from bud to boss: secrets to a successful transition to remarkable leadership | webinar 03.03.15

From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition

to Remarkable Leadership

Presented by:

Kevin Eikenberry

Kevin@KevinEikenberry.com

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Brought to you in partnership:

Jessica Petry

Sr. Marketing Specialist

jpetry@bizlibrary.com

@JessLPetry

@BizLibrary

Kevin Eikenberry

Leadership Expert and Chief Potential

Officer

The Kevin Eikenberry Group

@KevinEikenberry

#BIZWEBINAR

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Which best describes me…

a. I’m an HR professional thinking about this organizationally

b. I lead new supervisors and what to help them succeed.

c. I am a new supervisor/leader – and have been in the role less than 6 months

d. I am a new supervisor/leader – and have been for longer than 6 months

e. Other – note it in the chat if you’d like!

Our Goals Today

The 4 Changes a New Leader Faces

Your Impact as a Leader

Common New Leader Mistakes

11 Components of the Supervisor Role

Transition Conversations You Need to Have

Better Performance Reviews

Your Questions

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What is the most important thing, idea, or concept that you want to get from our time together?

What Changes?

Relationships change

Expectations change

Needed skills change

Perspective changes

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Relationship Changes

With your team

With former peers

With other leaders

With your leader

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Transition Conversations

Your Team

Your Friends

Your New Boss

Your New Peers

Your Former Boss

Others?

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Transition Conversations

Make them intentional

Goals Set expectations – both directions

Establish relationship boundaries

Understand communication preferences

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Your Dual Responsibility

Represent the organization to the

team

Represent the team to the

organization

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A Picture of Your World

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Management Leadership

Your Work

Skill Changes – the First Five

Change

Communication

Coaching

Collaboration and Teamwork

Commitment to Success (Goals)

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Your Impact as a Leader

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Your Impact as a Leader

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Your Impact as a Leader

Results AND Relationships

not

Results OR Relationships

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Roles, Results and Relationships

• Helping people decide to change/make changes

• Coaching team members

• Delegating tasks

• Getting things done/creating results

• Inspiring people to action

• Setting goals

• Communicating up, down and across the

organization

• Developing others

• Building a team

• Resolving conflicts

• Holding people accountable

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Common New Leader Mistakes

Usually Caused by Imbalance(Not understanding where to “draw the line”)

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Four Examples

The delegation balance

The “rules” balance

The relationship balance

The change balance

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Excited about doing

performance reviews?

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A Behavior Focus

Not:

Attitude

Intentions

Why they did what they did

What they were thinking

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A Behavior Focus

Do talk about:

Actions

Words

Accomplishments

Results

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Positive or Negative?

Focus on the positive and confront

the negative

Bridge with “and” not “but”

4:1 Rule

Pygmalion Effect

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Make it Ongoing

You can do more than the minimum

Keep track of both good and bad

No surprises

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Reduce Anxiety

Acknowledge the stress

Make it a safe place

Pick a good time

Invite carefully

More frequency = less stress

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The “Form”

The form is an outcome, not the

reason

Relationship over process

Documentation

Records/Legal requirements

Past vs. future focus

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HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE AS

A NEW SUPERVISOR

From Bud to

Boss:

20 Course Video

Series

A Special Offer

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Download your copy at:

http://www.budtoboss.com/bl

Getting The Most

Think and reflect

Teach someone else

Questions for me? Ask!

Decide and act

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For More Information

To learn more about Kevin and The Kevin Eikenberry Group . . .

http://KevinEikenberry.com

Kevin’s blog - http://blog.KevinEikenberry.com

LinkedIn / Facebook / Twitter (@KevinEikenberry)

The Bud to Boss Community – free resources for leaders

http://BudtoBossCommunity.com

To contact Kevin for training, consulting or speaking

inquiries, contact info@KevinEikenberry.com

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