WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP ________________________________________________________________ How to Maximize Personal and Employee Productivity

Self - Awareness WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP ____________________________________________________________________

CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT LEADERSHIP ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

Leadership is your vocation Leadership is often about knowing when and how to learn on intuition versus data Leadership is about standing for something The best leaders connect who they are with what they do Leadership is about relationships White Hat Principles ____________________________________________________________________

Leadership is your vocation

Leadership is often about knowing when and how to learn on intuition versus data

Leadership is about standing for something

The best leaders connect who they are with what they do

Leadership is about relationships

PREPARE TO LEAD ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

Look beyond the obvious sources for tools and learning materials Make time to read diverse materials Ask for wisdom Create a feedback mechanism Good leaders know when to take time away to recharge Determine if you have time to disengage ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

Look beyond the obvious sources for tools and learning materials

Make time to read diverse materials

Ask for wisdom

Create a feedback mechanism

Good leaders know when to take time away to recharge

Determine if you have time to disengage

TRAITS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERS ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

Great leaders have courage Great leaders promote shared vision Great leaders leverage reality Great leaders have values True leaders operate with integrity Good leaders are transparent ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

Great leaders have courage

Great leaders promote shared vision

Great leaders leverage reality

Great leaders have values

True leaders operate with integrity

Good leaders are transparent

People Awareness WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP ____________________________________________________________________

GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES WHAT THEY NEED ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

There is a main driver of employee performance, the “carving” Personnel value gives employees a sense of relevance to the organization Pride in an organization generates commitment and loyalty from employees Permission to become a leader opens opportunities for dialogue ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

There is a main driver of employee performance, the “carving”

Personnel value gives employees a sense of relevance to the organization

Pride in an organization generates commitment and loyalty from employees

Permission to become a leader opens opportunities for dialogue

GATHERING THE TEAM ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

Understand the state of your organization and hire people that “fit” versus hiring people for skills Something should always be changing. If nothing is changing, you face stagnation Bad hire, quick fire Invest time and money into training The ability to perform tasks well does not qualify and employee to assume a leadership position ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

Understand the state of your organization and hire people that “fit” versus hiring people for skills

Something should always be changing. If nothing is changing, you face stagnation

Bad hire, quick fire

Invest time and money into training

The ability to perform tasks well does not qualify and employee to assume a leadership position

Communication Awareness WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP ____________________________________________________________________

COMMUNICATING TO THE CULTURE ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

High–context communication is superior to low-context communication Truth and harmony cannot coexist Beware of stupid rules Keep what you tolerate Few corporate habits waste more time than meetings ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

High–context communication is superior to low-context communication

Truth and harmony cannot coexist

Beware of stupid rules

Keep what you tolerate

Few corporate habits waste more time than meetings

COMMUNICATING WITH INDIVIDUALS ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

Rethink the communication model Give specific instructions Use open motive Respond to high – touch needs ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

Rethink the communication model

Give specific instructions

Use open motive

Respond to high – touch needs

TAKE ACTION ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

Good leaders take responsibility for making good things happen ____________________________________________________________________ White Hat Principles

Good leaders take responsibility for making good things happen

“ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” Oliver Wendell Holmes ____________________________________________________________________ WHITE HAT LEADERSHIP

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