Are You a Leader? They Will Follow

Are You a Leader They Will Follow?
Ann Merrifield
Kaiser Group/Dynamic Works Institute
Garden State Employment and Training Association
September 14-15, 2011
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Dynamic Works Institute www.dynamicinstitute.com

Family Wisdom“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”(if my Mom said it once she said it a zillion times)
Lessons Learned:
Think before you speak
Words fly, writing remains
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Leadership Resources:
“Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen Covey
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Family Wisdom:“What you do speaks louder than what you say”(My Grandpa and Dad always said this.)
Lessons Learned:
Integrity is more about behavior than words
Character makes trust possible and trust makes leadership possible; from John Maxwell’s book, The Law of Solid Ground
Leaders put what’s best for others and the organization ahead of their personal agenda.
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Lessons Learned:
Level 5 Leadership: Leaders who are humble, yet driven to do what’s best for the company (“From Good to Great”, Jim Collins)
Definition of humble: Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.
Servant Leadership
Family Wisdom:“Pretty is as pretty does”(from my Grandma)
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Family Wisdom“If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you?(my Mom’s response to: “But everybody’s doing it”)
Lessons Learned:
It’s about trust and credibility
4 cores of credibility: integrity, intent, capabilities, results
“Nothing is as fast as the Speed of Trust
Leadership Resources:
“The Speed of Trust”, Stephen M.R. Covey
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Family Wisdom“If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you?(my Mom’s response to: “But everybody’s doing it”)
Talk straight
Demonstrate respect
Create transparency
Right wrongs
Show loyalty
Deliver results
Get better
Confront reality
Clarify expectations
Practice accountability
Listen first
Keep commitments
Extend trust
The13 Trust Behaviors
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Lessons Learned:
Qualities of an effective organization
Mutual Respect and Trust
Communication
Healthy competition, with clear and consistent rules
Focus on customer satisfaction – internal as well as external
Concerted effort towards continuous improvement
Skills and interests identified and utilized
The leaders keep themselves out of the “weeds”
Members feel empowered to do their jobs, even when the leader is away
Willingness to change
Family Wisdom“Horns Up!!”(from my father, the band director)
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What did you learn from your Mom and Pop?
How can these lessons learned help you become a more effective leader?
Lessons in Leadership
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Transformational LeadersCharacteristics
Visionary – exciting image of where headed and how to get there
Masterful communication skills, language, metaphors, analogies, storytelling
Able to make others feel capable – experience success, praise, growth
Unconventional strategies – creative strategies to achieve important goals
Emotional expressiveness and warmth – express feelings openly
Self-promoting personality – dramatic and unique
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Transformational LeadersTechniques
Be passionate
Be enthusiastic, optimistic and energetic
Be sensibly persistent
Be candid – speak directly rather than indirectly
Look like a leader
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How Transformations Take Place
Raise awareness
Help others look beyond self interest
Help others search for self-fulfillment
Understand the need for change
Invest with a sense of urgency
Commit to greatness
Put resources where most needed
Build trust
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Recipe for Passionate Leadership
Purpose
Vision
Heart
Attention
Integrity
Discipline
Generosity
Credibility
Grace
Spirit
Source: Leading With Passion – Simple Truths
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purpose
Why do I do what I do?
What is my intention?
Does this intention move me?
Does it stir my heart?
Is it honest? Ethical?
Do I feel inspired by why I do what I do?
What are you meant to do? What gifts have you been given to share with the world?
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vision
To inspire people, the passionate leader must share the vision and be sure it is clear among constituents. This shared vision helps create a collective mind, a critical building block for high performance teamwork.
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
Albert Einstein
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Heart
Is my heart in my work?
Am I running on a full tank of energy?
Do I lead with heart?
Is this reflected in the people I surround myself with?
“The heart has reasons that reasons cannot know”
Pascal
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attention
The attentive leader lives in the now. Even when reflecting on past performance and visualizing future changes, the effective leader is working from the only time that really matters, the eternal now.
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integrity
Do you feel whole and complete, or is something missing?
Are you walking your true inner talk?
What is your inner guidance system telling you?
How do you perceive others? How are you perceived by others? Do you see a correlation?
Do you lead by example, demonstrating integrity?
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Discipline
Discipline means going the extra mile, where there is typically less traffic.
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Generosity
What do I have to offer?
How can I give more?
How can I make this world a better place?
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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credibility
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Gandhi
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Grace
Are you calm and relaxed when leading people?
Are you seen as a “pillar of strength”?
Do you make your work seem effortless?
Do you appreciate all you have?
Do you lead with confidence, composure, equanimity and a deep sense of peace?
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spirit
Leading with passion and spirit requires that we remain positive, attracting positive energy into our lives and into solutions we seek.
We are never given a challenge we cannot meet or a problem we cannot solve.
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Recipe for passionate leadership
Purpose
Vision
Heart
Attention
Integrity
Discipline
Generosity
Credibility
Grace
Spirit
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Thank you
Ann Merrifield
573-864-1839
amerrifield@dynamicinstitute.com
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Gandhi
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