Self-Leadership chp 1

The Journey

Look into the mirror

Self-Leadership: The leadership we exercise over ourselves

If we ever hope to become leaders of others, we need first to be able to lead ourselves effectively

Leadership

”A process af influence” First step in the journey toward

achievement of an understanding and improvement of our own self-lesdership

Leadership is not just an outward process – we can and do lead ourselves

Sources of leadership

External leadership Giving of orders Rewards and punishments

Participative leadership Goals are set jointly by a manager and a

subordinate Self-Leadership

Self-imposed processe at the others

Next step of the journey

A boss who gives orders to you, but The method in which you complete tasks is left

to you What you think about while you work is up to you You can set a higher or lower goal to yourself –

that is up to you You can feel good about your progress or be

tough on yourself The point is that you are your own leader

much of the time Even if you are faced with influential

external leaders

Who is in charge? In leaders absence:

You are of course in charge of yourself If leaders are present:

They cannot look in to your mind! In fact we are our own ultimate leaders! From Boss: ”Your loafing and making a poor

quality” To self: ”I am the best in the department –

the boss is unreasonable today!”

We all lead ourselves!

But: We are not all effective self-leaders

We all have weaknesses in our self-leadership process

Some give their self-leadership potential to others and are lead into equally negative conditions

Your own leader

The point is that you are your own leader, and

You can be a good leader, or You can be a bad leader The ideas you choose to adopt for

yourself, are up to you – after all you are your own leader

The concept of Self-Leadership

Social cognitive theory Human behaviour is a complex process

with many parts The human ability to learn by observing We have a perception of ourselves as

effective Intrinsic motivation theory

”Natural” rewards – we enjoy doing things we like