The document summarizes a presentation by Joe Contrera on getting beyond great leadership. It discusses 5 key points: 1) Wake up and be conscious of your talents and strengths by assessing them. 2) Embracing your strengths keeps you engaged and leads to purpose. 3) Leadership is a calling, not a reward. 4) Authentic leaders show up authentically and find ways to get things done. 5) Extraordinary leadership is contagious. The presentation provides exercises to help leaders discover their strengths, engagement, leadership truths, and authenticity.

1. Getting Beyond Great!
September 24, 2014
Dallas, TX
Presented by: Joe Contrera

2. #1- WAKE UP and GET CONSCIOUS of your talents and strengths.

3. Wake Up to your Talents & Strengths
1.
StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
2.
Take your top 5 (DNA) and rate yourself (scale 1-10) how well are you utilizing your strengths in your business? As a leader?
3.
Pick one and ask yourself what would raise it +1, +2, etc.
4.
Do it for 30 days and …
Bonus Leader Points (pay it forward):
After 30 days show someone the same path.

4. #2 - EMBRACING your strengths
will keep you ENGAGED
and lead you to your PURPOSE

5. Are You Engaged AS A LEADER?
1.
You’re engaged with your people, your clients, your industry (SC& RA).
2.
You get a sense of full - fill - ment in doing what you do and you have a desire to help people reach their potential.
3.
You’re engaged in your own personal development.

6. #3 - Leadership is not a reward for Performance … it’s a CALLING!

7. Discover The Truth About Your Leadership
Ask Them 3 Questions:
1.
What works about me as a leader?
2.
What doesn’t?
3.
What is the one thing I could do that would have the single-most positive impact on my business, my people, and my clients?
Ask Yourself 1 Question:
Am I willing to do whatever it takes to move to the next level of success?

8. #4 - Authenticity Can Transform
the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

9. Authentic Leaders …
1.
Show Up – No facades, no masks.
2.
Know what needs to get done because they know who they are. They are clear and decisive.
3.
Don’t get trapped in the reasons why something can’t be done … they find ways to get things done with whatever resources they have. And people follow because they TRUST them.

10. Testing Your Authenticity
1. The Light Test:
What happens when you are held up to the light? Are you Faux Real?
2. The Flatness Test:
Authentic leaders are sharp, well-defined, and clear. They do not have blurry areas you know where they stand.
3.
The Security Thread Test:
Do you have the trust of your people and your clients. You either have it …
or you don’t.

11. #5 - Extraordinary is Contagious

12. Joe Contrera is the CEO of
ALIVE @ WORK LLC,
a leadership consulting firm
specializing in:
“Developing Intentional Leaders, Focused Employees,
& Extraordinary Results!”
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