HBR Article by Stevart D. Friedman This article gives an outline to describe the relationship between possessing good leadership style and enjoying a richer life. Here, the richness not only symbolizes the monetary value but tangible richness.

1. Be a Better Leader, have a Richer Life
-Article By Stevart D. Friedman
Presented By-
Surbhi Gupta
MBA – HRM
Central University of Jammu

2. You need to know
this?
• What Drives
you?
• What values are
important in
your work and
life?
• Align (1) and (2)

3. HBR Article
• Research - people unsatisfied;
inability to bear leadership in all life
domains (work, home, community &
self)
• Achieve 4 way wins, not trade of one
for the other but mutual value among
them – Total Leadership
• Total – about the whole person
• Leadership- creates sustainable
change to benefit you and the most
important people around you
• Have a clear view of each domain;
design and implement experiments;
analyze the effect
WORK!
HOME!
ME!
COMMUNITY

4. PerformanceSatisfaction
Work Life
Home Life
Community Life
Self
20%
28%
31%
39%
Work Life
Home Life
Community Life
Self
9%
15%
12%
25%
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• Based on a study of 300 business professionals over a 4 month time period

5. Total Leadership Process
1. Be Real 2. Be Whole 3. Be Innovative
• Think, write & talk with peer coaches – clarify what’s
important
• An outside perspective challenges you, helps create
innovation & holds you accountable to your commitments
• Identify key stakeholders & expected performance from
them; talk to them
• Result – new ways of making life better, for us & for the
people around us

6. Designing Experiments
Work Goal
Home &
Community Goal
Self Goal
Productivity
Improving relationships
Improve Health

8. Identify Possibilities
• Think of several potential experiments, describe what to do in
each
• Satisfying all domains initially difficult, approach the challenge
systematically
• Work does interfere with personal & family life – Make
more permeable, not thicker, boundaries between
domains
• Identify possibilities that work well in your unique situation

9. Potential Experiment Designs
Tracking and Reflecting Recording visits to gym with
changes in energy level.
Planning and Organizing Prepare for the week on Sunday
evenings.
Rejuvenating and Restoring Quitting unhealthy physical
habits like smoking.
Appreciating and Caring Joining a health club with
coworkers.
Focusing and Concentrating Turning off digital
communication devices at a set
time.
Revealing and Engaging Having weekly conversations
about religion to spouse.
Time Shifting and “Re-Placing” Work from Home.
Delegating and Developing Allocating few responsibilities
to your subordinate.
Exploring and Venturing Take a cross functional
assignment at work.

10. Measuring Progress
1st Column: Goals of each
domain
2nd Column: Describe
Result metrics
3rd Column: Describe
action metrics from time
to time

11. • People go for Total Leadership because:
 Dissatisfaction due to lack of love for the work
 Feeling in genuine by not acting according to their
values
 Disconnection from people who matter to them
 Crave for creativity
• Look to achieve 4 way wins that satisfy all life domains
• Form a blueprint of experiments – helps perform
better and create harmony among all domains
Conclusions

12. • Formulate ways to measure progress.
• Compare results
• Learn from failures; The only way to fail with
an experiment is to fail to learn from it.
• You can be a better leader & have a richer life,
if you are ready and willing to rise to the
challenge
Conclusions…