Leadership natalia sofia

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introduction to
LEADERSHIPNatalia Blagoeva | Leadership & Organizational Development Consultant

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE
Please take a few minutes to reflect and write
down examples of good manifestations of
leadership in your daily life that you would like
to see more of.

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE
Please take a few minutes to reflect and write
down examples of bad manifestations of
leadership in your daily life that you would like
to see less of.

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GROUP EXERCISE
• Please have a short discussion in your group
and develop your definition of what great
leadership is.
• Please also discuss in your group specific
people that are examples of that.
• Prepare to share your definitions and
examples with the rest.

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GROUP DISCUSSION
• Our definitions of great leadership.
• Specific people, examples of that.
• Exhibits of great leadership during the
entrepreneurial game.

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Simplest Definition of Leaders:
Those having (volunteer) followers.

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Why would anyone follow
somebody else?
People would follow a leader if they
believed that he/she leads them towards
better future than the one they can
achieve on their own.
Any person that does exactly that has the
chance of becoming a leader.

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MANAGEMENT VS. LEADERSHIP
Why and when did we start differentiating
between leaders and managers?
What changed?

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21ST CENTURY (VUCA world):
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity
• ASSUMPTIONS & WAY OF THINKING LAG BEHIND
• SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & SUSTAINABILITY:
new stakeholders requirements and call for humanity
• EMPLOYER- EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP CHANGE:
job mobility, flexibility, continuous development and
better work-life balance, more competent workforce,
anti-oligarchic mind-set, desire for transparency,
collaboration, inclusion, fairness.

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command
• Provides Answers
management
• Organizes Complex
Processes on behalf of
the shareholder
leadership
• Asks the Right
Questions.
• Leads through
Change, Chaos &
Complexity
• The Ultimate Level
of Development of
our Consciousness
• Serves humanity
| Situational
Coercion | Physical
(physical)
Calculative | Rational
(mental)
Normative | Emotional
(emotional, spiritual, systems)
Increasing requirements for collaboration
Increasinguncertainty
| PersonalHistoric

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GROUP EXERCISE
So, we need more
leaders…OK… But
what can we do about
it?
Are leaders born or
made?
Can everybody be a
leader?

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10% EDUCATION
20%
DEVELOPMENTAL
RELATIONSHIPS
HOW DO LEADERS LEARN?
• Feedback,
criticism, advices,
opinions,
• mentors, coaches
• Role models
• Crucibles –deeply intensive tryouts
• Challenging tasks
• Personal challenges
70% CHALLENGING
EXPERIENCES
• Crucial for new knowledge, understanding concepts

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Acquiring Knowledge
through courses, training
and intelligence efforts
Experience /Learning by Doing.
Competences that can be gained
only by doing things, not by
studying or talking with somebody
about them.
Awareness, Values & Purpose
Aware of Self, Others & Systems
Sense of Values & Uniqueness
Sense of Purpose
TAKE CONTROL OF OWN DEVELOPMENT

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my own journey to
LEADERSHIP

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PERSONAL VALUES ASSESSMENT
Why we do what we do?
Please select 10 of the following values/
behaviours that most reflect who you are, not
who you desire to become.
Handout 1

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PERSONAL VALUES ASSESSMENT
Find the ten words you
selected on Handout 2 and
mark on which level of the
pyramid they are.

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PERSONAL VALUES ASSESSMENT
7 future generations, vision, wisdom, compassion, ease with uncertainty,
forgiveness, ethics
6 coaching/ mentoring, making a difference, well-being (physical/
emotional/ mental/ spiritual), leadership, community involvement,
personal fulfilment, dialogue, environmental awareness
5 commitment, creativity, enthusiasm/ positive attitude, family, humility,
humor/ fun, integrity, trust, fairness, clarity, openness, patience,
generosity
4 accountability, continuous learning, courage, teamwork, adaptability,
balance (home/work), independence, initiative, personal growth,
perseverance, risk-taking, entrepreneurial
3 achievement, ambition, being the best, excellence, competence,
power, reward, personal image, reliability, professional growth, efficiency
2 respect, being liked, recognition, control, caring, conflict resolution,
friendship, listening
1 financial stability, job security, caution health, self-discipline, wealth,
safety

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Levels of Personal Development
SERVING (Serving to Humanity & the Planet)
MAKING A DIFFERENCE (Collaborating w. Others)
INTERNAL COHESION (Finding Personal Meaning)
TRANSFORMATION (Personal Growth)
SELF-ESTEEM (Self-worth)
RELATIONSHIPS (Belonging)
SURVIVAL (Financial Security & Safety)

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Levels of Organizational Development
SERVICE TO HUMANITY & THE PLANET
Social Responsibility, Future Generations, Long-term Perspective, Ethics, Compassion, Humility
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS
Environmental Awareness, Community Involvement, Employee Fulfillment, Coaching /Mentoring
BUILDING CORPORATE COMMUNITY
Shared Values, Vision, Commitment, Integrity, Trust, Passion, Creativity, Openness, Transparency
CONTINUOUS RENEWAL AND LEARNING
Accountability, Adaptability, Empowerment, Teamwork, Goals Orientation, Personal Goals
HIGH PERFORMANCE
Systems, Processes, Quality, Best Practices, Pride in Performance
RELATIONSHIPS
Loyalty, Open Communication, Customer Satisfaction, Friendship
FINANCIAL STABILITY
Shareholder Value, Organizational Growth, Employee Health, Safety

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GROUP EXERCISE
• Please stand and walk to the poster (level)
that most represents where you are in your
life today as a person.
• Please discuss with others standing there
why you are standing at that level. What is
going on right now in your life?

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GROUP EXERCISE
• Please now move to the poster (level) that
most represents where your organization is
now.
• Talk about how that level reflects the current
reality for the organization. Tell each other
some stories about it.

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GROUP EXERCISE
• Please now move to the poster (level) that
you would desire your organization to be
operating from in 2 years.
• Please share what this means and how you
might get there.

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FROM NEEDS TO CONSCIOUSNESS
WHAT DRIVES US FORWARD
POSITIVE / GROWTH VALUES
WHAT HINDERS US
fear-driven energy arising from the conscious and
subconscious fear-based beliefs (limiting beliefs) about
meeting our deficiency needs.
Limiting beliefs at Level 3
Not being enough to engender the recognition or respect of the authority figures
in your life or your peers.
(status seeking, power-seeking, and an overly strong focus on self-image. )
Limiting beliefs at Level 2
Not feeling cared for or loved enough to be accepted and protected.
(blame, being liked, competition, and jealousy.)
Limiting beliefs at Level 1
Not having enough of what you want or need to feel safe and secure.
(control, manipulation, greed, and excessive caution)

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SERVING
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
INTERNAL COHESION
TRANSFORMATION
SELF-ESTEEM
RELATIONSHIPS
SURVIVAL
WHERE AM I AS A LEADER?
WISDOM/ VISIONARY
(spiritual leadership)
PARTNER/ MENTOR
(values-based leadership)
INTEGRATOR/ INSPIRER
(authentic leadership)
FACILITATOR/ INFLUENCER
MANAGER/ ORGANIZER
RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
CRISIS MANAGER

25. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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GROUP EXERCISE
Please discuss in groups the behaviors you
initially defined in the very first individual
exercise for leadership in terms of what “you
want to see more of” and “leadership you want
to see less of” and position them throughout the
pyramid.
Please share some of your findings.

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DEVELOPMENT
What triggers us to open up to a later,
more complex stage of consciousness?
Always a major life challenge that cannot be resolved
from the current worldview. We have two options:
• To grow into a more complex perspective that offers
a solution to our problem, or
• To try to ignore the problem, clinging more strongly
to an existing or even an earlier world-view.

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE
Please reflect for a while what hinders your
development, and what could you do to speed
up your own development as leaders.

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what kind of
LEADERS
we need today

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Leadership Today
• Today, no leader can do it alone. We need to use the
efforts of everybody to achieve best results.
• Everybody needs to learn to lead and follow.
• To do that, we need simple rules, shared values,
transparency and everybody’s full engagement.
• The success and flourishing of any organization
(nation) depends on the average leadership
capabilities of everybody, not just the leaders alone.

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Leaders Today Need
• High Level of Physical, Emotional, Mental,
Spiritual Intelligence
• High Level of Systems Intelligence which is
about mastering systems thinking- a holistic
approach that focuses on the way that a
system's parts interrelate and how systems work
over time and within the context of larger systems.
It is about understanding that we and
organizations are all living systems, processes are
circular rather than linear.

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LEADERS OF THE FUTURE
• Below  Above the Line
(From closed and defensive,
committed to being right to open and
curious, committed to learning.)
• Self-interest  Common Good
• Ego  Eco (eco-systems)

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ORGANIZATIONS OF THE FUTURE
• Self-management and distributed leadership
replaces hierarchical pyramid.
• Organization is a living entity with its own
creative potential and evolutionary purpose.
• Inner rightness and purpose are the primary
motivator and yardstick.
• Holocracy and democracy driven organizations
with high level of consciousness and humanity.

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applying
LEADERSHIP
in practice

34. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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GROUP EXERCISE
Please reflect on everything you have experienced
throughout the Leadership segment and consider
all the applications of leadership within the
academic environment:
– Science and Research
– Realization of Research / Research Impact
on Business and Society
– Teaching
– Academic Management

35. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE
What would I do different from Monday?

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• Do you awaken new
opportunities?
• Are the eyes of people
around you shining?
• Do they learn, grow,
contribute? Are they
happy? Do they live
better?
THE ULTIMATE CHECKLIST

37. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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NATALIA BLAGOEVA
natalia@eudaimoniasolutions.com
THANK YOU!