© 2013 ryr your leadership story? jenny garrett executive coach, founder reflexion associates &...
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© 2013 RYR
Your Leadership Story?
Jenny GarrettExecutive coach, founder Reflexion Associates & author ‘Rocking Your Role’
Twitter @jennifergarrett
Would You Follow You?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbmTlvfuHlo
Nic Askew – Soul Biographies
“Leadership has many voices. You need to be who you are, not try to emulate
somebody else”
Kevin Sharer – worked as Jack Welsh’s assistant at GE in 1980’s
What makes a good leader
Leadership emerges from your life story
Authenticcha
risma
VisionSupport
EmpathyDir
ection
Clarity
• Demonstrate a passion for your purpose• Practice your values consistently• Lead with your heart, your head and your
gut• Establish long term, meaningful
relationships• and have the self-discipline to get results
When you are leading from your life story, you….
Know who you are
All of us have the spark of Leadership within us, whether it is
business, in government, or as a non profit volunteer. The challenge is to
understand ourselves well enough to discover where we can use our leadership gifts to serve others
Young & Rubicam chairman and CEO Ann Fudge
My Leadership Story
Walk Tall
Vision
Embrace your difference
Be Vulnerable
Take leaps of faith
Make exquisite connections
What’s your life story?
‘Every idea you hold passionately has a background in your personal experience’
How have I become a leader?Why have I become a leader?
1. Natural2. Struggle3. Finding a cause4. Learning from experience
Authentic Leaders create their own legends and become authors of their lives in the sense of creating new
and improved versions of themselves
Your Story
1. I have always led…..2. The struggle that revealed my leadership was….3. Finding a cause helped me to become a leader
by………4. Learning from experience has developed me as a
leader…..
Choose one that you think you could comfortably write a few words about. (that no one will read but you)
Your StoryStart with one of the following
1. I have always led…..2. The struggle that revealed my leadership was….3. Finding a cause helped me to become a leader
by………4. Learning from experience has developed me as a
leader…..Tips
keep the hand moving don’t cross out don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, grammar go where the energy is*no one will read this but you*
5 Minutes
Reflection
1. Read your story
2. Reflect individually on these questions• How did you find the process of writing?• What surprised you about what you had
written?• What themes emerged?• What’s the learning in your story?• What would be the benefit of doing this
exercise again?
3. Share your reflections with the group
What feels important to share from the exercise?
How will this help?
What next?
8 Questions to hold1. Which people and experiences in your early life had
the greatest impact on you?2. What are the moments when you say to yourself, this
is the real me?3. What are your most deeply held values?4. How do you balance your extrinsic and intrinsic
motivation?5. What kind of support team do you have?6. Are you able to be the same person in all aspects of
your life?7. Are you more effective as a leader when you behave
authentically?8. What steps can you take today, tomorrow, and over
the next year to develop your authentic leadership?
From George, Sims, McLean & Mayer, HBR, Discovering Your Authentic Leadership
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