360 LEADERSHIP:LEADING DOWN, ACROSS AND UP

Feb 2016

• Recognize common leadership myths

• Define 360 Leadership

• Discuss practical ways to implement 360 leadership

• Not be bored / Have fun learning!

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Objectives

• Introduce yourself (name, department, time at Amazon)

• What was your first “legit” W-2 earning Job?

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Introductions!!!!

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Leadership Myths

I’ll learn to lead when I get to the next level.

I can make positive changes only if I am the leader.

If I were the leader, then people would follow me.

If I am not in a leadership position, then I won’t try to lead.

I can’t lead if I’m not the boss.

Two Leadership Paradigms

• One-Directional • 360 Degree

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Me

Boss

Peer

Team

Member

Peer

Boss

Me

Team Members

• A 360 Leader is a person who develops others and leads from any position within an organization by leading down, leading across and leading up.

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360 Leadership Defined

• Think back to your first job: how many of you were in a position to lead: Down? Across? Up?

• Think of your current position: Who can you be leading and developing right now?

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Activity

• Build Relationships

• Equip & Develop

“Leaders aren’t necessarily the first to cross the finish line. Leaders are the first to bring all of their people across the finish line.” - John C. Maxwell

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360 Leader: Leading Associates

• Help Your Peers Win

• Learn From Your Peers

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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360 Leader: Leading Peers

• Lighten Their Load

• Earn Their Trust

“Don’t find a fault; find a remedy” - Henry Ford

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360 Leader: Leading Leaders

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Activity: 360 Leadership Challenges?

The ineffective / resistant leader

The environment of multiple changes

The environment of multiple demands

What other challenges are there?

Casting vision when the vision isn’t yours

The pressure of being in the middle

What are you taking away from this session?

How can you begin to implement 360 Leadership?

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Your Thoughts?

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A Final Message

Thank you for your time!

• A 360 Leader is a person who develops others and leads from any position within an organization by leading down, leading across and leading up.

• Leadership Myths:

1. I can’t lead if I’m not the boss.

2. People would follow me if I were the leader.

3. I’ll learn to lead when I get to the next level.

4. If I am not in a leadership position then I won’t try to lead

• Two Leadership Paradigms:

1. One-directional / Top Down

2. 360 Degree

• Lead Down: Build Relationships / Equip and Develop

• Lead Across: Help Your Peers Win / Learn From Your Peers

• Lead Up: Lighten Their Load / Earn Their Trust

• 360 Leadership Challenges:

1. The pressure of being in the middle

2. The ineffective / resistant leader

3. The environment of multiple demands

4. Casting the vision when the vision isn’t yours

360 Leadership Summary