Lviv PM Day 2019

1. THEORY FREE LEADERHIP
George Avramescu

2. Leadership Models and Concepts
• Leadership vs Management
• A Leader is/does; A Manager is/does
• 4H Leadership Model
• Humour, Humility, Hope, Humanity
• Leadership Styles
• Controlling, Directing, Advising, Co-Ordinating, Guiding, Collaborating, Delegating, Empowering, Participating
• The Effective Leader Model
• Rational, Relational, Practical, Directional
• Leadership Theories
• Trait (Personality), Influential, Behavioural, Directional
• Zzzzz
• Blah, blah, blah

3. My take on Leadership
• Leadership needs to be understood
• Cook your food, taste it, serve it
• Decipher sales by deciphering purchases (switching the table)
• Leadership needs to be felt
• All senses are required
• Naked Leadership, bare and pristine
• Not too different from the feeling of love

4. Are you a Certified Leader
• Are you a Leader?
• Do you self-declare? Do you get appointed?
• People can lead in certain groups and follow in others
• Why do you want to lead?
• Do you like the power?
• Do you want to change something?
• DO YOU really want to lead at all?

5. Kind Leader vs Nasty Leader
• Are you a kind Leader or a nasty one?
• Some people work well with certain types of Leaders
• Kind, harsh, or some other way? Which type?
• Would we follow a kind Leader or a nasty one?

6. Interpretation / Performing
• Leadership CAN be perfected
• Full performing – Adjusting to the audiences in politics, in business etc.
• Part performing – Fine tuning some messages for greater impact
• No performing – Genuine, authentic, raw
• Is it ethical to perform/act?
• Are you against preparation and rehearsal for a greater impact and a better outcome?

7. Applying Leadership at Work
• Good Manager but not great Leader
• Great Leader but not good Manager
• Great Leader and great Manager

8. What do you think?
Connect your smartphones to internet
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9. Leadership Check-List
• How do you:
• make people believe in a project they don't believe in √
• make people follow you if you are younger √
• keep people challenged after a series of successes
• make people work with you if they don't like you
• make people work with each other if they don't like each other
• make people work together if tasks and salaries are imbalanced
• lead when people think you are not good enough
• lead the people you got promoted from within
• lead the people when you just replaced their leader

10. Theory Free Leadership
• Why is Theory dangerous?
• Researching materials / volume of research
• Following strict guidelines / fading naturalness
• Can have limitations in complex scenarios
• Is Theory good?
• Some basic knowledge can avoid reinventing the wheel
• People lacking Leadership can learn it

11. Learning Points
• Concepts & Models vs Freestyle Leadership
• Leadership needs to be understood and felt
• Kind Leader vs Nasty Leader
• Perfecting Leadership and performing the act
• Applying Leadership at work
• Interactive session
• Why can theory be dangerous
• How can theory help in Leadership
• Advice from me