The document provides 7 strategies for being an effective leader: 1) Produce results that matter by focusing on key goals, 2) Become an entrepreneurial leader through self-knowledge and execution, 3) Get smart about office politics and different power bases, 4) Create deliberate relationships with key people, 5) Engage in "visi-posure" through special projects and recognition, 6) Brand yourself or risk being branded by others, 7) Build a leadership portfolio to understand your talents and gaps. The document emphasizes taking action on knowledge to become a powerful leader.

1. 7 Strategies for Being an
Leader
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2. Today’s Manager Faces
Tough Challenges
Time to be Bodacious!
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3. Bodacious = Positive Gutsiness
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4. Strategies
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5. Strategy #
Produce Results
That Matter

6. First Gotta Know What Matters!
Invaluable leaders know in
detail the goals are and why.
Then, they direct their team
towards accomplishing these
goals.
Not once a year. All the
time.
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7. Question to Ask Yourself
Do I know what
results matter
the most …now?
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8. Strategy #
Become an
Entrepreneurial Leader

9. Essential Skills of an
Entrepreneurial Leader
1. Know thyself and
thy team
2. Know what to do
when
3. Know how to
execute through
people
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10. Question to Ask Yourself
What do I need
to do to become
a better
entrepreneurial
leader?
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11. Strategy #
Get Smart About
Office Politics

12. That’s it – nothing
more, nothing
less, nothing to ignore.
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13. Power Bases in Organizations
1. Positional Power
2. Knowledge Power
3. Creative Power
4. Relationship
Power
5. Personal Power
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14. Question to Ask Yourself
What are the
power bases in
my organization?
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15. Strategy #
Create Deliberate
Relationships

16. Who Should I Create Deliberate
Relationships With?
 People in key
leadership
positions
 People heading up
important new
projects
 People you admire
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17. Relationship Building Questions
How did you come to work for…?
What’s involved in your role?
What are 2 or 3 key decisions
that enabled you to get where
you are today?
In your experience, what are the
top characteristics of an effective
leader?
You’ve been generous with your
time. Is there something I can do
to help you?

18. Question to Ask Yourself
Who are the 2 or 3
people in my
organization that I
am going to reach
out to create
deliberate
relationships?
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19. Strategy #x
Engage in
“Visi-Posure”

20. Ways to Engage in Visi-Posure
• Join a special
project
• Recognize others
• Write an article
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21. Question to Ask Yourself
What can I start
doing to engage
in visi-posure?
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22. Strategy #
Brand or
Be Branded

23. What is Your Brand?
Ask 6 people you
work with…
“What’s the one
word that comes
to mind when you
think of me and
why?”
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24. Question to Ask Yourself
What is MY
brand in my
organization?
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25. Strategy #
Build Your Own
Leadership Portfolio

26. Benefits to You & Your Career
1. You more clearly
understand your
specific talents and
how they positively
impact an organization.
2. You start to recognize
gaps that you need to
fill - be it knowledge,
skills, or experience.
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27. What is in Your Leadership Portfolio?
 Positions you have held
 Qualitative &
Quantitative Results
 Projects, Committees
 Training & Education
 Awards & Recognition
 Insights
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28. Question to Ask Yourself
Do I have a
Leadership
Portfolio?
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29. One Last Thought:
Knowledge is NOT Power
ACTING on Knowledge is Power
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30. What will you DO TODAY
to be an
leader?
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32. About Mary Foley
Mary offers practical advice to create sanity for
your life and confidence for your career – all while
having a bit of fun! After setting aside an
engineering degree, she built a 10-year career at
AOL during the company’s rocky rise to a global
brand. Starting as an $8 customer service rep, she
was promoted to manager within three years, lead
a call center of 250, and became the company’s
first head of corporate training.
Today, Mary is the author of three books including
Bodacious Career: Outrageous Success for Working
Women, a popular national speaker, and former
co-host of the Girlfriend We Gotta Talk! radio show.
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