The Leadership Challenge

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The leadership challengeMikael NygrenStefan Söderfjell

What do you look for and admire in a leader, someone whose direction you would willingly follow?

• Ambitious• Broad-minded• Caring • Competent• Cooperative• Courageous• Dependable• Determined• Fair-minded• Forward-looking

• Honest• Imaginative• Independent • Inspiring• Intelligent • Loyal• Mature• Self-controlled• Straightforward• Supportive

• Ambitious 21%• Broad-minded 40%• Caring 20%• Competent 66%• Cooperative 28%• Courageous 20%• Dependable 33%• Determined 24%• Fair-minded 42%• Forward-looking

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• Honest 88%• Imaginative 23%• Independent 6%• Inspiring 65%• Intelligent 47%• Loyal 14%• Mature 17%• Self-controlled 8%• Straightforward 34%• Supportive 35%

Source: Kouzes & Posner, 2003

The ideal leader?

Regardless of culture or workplace• Honest 88%• Forward-looking 71%• Competent 66%• Inspiring 65%

Credibility Trustworthiness

Credibility

If we do not believe in the messenger, we will not

believe the message.

The foundation of leadership

W = A

The foundation of leadership

Words = Actions

Words = Actions

Walk the talk

Practice what you preach

Do what you say you will do

The five practices of leadership

Analyzing leadership behaviour shows 5 practices of exemplary leadership

The leadership challenge is about how a leader could learn and develop these practices

These 5 challenges lead to transformation

The five practices of leadership

•Model the way• Ispire a shared visionIspire a shared vision• Challenge the processChallenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart

Clarify your values

If you stand for nothing you will fall for anything

Express your values

You can not believe in the messenger if you do not know what the messenger believes.

Live your values

Words = Actions

The five practices of leadership

• Model the wayModel the way

•Inspire a shared vision • Challenge the processChallenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart

Inspire a shared vision

Inspire a shared vision

You can not order commitment -You can only inspire to it

The five practices of leadership

• Model the wayModel the way• Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision

•Challenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart

Challenge the process

Are you doing your job in the same way today as you did 15 years ago? One year ago? Yesterday?

Will you do your job in the same way tomorrow as you do today? One year from now? 15 years from now?

Challenge the process…

…is about challenging the way things are done today in order to be

prepared for a different tomorrow

Challenge the process

ETDT

Challenge the process

Eliminate the dumb things

The five practices of leadership

• Model the wayModel the way• Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision• Challenge the processChallenge the process

•Enable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart

Enable others to act

Every individual holds a competence that is not always completely utilized

Groups have abilities and capacities to cooperate and perform that do not always develop in the best direction

Enable others to actObstacles on the way

Leadership

Group processesOrganization

Individual

Enable others to act Leadership

The five practices of leadership

• Model the wayModel the way• Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision• Challenge the processChallenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act

•Encourage the heart

Encourage the heart

”How do you feel when you are encouraged, recognized and valued

for the person you are and the things you have done?”

Contact:

www.ledarskapscentrum.se

Mikael.nygren@ledarskapscentrum.se