Leadership

Below are a few reminders of what you need to know and have a basic knowledge of to be a good leader

Care Or Uniform

Approach to Leadership

PICSIE

SMMEAC

SOLJR

Activity organisation

Drill

UNIFORM CARE

Regulations – what and how to wear, badges – Blue and green.

FUNCTIONAL APPROACH

This is when the best leader is selected to lead a group of people to complete a given task. They need not be the best at the given task but they can get the best out of the group. They do this by organising the group and letting each person within the group to complete their part of the task. Ideally they should have knowledge of the task, so that they can set realistic targets.

Any task can be broken down into 3 basic areas called needs; these are the Task Needs, Team Needs, and Individual Needs.

Task Needs can be defined as – Define the task, Making / Adjusting the plan, Allocating work / resources, Controlling quality / tempo, Comparing progress.

Team Needs can be defined as – Set standards, Instilling and maintaining discipline, Building team spirit, Motivating / praising, Training, Ensuring communication within group, Appointing sub-leaders.

Individual Needs can be defined as – Attend to personal problems, Praising individuals, Give status, Recognise and use individual abilities, Train the individual.

The leader must maintain a balance between all the above topics if the Task is to be completed. Sometimes one of the Needs will need more of the leaders time than the other two. A good Leader will be able to foresee when to give more time to one of the Needs to keep the Needs in balance.

PICSIE

Plan (take time to make a plan, at least 5 minutes or 10% of time for tasks under 20 mins), Initiate (SMEAC, before you start get every one to pay attention, affirm situation and mission clearly, state how the mission is to be accomplished, break it down into smaller tacks, allocate jobs, training), Control (Make sure people are doing their allocated jobs, is the plan on track), Support (do any of the team need help), Inform (inform the team of progress, praise), Evaluate (is the plan of track).

SMEAC

Situation (brief overview), Mission (detail task), Mission (Repeat) Execution (how to do it), Any questions (from team on your brief, only to be asked at this time), Check understanding (has the team understood your brief).

SOLJR

	Smart (right uniform at the right time)
	Obedient (do as you are told and complain latter, only exceptions abuse and danger),
	Loyal (do your best for the Squadron and the Corp),
	Judicial (be fair, treat every one the same),
	Reliable (if you put your name down for something, make sure you turn up for it, do not put your name down until you are sure that you can go).

ACTIVITY ORGANISATION

Think of the activity that you would like to do, check if it is an official ATC activity, do you need a qualified instructor, check availability of location, check cost of activity, do you need to pay in advance, transport, equipment, parent permission, minimum time scale before activity – thinking of it 3 months, permission to go 2 months, final numbers and money 10 days.

DRILL

Knowledge (movement and timing), correction, repartitions.