“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”– Aristotle

1. LEADERS EAT LAST
BY
A.DINESH
MANI KANDAN
GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE
COIMBATORE

2. Leaders Eat Last
 Simon Sinek (2014)
 Biochemical
underpinnings of
leadership
 Leadership is sacrifice –
it is service
 Highly effective
organizations create
trusting, safe work
environments

3. Simon Sinek
 “The cost of leadership is self-interest.”
 “Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.”
 “Leaders have chosen to look out for the person to
the right of them … and to the left of them. This is
what a leader is.”
 “If you get the environment right, every single one of
us has the capacity for these remarkable things.
And more importantly, others have that capacity too.”
 “The only variable we can control is the environment
inside the organization. And that’s where leadership
matters, because it’s the leader that sets the tone.”

4. Simon Sinek
 “When a leader makes the choice to put the safety
and the lives of the people inside the organization
first – to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the
tangible results so that people remain, and feel safe
and feel like they belong – remarkable things
happen.”
 “The reason we like Southwest Airlines is because
they don’t fear their leaders.”
 “When the people feel safe and protected by the
leadership in the organization, the natural reaction is
to trust and cooperate.”

7. What do we sacrifice for our
advisors? Our students?

8. The Leadership Challenge
 Jim Kouzes & Barry
Posner (5th ed.)
 Decades of research
 Most widely used
leadership model across
industries

9. Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

10. Leadership Development for Advisors
 Distributed leadership
model at UC
 Leadership Challenge
Seminar & Workshop
 Experiential Leadership
Development
 Annual UC Advising
Conference
 Advisor Professional
Development Series
 New Advisor Program
 UC Advisor Manual Team
 UCUAADA

11. Advisor Professional Development Series
2014
 Theories of Student
Development
 Ethical Issues in
Advising
 Developing Your
Resume or Curriculum
Vitae
 Preparing Your
NACADA Conference
Presentation
 Financial Literacy for
Academic Advisors
 Issues Affecting Student
Academic Performance
 Advising Adult Learners
 Career Advising: Not
Just for Exploratory
 Advisors and Social
Media and Advising:
Meeting Students
Where They Are
 Best Practices in
Advising

12. Leadership Development for Advising
Administrators
 Executive Leadership
Series
 “Manager as Leader”
Workshop
 Leaders Eat Last book
study & retreat
 Strategic planning
process
 Cross-mentoring
 Individual consultation

13. More Recommendations from the
Leadership Bookshelf
 Simon Sinek
 Start With Why
 Patrick Lencioni
 The 5 Dysfunctions of a
Team
 John Maxwell
 The 21 Irrefutable Laws of
Leadership
 The 5 Levels of Leadership

14. Suggested Learning Outcomes
 Know relevant leadership
models and principles
 Identify & discuss related
opportunities for change
in advising
 Apply them in daily
advising practice and
planning
 Recognize the outcomes
of good leadership
 Value the benefits of good
leadership practice

15. THANK YOU
BY
DINESH
MANI KANDAN