:

1. Identify ways to impact the workplace as a leader from your current position.

2. Apply basic coaching techniques to your staff and/or peers.

3. Recognize the good work of your staff and/or peers without incurring any cost to the organization.

4. Position yourself in a leadership role by the way you choose to respond to events.

Available Resources:

• QuicKnowledge.com. A series of online, self-study training modules. Courses applicable to this training topic include:

• Applying Leadership Basics

• Coaching and Counseling

• Recognizing Employee Performance

• Leadership Skills for Women

• On Site Training Workshop: "Coaching for Performance."
  This 3 hour workshop reviews the role of the manager as a coach and introduces techniques for providing ongoing feedback to employees that recognize accomplishments and encourage improved performance in a particular area. Contact Lisa Kutas (kutasl@courts.mi.gov) at MJI to schedule this workshop in your court.

• Training Video & Workbook: "Leadership and Effective Teamwork in Today's Michigan Court."
  Materials excerpted from an MJI Chief Judge Seminar entitled Leadership and Effective Teamwork for Chief Judges held in November, 1998. Materials consist of a handbook and 5 videotapes: Fundamental of Leadership; Fundamentals of Teamwork; Managing Conflict in Teams; Effective Decision Making; and Managing Change. These materials are loaned to the courts upon request through the MJI Resource Library. Or you may contact MJI at 517-373-7171.

• Articles

  • Being a Leader by Dr. Nancy Huber.
    Dr. Huber describes four foundational characteristics of effective leaders in this short article. She describes these 4 characteristics as CHOICES everyone makes.

  • "Clarify Terms to Steer a True Course to the Future" — article which clarifies such interchangeable terms as Mission, Vision, and Strategy. (44KB PDF)

  • FranklinCovey Mission Statement Builder

  • "Getting Real: The Need for Genuine Leaders" (187KB PDF)

  • "Here's Why Attitude is Everything" — Examines how your attitude impacts the daily interactions you have with people. (94KB PDF)

  • "Put the Big Rocks in First" — lesson about the importance of connecting the employees with the organization's vision, mission, and strategy. (27KB PDF)

  • The Leader Inside by Don Blohowiak.
    This article stresses the profound reality that "you cannot be a better leader than you are a person."

  • Thinking About Leadership by Nelson Searcy.
    Mr. Searcy discusses the three principles that define leadership. A list of what leaders do explains the actions of effective leaders.

  • "Why Do Some People Work Harder?" — provides insight to what motivates today's employee.

• Books

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.
    A practical guide to develop leadership qualities in our daily lives.

  • The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
    Through researching over 60,000 leaders, recurring patterns of success were noted and distilled into Ten Commitments of Leadership.

• Websites and eNewsletters

  • www.govleaders.org This website is a free on-line resource designed to help public sector managers cultivate a more effective and motivated workforce.

  • http://www.achieveglobal.com/Research/Default.aspx?id=2 Through AchieveGlobal's eNewsletter, you can obtain valuable business tips and information to help your organization.

  • http://www.ald-inc.com/newsletters/default.asp The eNewsletter offers skill enhancement in the areas of professional development, customer service, and leadership.

  • http://www.selfhelpsupport.org Funded by the State Justice Institute (SJI), this award winning membership site serves as a network for practitioners of self-help programs, as well as an online clearinghouse of information relating to self-representation.

  • www.leadershipnow.com This website provides articles, features, books, multimedia, and other resources to encourage you to develop the leader in you.

  • www.franklincovey.com This website offers a vast library of resources that support increased effectiveness on the job and in your personal life.

  • www.leadersdirect.com The main goal of this website is to promote a new vision of leadership, one that is independent of position and shows how leadership can be bottom-up as well as top-down.

  • www.changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/articles/articles.htm This website has a number of different approaches, or “styles” to leadership and management.

  • www.leadershiparticles.com This website functions as a detailed search engine for online leadership and team building resources.

  • http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/register.aspx From this website staff can view pertinent leadership articles or subscribe to the eNewsletter.

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