Lead, Motivate,

InspireLeda Csanka

Welcome!

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Leda CsankaCEO, Founder of Strategic Tech Consulting

Author, Speaker, Consultant

Small Business Coach

Certified Professional Coach

Transformational Leader and Mentor

Organizational Change Strategist

Contact : Leda@LedaCsanka.com

www.ledacsanka.com

www.strategictechconsulting.com

My Story…Middle Manager to CIO overnight

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▹ People

▹ Program Management

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▹ Pacing

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A strategy for implementing large

Technology Projects and succeeding at organizational change

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Objectives

▹ Lead

• Definitions, Traits of Leadership

• Create Your Vision, Strategy & Roadmap

• Define Your Culture

▹ Motivate

• Strategies

▹ Inspire

• Definitions, Types of Inspiration

• Set you team up for success

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Lead

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big concept

What does it mean “to lead?”

How is this different than “leading?”

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What is “leadership?”

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Leadership is the ability to:

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▹ Create a vision of the future

▹ Translate vision into clear goals and objectives

▹ Inspire others to strive to achieve a vision

▹ Define a set of values and beliefs that empower a

team

▹ Motivate both ourselves and others until the vision

is the reality

Create the Vision, Strategy & Roadmap

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Just Hire the Right People and Get out of the Way – Right?

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Why, What, How!

Define the Strategic Goals & Objectives

▹ Envision what it is you are

trying to achieve

▹ Create a mission

statement

▹ Align with business

objectives

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Define the Culture

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Team Values

▹ A set of values and beliefs

▹ The rules of engagement

▹ Define what is acceptable behavior

▹ Create – “A day in the life”

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Examples

▹ Our IT organization is seen by the business as

great communicators

▹ We are problem solvers and solution oriented

▹ We are strategic partners to our business

▹ Not order takers, we will challenge priorities

when it make sense

▹ We have a seat at the table, not an after

thought

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Layout a Roadmap

▹ How you will get there?

▹ Translate into SMART goals▹ Specific

▹ Measureable

▹ Achievable

▹ Realistic

▹ Timebound

▹ Include your team in the

process

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Communicate the Vision

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Establish Key Messages

▹ Establish key messages

▹ Break it down in to steps

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Project Confidence

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Project Energy and Excitement

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Lead by Example

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Lead – The Key Messages

▹ Vision, Strategy & Roadmap (Why, What, How)

▹ Define the Strategic Goals & Objectives

▹ Define the Culture

▹ Create Team Values

▹ Layout a Roadmap

▹ Communicate the Vision

▹ Establish Key Messages

▹ Project Confidence, Energy & Excitement

▹ Lead by Example25

Motivate

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“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you

going.”

- Gandhi

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Get in Front of the Team

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“My experience has been that you have to step out of the office and

become integrated with the people.”

- Leda Csanka

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“Too many leaders are locked in their office writing or envisioning

what the future looks like and what the strategy and goals are. ”

- Leda Csanka

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Share Everything

▹ Vision, Mission, Strategy, Goals,

Objectives, Roadmap, Status

▹ How you will execute

▹ Project Structure

▹ Project Plans

▹ Provide Training and

Transparency

▹ Face to Face

▹ Mandatory Meetings

▹ Monthly or Bi-Weekly Meetings –

All Hands

Embed the Culture

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▹ Reinforce the Message

▹ Reward examples of people

demonstrating values

▹ Highlight at the meetings in front

of others

▹ Celebrate successes

▹ Celebrate lessons learned

Train the Leaders

▹ Weekly Meetings

▹ Management Book Clubs

▹ Performance Objectives

▹ Hold them accountable – 25%

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Be Available

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▹ Open door

▹ MBWA – Manage by walking around

▹ Talk to People

▹ Get to know their names!

▹ Ask them questions

▹ Be human

▹ Be transparent

▹ Throw parties – AND mingle

Motivate – The Key Messages

▹ Get in front of the team

▹ Share everything

▹ Embed the culture

▹ Train the leaders

▹ Be available

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Inspire

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▹ “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do

more and become more, you are a leader.”

▹ - John Quincy Adams

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Possibility Thinking

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▹ There’s no such thing as a challenge too big to handle.

▹ Adopt this attitude and your people will follow

▹ Approach every problem will present an opening for

greater achievement

▹ Ask your team, “what CAN we do?”

▹ Watch out for the “nervous nellies.” They can undermine

the confidence and progress of the group.

▹ Evidenced by comments like, “We can’t do it,” “It won’t work,” or “It

will take too long.”

“You need to create a culture of “What will it Take?”, “What if it

were possible?”, and “What could we do?” Create an environment where there is always a way!”

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“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible!”

- Audrey Hepburn

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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there. “

- Theodore Roosevelt

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Teach and Learn

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“Smart leaders know what they

don’t know.”

▹ Learning is a constant process

▹ Never stop looking for

opportunities for professional

development

▹ Pass it on – Team the team

▹ Know when to ask for help

“ Leadership and learning are

indispensable to each other. ”

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Be Humble - Express Vulnerabilities

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▹ Be open to recognizing your own faults, so you can grow

as both a leader and a human being

▹ Express your insecurities and vulnerabilities.

You are not expressing a weakness if you share your concerns with

everyone. You are being human in front of your team, and this builds

a strong following.

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Listen to Your People

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▹ Ask your team for ideas

▹ Your people are your greatest

resource

▹ Listen to their feedback

▹ Communicate why – if you decide

something other than what they

recommend

▹ They are contributing, not decision

makers

You never know where your next great idea will come from, so empower everyone up and down the corporate ladder to contribute and

innovate.

Inspire – Key Messages

▹ Possibility thinking

▹ Teach and learn

▹ Be humble

▹ Listen to your people

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What is being a leader?

Being a Leader

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▹ Leader is noun…

It’s not something you do…

It’s something you are…

It does takes practice, habit, consistency

Step into your role, and be…

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ANY QUESTIONS?You can find me at

▫ leda@ledacsanka.com▫ www.ledacsanka.com▫ Www.strategictechconsulting.com

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