This document discusses leadership and relationships for volunteers. It begins by defining leadership as the ability to influence a group toward achieving goals and defining relationships as social connections between two or more people. It then discusses various myths around leadership and relationships. The document outlines different leadership and relationship styles. It distinguishes between managers and leaders and discusses the differences between good and bad relationships. Finally, it defines volunteering and discusses why volunteering is important, what types of organizations use volunteers, and the types of work volunteers can do. It also discusses the relationship between leadership and volunteering.
10. DEFINITIONDEFINITION
Leadership
The ability to
influence a group
toward the
achievement of goals.
Relationship
The relationship is
social association,
connection, or
affiliation between
two or more people.
11. MYTHSMYTHS
ofof
Leadership & RelationshipLeadership & Relationship
Leadership is Innate
Leadership is posing
power over others (it is
not demarcated by
power over people –
rather, it is a power of
people)
Leaders are positively
influential
Leaders entirely control
group outcomes
All groups have a
designated leader
Relationship depends on a
great meeting of the minds
Relationship requires a great
romance
Relationship requires
common interests that bond
you together forever
Relationship requires great
problem- solving
There is right way & a wrong
way to make relationship
great
Relationship lets you vent all
your feelings
12. Leadership & Relationship StyleLeadership & Relationship Style
The Pacesetting Leader
‘Do as I do, Now?’
The Authoritative Leader
‘Come with me’
The Affiliative Leader
‘People come first’
The Coaching Leader
‘Try this’
The Coercive Leader
‘Do what I tell you?’
The Democratic Leader
‘What do you think?’
Freedom to Be Me
Respect Others
Treat Everyone as an
Equal
Develop Deep
Communication with
Each Other
Your Personal
Development Plan
Discuss Your Spiritual
Beliefs Together
16. DEFINITIONDEFINITION
““volunteering is described as an unpaid activityvolunteering is described as an unpaid activity
where someone gives their time to help a not-where someone gives their time to help a not-
for-profit organization or an individual whofor-profit organization or an individual who
they are not related to”they are not related to”
The National Survey of Volunteering published in 1997The National Survey of Volunteering published in 1997
defined volunteering asdefined volunteering as
"any activity which involves spending time,"any activity which involves spending time,
unpaid, doing something which aims to benefitunpaid, doing something which aims to benefit
someone (individuals or groups) other than orsomeone (individuals or groups) other than or
in addition to close relatives, or to benefit thein addition to close relatives, or to benefit the
environment”environment”
17. OBJECTIVES
Supporting local communities
Developing insight into the key customer groups
Supporting the Government’s Youth Employability
Developing existing or new skills as part of your
professional development or Social Mobility
agendas
To continue to promote and raise the profile of
volunteering for all citizens, where appropriate by
taking a shared and collective approach
18. WORKSWORKS
““Work without pay? Yes!Work without pay? Yes!
Volunteering may be one of theVolunteering may be one of the
most valuable experiences of yourmost valuable experiences of your
life. It's a double win: yourlife. It's a double win: your
community or cause benefits fromcommunity or cause benefits from
your work and you benefit fromyour work and you benefit from
your experiences. How? Readyour experiences. How? Read
on…”on…”
19. WORKSWORKS
Why volunteer?
Volunteering is a great way to get work experience! You
learn new skills by trying new jobs.
Better yet, you can meet people who can give you
guidance and possibly help you to find a paid job later on.
Employers will be impressed that you took the initiative to
learn new things.
Best of all, you will be taking action to promote what you
think is important and probably be helping someone else
along the way.
You can learn how a charitable organization works.
Be the change that you seek!
20. WORKSWORKS
Who needs volunteers?
Hospitals
Charities
Children's camps
Environmental organizations
Crisis lines and peer counseling
organizations
Human rights organizations
Religious organizations
21. WORKSWORKS
What are some of the things a volunteer can do?What are some of the things a volunteer can do?
Coach a team
Read to children
Read to children
Raise money for charity
Feed the hungry
Raise awareness of important issues
Protect the environment
Plant trees
22. Why is volunteering important?
Volunteers deliver critical services—from serving as
volunteer fire fighters or participating in search and
rescue, to delivering meals to homebound seniors or
homeless youth, to manning the phone lines at domestic
violence and sexual assault centers.
Volunteers help to keep our neighborhoods, streets,
parks, rivers, green spaces, and water clean and safe for
everyone.
Volunteers tutor, teach, mentor, coach, and support
young people with everything from math homework to
dealing with personal crises to football and soccer
tourneys.
23. Why is volunteering important?
Volunteers walk dogs, pet cats, clean cages, help with
adoptions and feedings, and contribute veterinary expertise
to organizations like animal shelters and wildlife
rehabilitation centers
Volunteers educate the public on health and safety, doctors
and nurses donate time and medical knowledge to free
clinics and natural/civil disaster areas worldwide
Volunteers take tickets at film centers and performing arts
events, lead tours at museums and historical societies, and
ensure that arts and cultural festivals—from small-scale
gatherings to massive multi-stage concerts—run smoothly
Volunteers build houses and schools, dig wells, and repair
infrastructure around the globe
24. Relationship Between Leadership &Relationship Between Leadership &
VolunteerVolunteer
By definition volunteering is something that is done on
ones own for ones own purpose done on his or her own
terms and is accomplished not out of need for money
retribution from parents demands from school but the
person thought about it made a decision and followed
through. What defines a leader is someone who goes
beyond the job or beyond the need to make money
thinks about a problem made a decision or makes
decisions and follows through on solving that issue.
Stepping up and walking the walk are both
characteristics of volunteerism and leadership
25. WHO IS THE POSITIVE
MODEL FOR YOUTH
DEVLOPMENT?
Volunteer is Positive Model For
Youth Development