LEADERSHIPThe key to Success

Spring workshops, 2012

What is leadership?

• Leadership is influence–Starts with leading self–Then leading others–Finally leading leaders

Leadership• Listens first, then speaks• Asks questions• Inspires by example• Promotes ownership• Facilitates intangibles• Use conditional statements• Encourages choices• Facilitates mindfulness

Reflections on Leaders’ Competencies

Principles of Leadership

• Know yourself and seek self-improvement

• Be technically proficient• Seek responsibility and take

responsibility for your actions• Make sound and timely decisions• Set the example = good role model

Principles (cont’d)

• Know your team and look out for their well being

• Keep your team informed• Develop a sense of responsibility in

your team• Ensure that tasks are understood and

accomplished• Use the full capabilities of your

organization

Basic Belief of LeadersLeadership is a partnership between team leaders

and team membersPerformance is a journeyPeople can and want to developDevelopment should be personalized and linked to

specific goals/tasksCompetence is a goal, task specific knowledge or

skillCommitment is a combination of motivation and

confidence

Reflections on Leadership

• Leadership cannot really be taught, it can only be learned. H. Geneen

• Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something that you are convinced should be done. V. Packard

5 practices of exemplary leadership

• Model the way• Inspire a shared vision• Challenge the process• Enable others to act• Encourage the heart

Principles of Communication

• Make communication a top priority.• Be open to other people.• Create a receptive environment for

communication.• Communication is built on trusting

relationships

Effective Communications

• Do you ask for questions and wait for the answers?

• Do you respond quickly and directly to the questions that are asked?

• Does the other person feel you are listening actively to them?

Reflections on Personal Leadership

LEADERSHIP CHECKLIST• Are you:self aware, persistent, pragmatic, knowledgeable, intuitive, flexible,open to change, committed to life-long

learning.

• Do you have:have a sense of

humour, good self-

esteem, holistic approach

to health and well-being

Reflections on Personal Leadership

M.L. King – tell me what you think about, and that will tell me who you are.

Leadership Theories

• Trait theory• Great events theory• Transformational leadership

theory

Developing leadership

• Reflecting on and learning from (evaluating) experience

• Surround yourself with leaders (mentors)

Emotionally intelligent leadership

Daniel Goleman:A leader’s primary task is emotional

leadership, requiring them to consistently:Be optimistic, authentic, have high-

energy moodsBe aware of how their moods drive the

organizational moods and actionsAdjusts their behaviours accordingly

Reflections on Team Building

Can you answer these team questions?

What may I expect from you?Can I achieve my own goals by following you?Will I reach my potential by working with you?Can I entrust my future to you?Have you bothered to prepare yourself for

leadership?Are you ready to be ruthlessly honest?Do you have the self-confidence and trust to let

me do my job?What do you believe?

Reflections on Leadership

• Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

P. Drucker

Conclusions

• Anatomy of a Leader–Monkey–Big chin–Strong legs–Big mouth–Deaf ear–Rubber neck