Leading from Within...The Journey & Path

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Leading From Within…

The Journey & Path

Laura Deaton

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Leadership Attributes – Universally Disliked

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How These Manifest Themselves In Groups

Blocker/resister

Aggression

Competing

Attention seeking

“Special”

treatment

Dominator

Seeking sympathy

Super critical

Withdrawing

Confession of personal information

Personal agenda

Joker/clown

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…the ability to influence,

motivate, and empower others

CP/Nina Long

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Military

Essential Leadership Qualities

Political

Social

Spiritual

Thought

Business

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Leadership Attributes – Universally Liked

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How These Manifest Themselves in Groups

Information or opinion seeker

Information or opinion giver

Clarifier

Idea initiator

Elaborator

Introducer

Harmonizer or

Mediator

Compromiser

Supporter

Encourager

Listener

Summarizer

Evaluator

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Maxwell’s Twenty-One Key Leadership Qualities:

Character

Charisma

Commitment

Communication

Competence

Courage

Discernment

Focus

Generosity

Initiative

Listening

Passion

Positive Attitude

Problem-solving

Relationships

Responsibility

Security

Self-discipline

Servanthood

Teachability

Vision

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Matrix of Strategic Roles Insider Outsider

Front Seat Champion

Inner Circle

Leader

Commitment to Vision

Change Agent

Activist

Outsider

Fierce in Supporting Change

Commitment to Position

Zealous Advocate

Back Seat

Consultant

Inner Circle

Advisor & Coach

Commitment to Mission & Vision

Works with powers-that-be

Collaborator

Messenger

Outsider

May bring good or bad news

Neutral about Mission/Vision Disengaged

First to tell all, even dirty laundry

Trunk Follower

Inner Circle

“Good Indian”

Commitment to Leader

Resister

Outsider

Always fights change

Commitment to Status Quo

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“No institution can possibly survive if it

needs geniuses or supermen to manage it.

It must be organized in such a way as to

be able to get along under a leadership

composed of average human beings.”

Peter Drucker

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How Simple Is it?

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Champions & Consultants

Ethics

Vision

Humility

Communication

People-Building

Legacy

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Ethics

“Nearly all men can stand the test

of adversity, but if you really

want to test a man’s character,

give him power.” -- A. Lincoln

“Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

--N. Schwarzkopf

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“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the

moon in this decade and do the other things, not because

they are easy, but because they are hard.”

--J.F. Kennedy

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly

developed sense of fear and no concept of the

odds against them.”

--R. Jarvik

VISION

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Visionary Leadership

Create and articulate a realistic, credible, attractive vision

Skills:

Explaining

Expressing

Extending

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Visionary Leadership: Kouzes & Posner

Challenging the Process

Inspiring a Shared Vision

Enabling Others to Act

Modeling the Way

Encouraging the Heart

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Humility

Willingness to learn (and be wrong)

Teamwork & utilizing skills of others

Open-minded; values the “devil’s advocate”

Recognizes the mission is more important than the leader

“The best leaders I’ve known are not self-promoters.

While they are comfortable with power and authority,

they do not abuse their position, or emphasize the

perquisites of their office, or use their status to

distance themselves from others.”

--Pete Stark

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“Communication”

“The exchange of ideas, opinions and

information”

Positively represents and articulates

Communicates effectively in all directions

Distills ideas into messages that inspire

Accurate and persuasive

Includes all who “need to know”

Understands importance of non-verbal

Inquiry before Advocacy

The Communicative Leader

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Building up others, recognizing

achievements, and providing

people with opportunities for

growth and development

Saying “thank you” and

recognizing accomplishments

Identifying and utilizing the

skills of others

Don’t put up brick walls…tear

them down

Eliminate the words “not my

job” from your vocabulary

People-Building & Partnering

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Legacy

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How Simple Is it?

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It Can Become Habit-Forming to Lead!

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1. Let go of things others can do.

Tasks and

responsibilities

Authority

Cans & Wants

Build through

Involvement

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2. Encourage initiative, ideas, and risk taking.

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3. Foster goal-setting.

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4. Ask for help when you need it.

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5. Coach to ensure success.

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6. Reinforce good work and good attempts.

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7. Share information, knowledge, and skills.

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8. Value, trust, and respect each individual.

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9. Provide support without taking over.

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10. Practice what you preach.

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Small Group Work Followed by

Wrap Up and Q & A

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Laura Deaton

Full Glass Consulting

888-784-3433

Laura.Deaton@FullGlassConsulting.com