2. High-Performance
Leadership
Lars Sudmann
mail@lars-sudmann.com
Twitter: @larssudmann

3. VUCA

4. Flickr/Andy_Magee

6. www.flickr.com/seabamirum/

7. Flickr/thms.nl

8. “Good attitude
spreads as well as
bad - keep it good!”
WOW Guild Leader
http://eu.battle.net/wow

9. Elements of
Leadership

11. 1
Audiences

12. Fundamentals

14. “The 21st century is
a terrible time to be
a control freak”
Alec Ross

15. En-
vision
Fundamentals

16. #Tool
Show what
is possible

18. Idea:
Write down whenever
somebody laughed

19. 1
Audiences

20. ://www.flickr.com/photos/bernhardtsoccer

21. 1
Audiences

22. Pixar Model
Once upon a time there was____________
Every day___________________________
One day____________________________
Because of that______________________
Because of that______________________
Until finally__________________________

23. Enroll
En-
vision
Fundamentals

24. 1
Audiences

25. “Alright, let me send this
email”

26. “Now the phone call…”

27. “I will just update the
micro-blog of the
company”

28. “Let’s do a video
conference with my new
team”

29. “Ok…that is done…work
went well today”

30. “’Do that!’ as email text “He was typing all the
time while on the phone
How rude of him!” – he does not care!”
E-Mail Phone
Video Blog
“How banal - here
“Did you see that surely is somebody
funny picture in the who cannot blog…
background? Was he and even spelling
in his kid’s room?” mistakes….hahaha”

31. …

32. 1
Audiences

33. #Tool
Get21stcentury
communication
feedback

35. Enroll Enable
En-
vision
Fundamentals

36. Teambuilding

37. How do you
like to be led?

39. #Tool
Be a Coach

40. “What could
you do?”

41. “What could
you do?”
“What else?”

43. Enroll Enable
En-
Motivate
vision
Fundamentals

44. 1
Audiences

46. www.flickr.com/SeanMacEntee

47. #Tool
Praise often

48. Why should I care
about remote
success?

49. 1
Audiences

50. Enroll Enable
En-
Motivate
vision
Fundamentals Implement

51. Why do projects fail?
Missing Objectives
Decision Process
Unrealistic…
Implementation…
Standards missing
0 20 40 60 80
Source: Hays, 27.12.12, in %, combination of “fully agree” and “mostly agree”

52. Improve your
decision-making
process

53. Flickr/joelogon

54. Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and
very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a
student, she was deeply concerned with
issues of discrimination and social
1
justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear
demonstrations.
Question now: What is now the most likely
alternative:
a) Linda is a bank teller
b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the
feminist movement?

55. Please give an estimate of yourself -
your qualities as a car driver are :
2
a) Well above average
b) Above average
c) Average
d) Below average
e) Well below average?

57. Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and
very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a
student, she was deeply concerned with
issues of discrimination and social
1
justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear
demonstrations.
Question now: What is now the most likely
alternative:
a) Linda is a bank teller
b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the
feminist movement?

58. Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and
very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a
student, she was deeply concerned with
issues of discrimination and social
1
justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear
demonstrations.
Question now: What is now the most likely
alternative:
a) Linda is a bank teller
b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the
feminist movement?

59. There are 12 cows, 4 sheep, and
8 pigs onboard a ship
What is the captain„s age?

60. Please give an estimate of yourself -
your qualities as a car driver are :
2
a) Well above average
b) Above average
c) Average
d) Below average
e) Well below average?

62. #Tool
Install Devil’s
Advocate
positions

63. Be a realist when
making a decision and
an optimist when
implementing it – not
the other way around.

64. Enroll Enable
En-
Motivate
vision
Fundamentals Implement

65. Enroll Enable
5 5
En- 5
0 5
Motivate
vision
5 5
Fundamentals Implement

66. Enroll Enable
5 5
En- 5 5
Motivate
vision
5 5
Fundamentals Implement
“The Visionary”

67. Flickr/evilerin

68. Enroll Enable
5 5
En- 5 5
Motivate
vision
5 5
Fundamentals Implement
“The Executer”

69. An average meeting

70. Convince Accelerate
5 5
Vision 5 5
Energize
5 5
Fundamentals Ship

71. 1
Audiences

73. Why?

74. High-Performance
Leadership
Lars Sudmann
mail@lars-sudmann.com
Twitter: @larssudmann

76. Inspire

77. 1
LS: Powerful Personal
Audiences
Story at Fundamentals

78. 1
Seth Godin, the pain of
shipping
Hay Presentation: Why do
projects fail: # 2…bad
Audiences
decision making…
Chart
BBL story…fun…no decisions

79. 1
LS: Powerful Personal
Story
Audiences
At Vision

80. 1
LS: Powerful Personal Story
Audiences
At Decision Making

81. 1
LS: Powerful Personal
Story
Audiences
At How do You like to be
led

82. 1
LS: Powerful Personal
Audiences
Story at Praise often

83. 1
LS: Room full of
laptops…meetings…
Audiences
Empty chair…

84. 1
Formula One team…
Audiences

85. 1
Audiences