3. Who am I?
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4. The purpose
of this session
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5. What we'll do this morning
• First, we’ll consider what it is to
lead
• Then we'll look at some ideas to
help when we want to lead
• Finally, we'll try the ideas out
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6. For every complex problem, there is
a simple solution...
...and it's wrong.
(H.L.Mencken)
7. Let's consider what it is to lead
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8. "Leadership is the art of
getting someone else to do
something you want done
because he wants to do it."
(Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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13. What is a team?
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14. Team:
• A group of people who
recognise that they need each
other to achieve a common
goal
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15. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and
standards of the team, so that
the team takes purposeful action
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16. Trusted by others
• We show we have integrity
• We show we have credibility
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17. Integrity
• We keep the promises we
make
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18. Credibility
• We make promises we can
keep
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19. TRUST IS MEASURED IN
TERMS OF RISK.
How much I trust you
=
How much I am prepared to
risk with you
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20. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and standards
of the team, so that the team
takes purposeful action
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22. "The buck stops here."
(Harry S Truman)
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23. A leader faces a choice -
AND THEN DECIDES
A leader consults with a few
people-
AND THEN DECIDES
A leader consults with everyone -
AND THEN DECIDES
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24. Make better decisions
• We are clear about the specific choice
we face
• We know (and are prepared to
explain) our key criteria
• We consider at least three alternatives
• We clarify the risks we are choosing to
accept
• AND THEN WE DECIDE
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25. We will never have all the information
we need to make a decision.
"If you have less than 40% of the
information you need to make a
decision, you're shooting from the hip.
If you wait to get more than 70% of the
information you need, the decision will
usually have passed you by."
(Colin Powell)
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26. (Usually) a fast bad decision is
better than no decision at all.
"When placed in command,
take charge."
(Norman Schwarzkopf)
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27. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and standards
of the team, so that the team
takes purposeful action
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30. Nothing great was
ever achieved
without enthusiasm
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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31. "If you want to build a ship, don’t
drum up the men to gather wood,
divide up the work and give
orders.
Instead, teach them to yearn for
the vast and endless sea."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
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32. Where should we go?
• We begin with WHY..
• Then HOW...
• Then WHAT...
• (Simon Sinek)
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33. "Do you want to sell sugared
water for the rest of your life...
...or do you want to change the
World?"
(Steve Jobs' pitch to
John Sculley to join Apple)
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34. GM
• "We aim to make customers for life..."
(WHY)
• ...by making the World's best cars and
trucks... (HOW)
• ...with compelling designs, flawless
quality and reliability, and leading safety,
fuel economy and infotainment
features." (WHAT)
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35. NHS Scotland
• "... people...have a fairer share of the
opportunities, resources and confidence to
live longer, healthier lives.." (WHY)
• "...reduce health inequalities
• and improve health.... (HOW)
• ...(we) influence policy and practice...and
promote action across public services to
deliver greater equality and improved
health for all ." (WHAT)
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36. My Marketing Dept
• "...offer the best customer experience
in financial services (WHY)
• "...by listening and responding to
customers... (HOW)
• ...we deliver people, process and
technology projects across the
organisation to improve performance
against customer feedback ." (WHAT)
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37. If we don't want
to set a vision, we can
focus on outcomes:
"By the end of X,
we will have achieved…"
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38. "I'm helping to
put someone
on the moon."
Janitor, the
Apollo Space Programme
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39. Know what we want.
Know why we want it.
Say that we want it.
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40. What do you want?
Why?
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41. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and standards
of the team, so that the team
takes purposeful action
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43. "The standard we walk past...
...is the standard we accept."
(David Morrison)
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44. Set the standard
• The standards we set are expectations
for the performance we want, based on
outcomes
• These standards should line up with the
outcomes we want
• The standards to which we pay
attention are the only standards our
teams will adopt consistently
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45. What standards?
• Standards for performance - WHAT
our team will do or deliver
• Standards for values - HOW our team
will do or deliver
• If we have to compromise,
compromise on performance
standards, not values
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47. What standards will we set?
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48. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and standards
of the team, so that the team
takes purposeful action
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49. Purposeful action
Action that moves in the direction you want
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50. Thinking purposefully:
How will this get us closer to
our goal?
What difference do we want
to see?
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51. Nothing yields data like action
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52. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and standards
of the team, so that the team
takes purposeful action
cc: Sarah G... - https://www.flickr.com/photos/96526303@N00
53. What we'll do this morning
• We’ve considered what it is to
lead
• Now we'll look at some ideas to
help when we want to lead
• Finally, we'll try the ideas out
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54. Others have to see us as leaders
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55. How we speak, and what we
do, shapes how others see us
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57. How we speak as leaders is
more than thumping the table
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58. Leader language
• We agree
• We thank
• We picture the future
• We want
• We summarise
• We use the Imperative
• We ask specific, open questions
• We use conversational judo
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59. We agree
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60. We thank people
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61. We ask "what will that look like?"
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62. We say
what we want
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65. We use specific, open questions
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66. Specific open questions
• What, precisely...?
• Where, exactly...?
• How do you know...?
• Why do we think this...?
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67. We use conversational judo
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68. Conversational judo 1
• Ask what the issues are
• Note each issue
• Don't defend, argue or probe
• Ask "what else...?"
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69. Conversational judo 2
• When issues run out, go back
to the first one
• Ask "When you said this, what
did you mean...?"
• Don't defend, argue or probe
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70. Conversational judo 3
• For each clarified issue, ask
"What will we do about this?"
• Then ask, "Who will do this? By
when?"
• Doing this turns vague issues into
specific actions
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71. Leader language
• We agree
• We thank
• We picture the future
• We want
• We summarise
• Imperative
• We ask specific, open questions
• Conversational judo
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72. How we speak, and what we
do, shapes how others see us
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74. What we do has much more
impact than what we say.
(Stephen R. Covey)
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75. What leaders do
• Pay attention
• Praise, praise, praise
• Value time
• Initiate
• Write the notes
• Walk, not run
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83. What leaders do
• Pay attention
• Praise, praise, praise
• Value time
• Initiate
• Write the notes
• Walk, not run
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84. A leader
• Someone trusted by others to be
the person who takes decisions
about the direction and standards
of the team, so that the team
takes purposeful action
cc: Sarah G... - https://www.flickr.com/photos/96526303@N00
85. Leader language
• We agree
• We thank
• We picture the future
• We want
• We summarise
• Imperative
• We ask specific, open questions
• Conversational judo
cc: defndaines - https://www.flickr.com/photos/18062912@N00
86. What leaders do
• Pay attention
• Praise, praise, praise
• Value time
• Initiate
• Write the notes
• Walk, not run
cc: The Natural Step Canada - https://www.flickr.com/photos/36238874@N02
87. What we'll do this morning
• We’ve considered what it is to
lead
• We’ve looked at some ideas to
help when we want to lead
• Now, we'll try the ideas out
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88. Using the ideas
• Trust: make and keep small promises
• Find things to initiate or fix (with others)
• Work out what you want
• Start using leader language
• Get into the habit of praise
• Think about your personal standards for
performance and values
• Start training your boss / tutor
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89. Trying the ideas out
• We lead for the first time
• We don't have an ideal team
• We have a new boss
• We have a useless boss
• We lead something scary and
important
• We want to use the ideas when we
leave here today
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90. What can we do to show we
can be trusted to lead?
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91. What standards will we set?
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92. What questions do you have?
Mike Bird
mike.bird100@me.com
07918884845
@bird_mike
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