Participative Leadership

I.       INTRODUCTION

A.  ATTENTION GETTER: Tom will show a large drawing of a falcon while asking the audience a question.

B.  THESIS: Participative leaders employ strategies to engage team members in the problem solving process.

C.  PREVIEW STATEMENT

1.     Participative leaders encourage team members to hold each other accountable.

2.     Participative leadership encourage team members to contribute innovative ideas.

3.     Participative leadership encourage team members to address conflicts immediately.

D.  NEED TO KNOW: Since we've learned about participate leadership, I have incorporated it into my own leadership style.  So far, I have retained 100% of my employees and job satisfaction has risen 50%.

II.    BODY

            A.  Participative leaders encourage team members to hold each other accountable.

                  1.  Dr. Suzanne Zoglio writes in her book, The Participative Leader, published in 1994, “Participative leaders are coaches who

                       help team members learn how to be accountable for their actions and support each other to accomplish tasks.”

                  2.  Team members are taught how to keep themselves on task and support others in following through with their responsibilities.

            B.  Participative leadership encourage team members to contribute innovative ideas.

                  1.  In 2003, Peter Drucker, a business consultant, says, “Every organization needs one core competence-innovation.”

                  2.  Team members are taught how to us activities such as analyzing, brainstorming, and planning to develop solutions.

            C.  Participative leadership encourage team members to address conflicts immediately.

                  1.  In their book, Ideas are Free, written in 2001, Robinson and Schroeder state, “When employees see that their thinking is

                       valued, attitudes change and the corporate culture improves.”

                  2.  Dr. Suzanne Zoglio writes in her book, The Participative Leader, also states, "When an employee buy into the goals of the

                       organization and feels empowered to make necessary changes, a sense of ownership and motivation follow."

III.  CONCLUSION

            A.  SUMMARY: Participative leadership encourages employees to be accountable, innovative, and resolve conflicts.

            B.  TIE IN: To be an effective participative leader, you have to provide the necessary tools, training, and cultural climate and then

                  set their employees free.

Bibliography

Drucker, Peter F. Ph.D.  “Quotes.”  http://www.innovationtools.com.  July 27, 2003.

Robinson, Allan and Schroeder, Dean.  Ideas are Free.  Berrett-Koehler, S.F., 2001.

Zoglio, Suzanne, Ph.D.  The Participative Leader.  Tower Hill Press, 1994.