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Unexpected Ways
to be a Better
LeaderLINDA STEVENSON, MBA, PMP, ERYT
Agenda
Objective: provide you with new ideas and tools to improve
yourself, and therefore your leadership ability
What is a leader?
Characteristics of a leader
Traditional leadership improvement efforts
New opportunities for leadership growth
How can you get started now?
A little about me 30 years in Healthcare, currently employed by Cerner at
Southwest General Health Center
Billing, financial, revenue cycle, regulatory
Clinical information technology, project management
MBA and Project Management Professional (PMP)
Health advocate
37 years in personal fitness, including 16 years with a personal
yoga practice
Advanced yoga certification and yoga studio owner
Certified Cancer Exercise specialist
Single Mom
“If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and
become more YOU ARE A LEADER.”John Quincy Adams
What are characteristics of a good
leader?
Energetic
Accountable
Agile
Edgy
Innovative
Collaborative
Traditional Wisdom
Work hard
Take classes or get more education
Network with others in the field
Support your team
Mentor others
Find a mentor for yourself
Create a vision
How do we do all this?
Body
Mind
Spirit
Body – Energy and Accountability
Regular exercise
Strength training
Flexibility
Endurance/Cardio
Diet
Food is fuel
Everything you eat either builds you up or tears you down, there is no other option!
Breath
The quality of your breath is a reflection of the quality of your life
Mind – Agility and Edge
Continue to learn
Outside your career area
Find something that excites you and dive in!
Find a hobby
Focus
Allow the mind to focus on one thing
Creating new connections in the brain that didn’t exist before
If you don’t use it, you will lose it!
Spirit – Innovation and Collaboration
Daily mindfulness
Give of yourself
Give gratitude
Pray
What is Mindfulness?
Single point of focus
Putting your entire attention on one thing
Minimizing the “chatter” in the mind
Examples:
Seated with focused attention to the
breath
Gardening
Coloring
Benefits of Mindfulness
Body
Immune system
Blood pressure
Reduces symptoms
of inflammatory
diseases
Reduces pain
Improves heart rate
Mind
Improves memory
Better concentration
More creative thinking
Helps manage
distractions
Medication free way
of improving anxiety,
sleeping, depression
Attitude is Everything!
The law of attraction is the attractive, magnetic
power of the Universe that draws similar energies
together.
You attract what you put into the world
Positive thoughts attract positive results
Surround yourself with people who support
and lift you higher
Visualize positive results
Daily affirmations
Speak in the positive, avoid the negative
One Simple Change
Make one new change each month in 2016
Start with your vision
Vision statement
Vision board
Make one change to improve your physical health
Try something you have been interested in
Read a book
Go to a class
Take 5 minutes each day for mindfulness
Questions?
My mission is to encourage physical, spiritual and emotional health in the people I meet, and to do this with integrity, honesty and living by example.
Contact Me: [email protected]
Office 440-816-4851
