Leadership in the TrenchesCol Harry LeBoeuf, USAF (ret)
We all Lead in the Trenches!
Six Leadership
Skills
Leadership Skill #1:
Listening
“The #1 skill of the 21st century leader is listening.”
Peter DruckerAuthor & Management Guru
“99% of the best ideas we ever had came from our people.”
Sam Walton,Founder, Walmart
Top 5 Leadership Listening Pitfalls1. Pride2. Know it all3. Don’t have the time4. Think others are idiots5. Don’t care
Leadership Skill #2:
Envision
“A task without a vision is drudgery.A vision without a task is but a dream.
But a task with a vision is the hope of the world.”
Inscription circa 1770Church in Sussex, England
Two Keys to Envisioning
1. Clarify
2. Connect
“The role of a leader is to find a thousand different ways to say
the same thing.”
Harry Quadracci, FounderQuad Graphics
Leadership Skill #3:
Adapt
How to Catch a Monkey
“But the core of the matter (leading change) is always about changing behavior of people,
and behavior change happens in highly successful situations mostly by speaking
to people’s feelings.”
John Kotter, AuthorLeading Change and The Heart of Change
Change Event
Positive Negative
Stage 1: Excitement
Stage 2: Doubt
Stage 3: Hope
Stage 4: Commitment
Change Event
Stage 1: Denial
Stage 2: Resistance
Stage 3: Acceptance
Stage 4: Commitment
Leadership Skill #4:
Develop
Two Keys to Developing Your Team
1. Training: develop competencies
2. Coaching: develop confidence
Remember: training is only appropriate if an employee needs
a specific Skill, Knowledge, or Attitude that he/she does not currently possess to successfully
fulfill their role.
What is Leadership Coaching?
• Equips people with the SKA to develop themselves.• Process – not an event.• Something you do with them – not to them.• Not about “fixing” people – it’s about unleashing
potential.• Two-way relationship – not a one-way event.• Mindset and approach for improvement.
Leadership Skill #5:
Execute
“A good plan violently executed today
is better than a perfect plan next week.”
General George S. Patton, Jr.WWII Commander
“Vision without execution is an hallucination.”
Thomas EdisonInventor
Two Keys to Execution
1. Delegate
2. Emancipate
Emancipate
Def: Giving people the Freedom to Succeed.
Goal of Emancipation
Goal of emancipation is NOT to completely eliminate bureaucracy,
but to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy!
Key Emancipation Question
NOT: How Much control do I need?
Is: How Little control do I need?
Leader’s Role in Execution
1. Guide
2. Inspect
3. Redirect
Leadership Skill #6:
Reward
“I can live for two months
on a good compliment.”
Mark TwainHumorist & Author
Realities of Motivation
Conventional WisdomBosses motivate employees.
Unconventional RealityEmployees motivate themselves.
Conventional WisdomPeople do what they do for their
organization’s or boss’ reasons.
Unconventional RealityEmployees do what they do for their own
reasons.
Realities of Motivation
Conventional WisdomGreat leaders look for people to pump up.
Unconventional RealityGreat leaders look for the roadblocks to
motivation.
Realities of Motivation
Conventional WisdomOur job is to lead our horses to water.
Unconventional RealityOur job is to make our horses thirsty!
Realities of Motivation
L isten
E nvision
A dapt
D evelop
E xecute
R eward
Leadership in the Trenches
Col Harry LeBoeuf, USAF (ret)
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