leading from within...the journey & path
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Leading From Within…
The Journey & Path
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Leadership Attributes – Universally Disliked
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How These Manifest Themselves In Groups
Blocker/resister
Aggression
Competing
Attention seeking
“Special”
treatment
Dominator
Seeking sympathy
Super critical
Withdrawing
Confession of personal information
Personal agenda
Joker/clown
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…the ability to influence,
motivate, and empower others
CP/Nina Long
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Military
Essential Leadership Qualities
Political
Social
Spiritual
Thought
Business
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Leadership Attributes – Universally Liked
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How These Manifest Themselves in Groups
Information or opinion seeker
Information or opinion giver
Clarifier
Idea initiator
Elaborator
Introducer
Harmonizer or
Mediator
Compromiser
Supporter
Encourager
Listener
Summarizer
Evaluator
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Maxwell’s Twenty-One Key Leadership Qualities:
Character
Charisma
Commitment
Communication
Competence
Courage
Discernment
Focus
Generosity
Initiative
Listening
Passion
Positive Attitude
Problem-solving
Relationships
Responsibility
Security
Self-discipline
Servanthood
Teachability
Vision
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Matrix of Strategic Roles Insider Outsider
Front Seat Champion
Inner Circle
Leader
Commitment to Vision
Change Agent
Activist
Outsider
Fierce in Supporting Change
Commitment to Position
Zealous Advocate
Back Seat
Consultant
Inner Circle
Advisor & Coach
Commitment to Mission & Vision
Works with powers-that-be
Collaborator
Messenger
Outsider
May bring good or bad news
Neutral about Mission/Vision Disengaged
First to tell all, even dirty laundry
Trunk Follower
Inner Circle
“Good Indian”
Commitment to Leader
Resister
Outsider
Always fights change
Commitment to Status Quo
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“No institution can possibly survive if it
needs geniuses or supermen to manage it.
It must be organized in such a way as to
be able to get along under a leadership
composed of average human beings.”
Peter Drucker
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How Simple Is it?
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Champions & Consultants
Ethics
Vision
Humility
Communication
People-Building
Legacy
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Ethics
“Nearly all men can stand the test
of adversity, but if you really
want to test a man’s character,
give him power.” -- A. Lincoln
“Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.”
--N. Schwarzkopf
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“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the
moon in this decade and do the other things, not because
they are easy, but because they are hard.”
--J.F. Kennedy
“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly
developed sense of fear and no concept of the
odds against them.”
--R. Jarvik
VISION
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Visionary Leadership
Create and articulate a realistic, credible, attractive vision
Skills:
Explaining
Expressing
Extending
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Visionary Leadership: Kouzes & Posner
Challenging the Process
Inspiring a Shared Vision
Enabling Others to Act
Modeling the Way
Encouraging the Heart
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Humility
Willingness to learn (and be wrong)
Teamwork & utilizing skills of others
Open-minded; values the “devil’s advocate”
Recognizes the mission is more important than the leader
“The best leaders I’ve known are not self-promoters.
While they are comfortable with power and authority,
they do not abuse their position, or emphasize the
perquisites of their office, or use their status to
distance themselves from others.”
--Pete Stark
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“Communication”
“The exchange of ideas, opinions and
information”
Positively represents and articulates
Communicates effectively in all directions
Distills ideas into messages that inspire
Accurate and persuasive
Includes all who “need to know”
Understands importance of non-verbal
Inquiry before Advocacy
The Communicative Leader
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Building up others, recognizing
achievements, and providing
people with opportunities for
growth and development
Saying “thank you” and
recognizing accomplishments
Identifying and utilizing the
skills of others
Don’t put up brick walls…tear
them down
Eliminate the words “not my
job” from your vocabulary
People-Building & Partnering
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Legacy
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How Simple Is it?
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It Can Become Habit-Forming to Lead!
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1. Let go of things others can do.
Tasks and
responsibilities
Authority
Cans & Wants
Build through
Involvement
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2. Encourage initiative, ideas, and risk taking.
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3. Foster goal-setting.
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4. Ask for help when you need it.
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5. Coach to ensure success.
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6. Reinforce good work and good attempts.
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7. Share information, knowledge, and skills.
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8. Value, trust, and respect each individual.
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9. Provide support without taking over.
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10. Practice what you preach.
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Small Group Work Followed by
Wrap Up and Q & A
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Laura Deaton
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