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1. LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME
Session
Six:
Thriving
as
a
leader
in
tough
4mes

2. Problems
are
a
fact
of
life
• And
a
fact
of
leadership
• We
don’t
get
rid
of
problems,
we
get
be@er
quality
problems

3. Beliefs
• It
must
change
• I
can
change
it
• I
must
change
it
Tolera'ng
the
problem
is
not
in
the
DNA
of
a
great
leader

4. Process
1.
2.
3.
4.
Embrace
Think
Engage
Act

5. 1
-­‐
Embrace
• Tough
4mes
breed
great
leaders
• Get
a
chance
to
re-­‐write
the
playbook
– Make
it
be@er
• Only
dead
fish
swim
with
the
current
– Diamonds
are
made
under
incredible
pressure
– Great
ideas
come
from
tough
4mes
• Do
more
with
less

6. 2
-­‐
Think
• Tough
4mes
can
engage
your
fight
or
flight
response
– Reac4on
is
rarely
the
best
response
• Determine
the
problem,
not
the
symptom
– Confront
reality
–
analy4cs
where
possible
• Effec4ve
thinking
–
Think
Time
– Remove
yourself
from
any
distrac4on
– 30
minutes
–
the
third
third

7. 3
-­‐
Engage
• Present
the
problem
to
your
team
–
be
transparent
– Get
agreement
that
it’s
a
real
problem
– Get
agreement
that
it
needs
to
be
solved
(intolerable)
– Don’t
panic
• Encourage
ideas
–
as
a
ques4on
to
solve
–
–
–
–
Solve
the
problem
Capitalise
from
the
problem
There
are
no
bad
ideas
here
Encourage
people
to
challenge
the
status
quo
• Resist
the
urge
to
slash
and
burn
• Engage
the
resistors
– Learn
from
them
–
become
your
biggest
advocates

8. 4
-­‐
Act
• Be
BOLD,
be
decisive
• Build
the
machine
– Short-­‐term
and
long-­‐term
– You
don’t
have
to
do
it
alone,
but
is
has
to
be
done
• The
leader
takes
ownership
of
this
– Build
monitoring
and
success
measures
• Review
and
adjust
• Focus
for
a
business
– Enhance
service
– Reduce
costs
– Increase
revenue
(marke4ng
and
sales
investment)

9. Culture
• Don’t
forget
the
importance
of
culture
• Enhance
and
build

10. And
remember…
• Keep
an
eye
to
the
future
– Stay
forward
looking

11. Summary
1.
2.
3.
4.
Embrace
Think
Engage
Act

12. Ac4on
4me
• Iden4fy
a
problem
in
your
department/
Division
• Turn
it
into
a
ques4on
and
apply
Think
Time
• Engage
with
your
team
about
it
• Create
the
solu4on
• Report
back

13. “Leadership
is
li;ing
a
person’s
vision
to
high
sights,
the
raising
of
a
person’s
performance
to
a
higher
standard,
the
building
of
a
personality
beyond
its
normal
limitaIons.”
Peter
Drucker