Dr. Kalaras engaged the audience in an interactive simulation of managerial leadership, followed-on with a thought provoking dialogue on how does one transform from being a good manager to an inspirational leader. Several of his books are on Amazon. He has been recognized by UNESCO as “Professor Of The Year 1999” and between the years of 2005 & 2009 he served on the President’s Business Advisory Council under President George W. Bush. His effective and inspiring style of consulting has touched thousands in 17 countries.

1. Welcome to
KM Chicago
General Meeting for 2014
For a Professional Development Workshop
on
How to transform a
Manager to a Great Leader
PRESENTED BY
Dr. JOHN N. KALARAS, Ph.D.
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2.  Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are
still priceless to those who depend on you
 What matters is not that happens to us externally
but who we are internally
 The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or
who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.
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3. Does this person speak the truth?
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4. THE SCOPE
Successful -Influential Leader
Discover peoples’ full potential
Become Quality Driven-Results Oriented
Productivity
Efficiency
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Effectiveness
To accomplish your personal and
organizational objectives
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5. PRESENTATION BASICS
Tell them what you will tell the
Tell them
Tell them what you told them
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6. The traffic light
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9. HOW BRAINWASHED ARE WE?
Tell me when I am right or wrong
 10 + 15 = 25
 20 + 12 = 32
 15 + 15 = 30
 10 + 12 = 8
 20 + 14 = 30
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10. EMPLOYERS & EMPLOYEES
Employees:
If this was your business, what would you do
differently?
Busn. Owners:
When you were an employee what did you want
that your …….
Owners & Employees:
What did you do today that was….
What are you doing today to pave the way …...
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11. CORPORATE TRAINING
 What do we usually do?
 We identify an area, we put all people in a
room and training begins
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12. TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
• TAKE 10-15 MIN EVERY DAY TO PLAN
• ALLOW LARGER BLOCKS OF TIME FOR
NEW OR DIFFICULT TASKS
• KEEP UP WITH THE SCHEDULE DAILY
• CONCENTRATE ON LEARNING
MATERIAL THE FIRST TIME AROUND
• AVOID “MARATHON” STUDY SESSIONS
• DIVIDE AND CONQUER
• FIND TIME TO PRAISE YOURSELF FOR
UTILIZING TIME EFFECTIVELY
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13. Do different people see things differently?
How can you treat them all the same?
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14. The importance of observation
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17. Try these activities with your trainees
 Fold your hands
 I need 8-10 volunteers
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18. An operations simulation
Most problems are attributed to the process,
very seldom they are the result of a machine
or a person.
Who said that?
Dr. Edward Deming
Again I need 6 volunteers
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19. Change your look simulation
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Please do 5-6 changes to your appearance
Things like:
Remove your glasses, an earing, your watch
Lift up your collar, or remove your jewelry
Let your hair down, switch nametags
Place your nametag on the opposite side or
Place it up-side-down
Anything else you see as appropriate
 Change your seats
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20. THE SYSTEM
Do you have a system?
S-ave
Y-ourself
S-ignificant
T-ime
E-ffort
M-oney
Give them numbers and graphs
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21. Napoleon Bonaparte Invasion of Russia 1812
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22. LEADERSHIP
Can you teach them Management?
Absolutely, Yes
Can you teach them Leadership?
Maybe.
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23. Leadership is visual
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24. LEADERSHIP
Do you want to be a LEADER?
Why?
A leader is the person with the
Artistic Charisma to influence others to
follow willingly, in doing something positive.
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25. From Good to Great
A good Leaders inspires people to have
confidence in them
A great Leaders inspires people to have
confidence in themselves.
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26. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GOALS
Specifically about attainable/realistic
Unrealistic Goals
What does it take?
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Discipline
Creativity
Involve and Inform
Complaints
Trust
The power of “don’t”
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27. Discipline
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30. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY
O O O
O O O
O O O
O O O
O O O
O O O
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31. Let’s try this
Can you plant 10 trees in a farm and
comprise five (5) rows,
where each row has four (4) trees in it ?
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32. USEFULNESS-INVOLVE AND INFORM
Do we make our people’s lives or work
useful?
Involve people in the process?
Show them how important they are?
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34. DO YOU WANT RESULTS
Keep on improving
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
ANALYZED, REEXAMINED AND REDESIGNED
A PROCESS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE QUALITY?
Do you want to have a profitable business?
Do you want to avoid “union”?
Do you want extended vacations?
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35. THE POWER OF DON’T
Do you understand the power of “Don’t?”
 Don’t text and drive
 Don’t drink and drive
 Don’t do drugs
 Don’t smoke.
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36. UNDERSTANDING “DIFFICULT” PEOPLE”
Remember one thing:
People are not difficult
People are different.
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37. SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPLAINTS
I don’t want to hear any
complaints; Go take care of it
YES BOSS
President
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38. TRUST IN THE WORKPLACE
Do you trust your people?
Do they trust you?
Irony of trust
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39. How do managers compare to other
professionals
 Doctors diagnose before they prescribe
 Attorneys study the case before they take it
 Builders study the blueprints prior to building
 What do managers do?
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40. Managers vs Leaders
Plan…………….Leaders................ Envision
Organize ………………….…….….. Inspire
Direct …………………….…………… Lead
Control ………………….….……..…. Guide
Delegate ……………….…….…... Empower
Form groups ………….……… Build Teams
Driven by numbers ….… Driven by Quality
Symptoms ……………………… Root Cause
Compensates …………………..….. Rewards
Ordering skills, Tells …Listening skills, Asks
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41. FINAL ADVICE
Be guided by the principles and skills you
experienced today
Keep on applying them
Share them with others
Finally, TEACH SOMEBODY.
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42. IN CONCLUSION
Let me close by saying that I wish I could place an
ad on every newspaper of the World or on the
Web, where under lost.….
What did you do yesterday……
What are you doing today……
Life is God’s gift…………. graciously accept it
It is a mystery……………..unfold it
It is an opportunity……..…take it
It is a duty…………...……..perform it responsibly
Is a Marathon with unknown finished line
It’s your super-bowl, no timeouts, no subs, no
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replays and the clock never stops.

43. YOUR ENDLESS JOURNEY TO SUCCESS
BEGINS NOW
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