Leading With Kindness Baker O’Malley (Columbia)

WHAT DO YOU WORSHIP AS A LEADER? http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=851

Big Ideas:

The Golden Rule

Big Ideas: The Golden Rule

How We See People

Big Ideas: The Golden Rule How We See People

High Expectations

Big Ideas: The Golden Rule How We See People High Expectations

Truth Matters: To Yourself & Others

Big Ideas: The Golden Rule How We See People High Expectations Truth Matters

Big Ideas: The Golden Rule How We See People High Expectations Truth Matters

Big Ideas: Sorting Statement Grab a partner (or two). Take the statements at your table. Sorting sort the statements into some kind of order. Communicate why you have arranged them in this order.

Grab a partner (or two).

Take the statements at your table.

Sorting sort the statements into some kind of order.

Communicate why you have arranged them in this order.

What Kind Leaders Do

Four outcomes for an organization: Each person works to his maximum capabilities with little slippage in effort over time Each person’s capabilities, including moral awareness and aptitude, develop and become more refined over time

Four outcomes for an organization:

Each person works to his maximum capabilities with little slippage in effort over time

Each person’s capabilities, including moral awareness and aptitude, develop and become more refined over time

Four outcomes for an organization: Each person is wiling to exercise her abilities to the fullest in the absence of an immediate contingencies Each person shares a mutual obligation to foster both the personal growth of one another and the collective welfare of the group

Four outcomes for an organization:

Each person is wiling to exercise her abilities to the fullest in the absence of an immediate contingencies

Each person shares a mutual obligation to foster both the personal growth of one another and the collective welfare of the group

What Kind Leaders Do Help and grow others.

What Kind Leaders Do Behaviour that Constitutes Acts of Kindness 1) Framers

What Kind Leaders Do Behaviour that Constitutes Acts of Kindness 1) Framers 2) Interpreters

What Kind Leaders Do Behaviour that Constitutes Acts of Kindness 1) Framers 2) Interpreters 3) Enablers

Find a partner. Read the quote on the screen and discuss a connection (work, personal, fiction, non-fiction) to the quote. What Kind Leaders Do Connecting to Quotes From The Authors

Find a partner.

Read the quote on the screen and discuss a connection (work, personal, fiction, non-fiction) to the quote.

What Kind Leaders Do Model Appropriate Behaviors Ultimately, the measure of anyone—and especially anyone called to lead—is in what he or she does. Remember: People are watching and how you conduct yourself in public will have immeasurable effects on others. Leading with kindness includes acting with integrity—consistently adhering to ethical standards of conduct and the organization’s core values.

What Kind Leaders Do Be Clear About Objectives It doesn’t make sense to hold someone accountable, through reward or punishment, for objectives that are poorly defined or poorly communicated.

Who Kind Leaders Are Leaders are not unconditionally nice.

Who Kind Leaders Are Leaders are not unconditionally nice. - Must be disagreement - Kindness isn’t always nice. - May push employees to new opportunities.

Who Kind Leaders Are Focus on personal connection , not charisma.

Who Kind Leaders Are compassion integrity gratitude authenticity humility humour

Who Kind Leaders Are Where did this come from? Scan your article’s subtitles. Highlight one. Read the section that you identified. Find one thought to share. Write it on the chart paper.

Where did this come from?

Scan your article’s subtitles. Highlight one.

Read the section that you identified.

Find one thought to share.

Write it on the chart paper.

Who Kind Leaders Are

Growth

Growth O- Openness R – Resilience 3 ways to build organizational resilience: 1) Provide a moral compass Encourage active approach to problem solving Creative extensive support networks E – Engagement Make Me Feel Important O.R.E.

O- Openness

R – Resilience

3 ways to build organizational resilience:

1) Provide a moral compass

Encourage active approach to problem solving

Creative extensive support networks

E – Engagement

Make Me Feel Important

Growth Preparing a Next Generation of Leaders Kind leaders work with employees (and future leaders) to build: Self confidence Self control Self awareness Self determination

Preparing a Next Generation of Leaders

Kind leaders work with employees (and future leaders) to build:

Self confidence

Self control

Self awareness

Self determination

“ EXAMPLE IS NOT THE MAIN THING IN INFLUENCING OTHERS, IT IS THE ONLY THING”

Shining Eyes… … The Art of Leading By Growing Others http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html

4 Corners Control impulses & see the big picture One buttock playing No one is tone deaf Shining eyes: awaken possibilities How does this relate to Leading with Kindness?

Control impulses & see the big picture

One buttock playing

No one is tone deaf

Shining eyes: awaken possibilities

How does this relate to Leading with Kindness?