The Impact of Leadership

Rosemarie Peikes

Outcomes

Identify the behaviours and attitudes which demonstrate positive leadership and team building.

Value the opportunities you have in your roles to positively influence and guide individuals and teams.

Leadership

Effective leaders help to keep the people around them connected and energized

• Clemmer

Leadership

Leadership is a verb, not a noun. Leadership is action, not position. Leadership is defined by what we do, not the role we are in.

• Clemmer

Leadership

The new story of leadership is based on nurturing, teaching, growing, caring, listening, empathizing and respecting.

• Secretan

Paired Exercise

In a few minutes you will take turns interviewing each other• Person A will interview Person B for 10

minutes

• Person B will interview Person A for 10 minutes

Interview Process

The interviewer will• Ask the questions

• Ask follow-up questions, e.g. tell me more about…

• Listen deeply

• Take some notes about high points. (Later each interviewer will be asked to briefly tell the other person’s story.)

NB It is an interview, not a back and forth dialogue

Interview Process Cont’d.

You will have 20 minutes to find a quiet spot, conduct your interview and return to the large group

Group Exercise Part 2

Form groups of three pairs (same pairs) = 6

Choose a facilitator Choose a recorder/presenter Choose a timekeeper

Group Exercise cont’d.

Each person takes turns briefly (2 minutes each) sharing his/her partner’s story about exceptionally positive moments in leadership

Discuss & agree on the 3 to 5 themes or threads that these exceptionally positive moments have in common, that hold the most positive energy for the group

Large Group

Each group reports back on their themes Large group discussion

Appreciative Inquiry

Process for engaging people in building the organization they want to work in

Assumes that our untapped stories, when explored and shared, release positive energy

Appreciative Inquiry Cont’d.

Invites people to seek these forces out and explore their hopes and dreams for the future

Enables people to weave their discoveries into the fabric of the organization, enabling it to re-conceptualize and transform.

• Bernard J. Mohr & Jane Magruder Watkins

As a leader…

You can bring out the best in people by• Discovering, honouring and amplifying the

best

• Developing an appreciative lens

You can help others• Focus on the positive so that together you

can create more of the best in the team and the organization

When we change ourselves, we change how other people see us and how they respond to us. When we change ourselves, we change the world.

• Robert E. Quinn

The Fundamental State of Leadership

Other-Focused Externally Open Internally Directed Purpose-Centred

• Robert E. Quinn

Other-Focused

Putting the common good and welfare of others first

Increasing in authenticity and transparency

Nurturing trust Enriching levels of connectivity

Externally Open

Moving outside comfort zone Experimenting Seeking real feedback Adapting

Internally Directed

Continuously examining oneself Closing the gaps between values and

behaviour Reaching higher levels of security and

confidence

Purpose-Centered

Clarifying what result one wants Committed and engaged Holding an unwavering standard

When we change ourselves, we change how other people see us and how they respond to us. When we change ourselves, we change the world.

• Robert E. Quinn

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

Chinese Proverb

People who want milk should not seat themselves in the middle of a field in hope that a cow will back up to them.

• Elbert Hubbard

“Half this game is 90% mental.”

-Danny Ozark, Manager

Philadelphia Phillies

In This Session, We

Used an Appreciative Inquiry process Identified how as leaders we have

significantly influenced individuals and teams

Explored characteristics of effective leadership via our own experiences and via the literature

So, in conclusion...

You know how to be good Never lose sight of that vision. Never lose sight of that purpose

• Meg Wheatley

References

T. A. Kayser. Mining Group Gold. How to Cash in on the Collaborative Brain Power of a Group. 2nd Ed. 1995

R. E. Quinn. Building the Bridge As You Walk on It, A Guide for Leading Change, 2004

B. J. Mohr & J. Magruder Watkins. The Essentials of Appreciative Inquiry: A Roadmap for Creating Positive Futures. 2002