Leadership lesson from ants

2. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND
AND
EXPERIENCE

3. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
 ADLI ALIMI BIN ABDUL RAHMAN is the Secretary of The Parent
and Teacher Association (PTA), the school prefect’s teacher
and the advisor of the Junior Doctor Club.
 I like to use democratic and path-goal leadership styles to
make my lesson a fun lesson. I want my pupils to learn by
themselves and cherries the knowledge they gained.
 But sometimes I were forced to use autocratic leadership
style to make sure my learning objectives were achieved. It is
due to sometime my pupils react over the limit and disturb
the learning process.

4. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
 Hartini Ahmad is a pre school teacher at primary
school since 2007.
 The first week, I found difficulties to make sure
children listened with my instruction in the
classroom.
 Then i discovered that i had to take different
approaches to handle the children easily. I used
democratic style.We will enjoy the learning happily
in the class without bounderies.

5. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
 I found that children likely enjoy because they exposed
learning at the sametimes when playing together like in
game.
 However, i think i must use autocratic style sometimes. It
helped me in controlling the stuborn children. So, they
quit little bit listen to me and follow my instruction given
to them.
 During the 4 years, I found that leadership style i used in
teaching and learning make me faced with global
children today smoothly, efficiently and effectively
which lastly producing good quality children next day.

6. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
 Nurul Atikah bt Noor Azamin, the teachers of School
Prefect and teachers Advisor of Police Cadet for
afternoon session.
 I've always worked with other teachers. In addition, I
also give instructions to the prefect to ensure that the
school disciplinary is committed.
 Therefore, I've been using the system of democracy in
making all solutions. Usually the teachers will discuss
together before making any decision related to school
discipline.

7. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
Meanwhile, for police cadets, I also prefer to
adopt a democratic system because I will join
police cadet teacher advisor for the morning
session. Usually we will discuss before a decision
is made because it involves many parties.

8. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
Rohani binti Ahmad- involved in co-ordinator of
uniform unit and teacher librarian.
I used democratic style because can invites co
operation among members , discussion, sharing
ideas, views and opinion. Can build creativityof
others, make discussion togethers, two way
communicate reduce conflict and increase
work efficiency

9. LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE
Siti Rozaimah Binti Bakhtiar is a counseling
teacher at Maahad Tahfiz Sains Darul Aman,
Kulim Kedah since 2012.
 Democratic leadership style
sharing and learning from other experiences
 Autocratic leadership style
Making decision

10. NAME OF OUR LEADERSHIP
PARADIGM

12. WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
It is a process by which one person influences
the thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors of others.
Leaders set a direction for the rest of us; they
help us see what lies ahead; they help us
visualize what we might achieve; they
encourage us and inspire us.
D. Quinn Mills , 2005

13. WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
A leader is one or more people who selects,
equips, trains, and influences one or more
follower(s) who have diverse gifts, abilities, and
skills and focuses the follower(s) to the
organization’s mission and objectives causing
the follower(s) to willingly and enthusiastically
expend spiritual, emotional, and physical
energy in a concerted coordinated effort to
achieve the organizational mission and
objectives.

15. The Ant Leadership Paradigm is a set of leadership style
and characteristic display by the ants that can be learn
by us to make our organization excel in future.
This paradigm focus on team work and what a small
creature or a small organization can achieve by using the
style and characteristic of the ants.
The aim of this paradigm is to explore the true nature of
ants so that we can benefit from all of the great
characteristics of ants.

17. “ONE FOR ALL & ALL FOR ONE”
 The leader is the source of strength in the organization as the
queen ant to its colony. The leader reflect the whole
organizations as he/she is the main policy maker of the
organizations.
 At the same time, the leader must take care their followers as
they are the heart of the organization. There is no leader if
there is no followers. A good leader will take care his/her
follower as they own family.
 The great leader according to our paradigm is the one who is
able to connect tightly with his/her follower and influence
them to achieve the organizational goal. He/she will do it
together with the follower with very great teamwork and
cooperation.

19. The life of Ants
 Like all insects, ants have six legs. Each leg has three joints. The legs
of the ant are very strong so they can run very quickly. If a man
could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a
racehorse. Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. An ant brain
has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a
colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a
human.
 The job of the queen is to lay eggs which the worker ants look after.
Worker ants are sterile, they look for food, look after the young, and
defend the nest from unwanted visitors. Ants are clean and tidy
insects. Some worker ants are given the job of taking the rubbish
from the nest and putting it outside in a special rubbish dump! Each
colony of ants has its own smell. In this way, intruders can be
recognized immediately. Many ants such as the common Red
species have a sting which they use to defend their nest.

20. The life of Ants
 At night the worker ants move the eggs and larvae deep
into the nest to protect them from the cold. During the
daytime, the worker ants move the eggs and larvae of
the colony to the top of the nest so that they can be
warmer. If a worker ant has found a good source for
food, it leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the
colony can find the food. Army Ants are nomadic and
they are always moving. They carry their larvae and
their eggs with them in a long column.

21. Shared/Team Leadership Theory
 Each ant is aware of their individual duty and does their part. Ants
have always captured the attention for their hard work and
teamwork.
 Ants have learnt how to live together successfully in colonies and
survive in diverse habitat.
 Ants is team workers and work together in order to achieve
something great.
 Ants operate in a team together empowering to achieve more. A
line of ants keenly they diligently follow the ant in front.

22. Visionary Leadership Theory
 Ants are driven by purpose. Having a clear long term
objective or goals.
 Ants prepare in their food in summer because they know
that there will be a time when there will be no food to
find in winter time. So they are constantly preparing for a
season which is yet to come upon them.
 Ants do not just eat on the spot even when they see a
huge chicken or sandwich, they try to carry the food to
their ant colony and save up for the rainy days.

23. Path-Goal Leadership Theory
 The leader ant sources the food and leads the follower
ants to the food source.
 The leader ants appear to teach and repeatedly nudge
the follower ants.
 Ants are insects that wise, they know when to look for
food, when to rest, in the summer, the ants immediately
seek food and herd foods as much as possible, so that
when the season gone by and they cannot work, they
still have a lot of food reserves.

25. The effective Principal Attributes in
Shared Leadership
 Shared leadership is commonly thought of as the
"serial emergence" of multiple leaders over the life
of a team, stemming from interactions among team
members in which at least one team member tries
to influence other members or the team.
 Principal should ask the subordinates to work
together as a team and perform team work.
 Principal should focus more on the needs of the
subordinates than their own individual needs.

26. The Characteristic of the Principal in
Shared Leadership
Teamwork
 The principal should focus on the team, rather him
himself.
 Working for a benefit of self can be detrimental to the
overall performance of the team or the entire
organization.
Highly social creatures
 The principal can practise how to make a decision and
communicate the fact that everyone’s opinion counts.
 So that, the principal can facilitates the productive
discussion with the other members.

27. The effective Principal Attributes in
Distributed Leadership
 Distributed leadership is the sharing of leadership
between two or more individuals.
 Distributed leadership also primarily concerned with
mobilizing leadership at all levels in the organisation not
just relying on leadership from the top
 Principal needs to perform peer reviews all the time.
They teach each other to work and hold each other
accountable
 Principal need to simply place the right teachers in the
right jobs

28. The Characteristic of the Principal in
Distributed Leadership
Empowerment
 School administrators cannot be everywhere at one time. Principal
distribute the leadership power between two administrators, while other
schools involve teachers and parents, creating a group where there is
no central leader in charge.
Right person for the right job
 Distributing the leadership allows administrators to focus on a few areas
and really make an impact. They do a better job in a few areas than if they
were over numerous activities, administrative duties, and student and
teacher responsibilities. In return, administrators tend to find their jobs more
fulfilling and feel like they are actually making a difference.

29. The effective Principal Attributes in
Path-Goal Leadership
 According to path-goal theory, leaders have a responsibility
to provide their subordinates with the information and support
necessary to achieve the work goals.
 Leaders can engage in behaviours that help subordinates
facilitate goal attainment. For example, principal can
providing information and other resources necessary for the
teachers to obtain goals.
 Leaders can engage in behaviours that remove obstacles
that might hinder subordinates' pursuit of their goals. For
instance principal can remove workplace factors that reduce
the chances of goal attainment.

30. The Characteristic of the Principal in
Path-Goal Leadership
 Have vision and mission
 Principal should see the vision (intent) and agree with the mission and a
strategy that will take the organisation in a needed direction.
 Embedding change
 Embedding change in the organization drives innovation and productivity.
So that, the principal should embrace change to make the school goals
achieved.
 Understanding
 Principal must recognize the needs of teachers and try to satisfy these needs through
the workplace, reward people for achieving their goals, help subordinates identify the
most effective paths they need to take to reach their goals, and clear those paths so
that subordinates can reach their goals.

31. ANT PARADIGM DISTRIBUTION
&
THE KEY PLAYERS

32. Queen Ants
Queen ants are the founders of all colonies. Once mated, she can stay fertilized for many
years laying millions of eggs. Some queens can lay thousands of eggs each day. They really are
egg laying machines. Queen ants also have the record for the longest living of all insects, ranging
from one to up to thirty years. After nuptial flight, in which winged sexual male and female ants
mate, a future queen faces the harrowing challenge of founding a new colony. As the worker
population increase, the queen’s careful attendance of the brood slackens and her primary role in
the colony becomes egg laying and remaining alive. Rather than standing to defend her only clutch
of brood queens now have a horde of daughters to defend nest, and they retreat from any signs of
danger or disturbance to the nest.

33. Minor Worker Ants
Minor worker ants, or simply 'workers', are the most common ant found in any colony.
They are also called as carpenter ants. These sterile female ants are the smallest ant, but they do
the most work. Some look after the queen and brood, some forage for food from around the nest,
whilst others maintain and expand the nest. Carpenter ants prefer to establish nests in areas where
wood has been exposed to severe moisture. Carpenter ant build two types of nests; parent colonies
and satellite colonies. Parent colonies consist of a queen, her brood and workers. Satellite colonies
consist of workers, older larvae and pupae. All moisture conditions that the ants found conducive
must be corrected. If treated early, carpenter ants are seldom for serious structural damage to
houses and buildings. However, these ants could cause extreme damage if they continue
undiscovered for extended period. Thus, it is advisable to seek professional help in containing
carpenter ant infestations. Workers can live between a few months and up to five years.

34. Soldier Ants | Major Workers | Big Heads
Soldier ants are also known as major workers or big heads. They are only present among
certain species that are 'polymorphic'. These sterile female ants are larger and stronger than
typical workers. They protect their colony from large predators and use their strength and large
jaws ormandibles to cut and carry larger objects. In harvester ant species, the soldiers use their
strength to crack open hard seeds.In leaf cutter ant species, the solders cut through the thicker
plants so that the minor workers can carry the clippings back to their nest. Some species
have median workers that are sized between minor and major workers.

35. Winged Princess | Alate | Virgin Queen
A princess is an unfertilized virgin queen, she has wings present and so is an alate flying
ant. Princesses take to the skies to mate on a warm, humid summers day also known as the nuptial
flight. Once mated, they scurry along the ground to find a suitable nesting place to lay their eggs.
They clip their own wings and use them as a protein source to feed their new family.

36. Winged Drone | Alate | Male Ant
Drones are the only male ants in a colony. They are born from un-fertilized eggs. Drones
are not like typical ants. They don't do any work in their nests, and they look more like wasps than
ants. They are reproductive winged ants and so are alates. They take to the skies on the same day
as the princesses to mate during the nuptial flight.Once they have mated, they die. Drones will
only survive a few months during the mating season. Their life is short lived, but like all ants, they
play a crucial part in the ant life cycle.

37. THE HIERACHY OF THE ANT PARADIGM
QUEEN
PRINCIPAL/HEADMASTER
WINGED PRINCESS
HEAD OF
DEPARTMENTS
WINGED DRONE
SENIOR
TEACHERS
SOLDIERS
TEACHERS
MINOR WORKERS
S
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D
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N
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S

38. THE QUEEN-THE PRINCIPAL
Roles of principal are as follows:
1. School leader
2. Student discipline
3. Teacher evaluator
4. Develop, implement, evaluate program
5. Review policies
6. Hiring new teachers

39. THE WINGED PRINCESS-HEAD OF
DEPARTMENTS
1.Leadership and management
2.Responsible for teaching and students
3.Responsible for research
4.Knowledge transfer
5.People management
6.Financial management

40. THE WINGED DRONE-SENIOR TEACHERS
1. Respect the head teacher/principal who bears the
ultimate responsibilities for the school
2. Have a good relationship with teams – so that the
communication becomes easy
3. As the medium of the principal and staff
4. As the medium of school and parent
5. Ensure the process of learning in the aspect of
curriculum, co- curriculum and student affairs are vin the
right track
6. Aware of the physical environment
7. Aware of the fiscal/fund
8. Keeps things running smoothly

41. THE SOLDIER-TEACHERS
Roles of teachers are broad
1.Resource provider
2.Instructional specialist
3.Curriculum specialist
4.Classroom supporter
5.Learning facilitator
6.Mentor
7.School leaders
8.Data coach
9.leaner

42. THE WORKERS-PUPILS
1. Roles of the students including to themselves,
parents, teachers, societies, religions, culture,
and country
2. They should focused to their academic and
ensuring they are success in their learning and
career.

44. According to Hayes Mizell (2010) professional
development is many types of educational experiences
related to an individual’s work. Doctors, lawyers,
educators, accountants, engineers, and people in a wide
variety of professions and businesses participate in
professional development to learn and apply new
knowledge and skills that will improve their performance
on the job. Many fields require members to participate in
ongoing learning approved by the profession, sometimes
as a requirement for keeping their jobs. Professionals
often also voluntarily seek new learning.

45. The Ants’ Leadership
Workshop
The Ants’ Leadership
Camp
Focus on the theory of
the leadership.
Focus on the
application of the
theory.
The first phase The second phase
One day courses Three day camp
In-door activities Out-door activities
Participant : whole
organizations
Participant : Whole
organizations

47. The Ants’ Leadership Paradigm let to
understand the important of the teamwork
and cooperation in organizations – the
importance of the leader and the follower in
an organizations.
The amazing characteristics of the ants in
achieving their goals should motivate us to
apply the principal show by the ants in our
organization so we can achieve our
organizational goal with the feeling of
togetherness and no one is leaf behind.