This document discusses elements of leadership development. It emphasizes that leadership is a learning journey where leaders strive to create learning communities. Effective leaders understand themselves and how to develop others. They reflect on their strengths and weaknesses in order to create learning agendas for personal growth.

1. Elements of Leadership Development

2. Leadership Development
Becoming The Leader
You Want to Be

3. Knowing one’s true self is the
first task of a leader.
--Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian spiritualist

4. Leadership Can be
Learned
We are not born to lead
We are all born leaders

5. The Art of Becoming
 Becoming a leader is just that, it is
the art of becoming
 None of us ever arrive but we are all capable of
enhancing our leadership abilities and capacities
 Our leadership journey is a never ending tale of
rounding off the sharp edges and honing our skills

6. Today’s Objectives
 Describe the attributes, qualities and characteristics of an
organizational learning environment that fosters
individual and team growth and learning
 Identify and describe the impact of cultural influences
upon leadership style and strategies for managing
cultural difference
 Understand your role in developing yourself and those
you lead

7. An Effective leader creates
a learning Community of Leaders.

8. Leadership is
A Learning Journey

9. A learning organization is an organization
skilled at creating, acquiring and
transferring
knowledge and at
modifying its behavior to reflect
new knowledge and
Insights
Garvin 1993

10. Building Blocks of A Learning
Community
 A supportive learning environment
 Psychological Safety
 Appreciation of Differences
 Openness to new ideas
 Time for reflection

11. Building Blocks of A Learning
Community
 Concrete Learning Processes and Practices
 Experimentation
 Information Collection
 Analysis
 Education and Training
 Information Transfer

12. Building Blocks of A Learning
Community
 Leadership that Reinforces Learning
 Invite input
 Ask probing questions
 Acknowledge own limitations
 Listen Attentively
 Encourage multiple points of view

13. Creating A Learning
Community
 To create a whole that is better than the
parts we must:
 Share our internal pictures
 The forces that led us to our current reality
 Identify the difference between our desires
and our current state of being

14. The Leadership journey is
fundamentally about personal
development

15. The Journey is about trying to see ourselves
as others see us!

16. Effect
Change
Influence
Mission
Values and Principles
Self Awareness
Organization
Individual

17. Why have you chosen to be a leader?
 I’d like you to take a few minutes by yourself to
answer the question
“Why do you aspire to lead others?”
 Now find a partner and give him/her your answer
 The partner should ask why three times?

18. The Role of Leaders
 When do we need leaders?

19. The Role of Leaders
The art
of mobilizing others
to struggle
for shared aspirations
Kouses and Posner

20. The Role of Leaders
 Trying to get people to do things they
otherwise, ordinarily would not do

21. The Challenge for Leaders
The Key is in
Balancing
Task and Maintenance

22. Elements of a Successful
Developmental Experience
 Assessment: Provides clarity about needed Changes
(behavior, skills, attitude)
 Challenge : Opportunity to experiment and Practice new
(behavior, skills, Attitudes)
 Support: Confirmation and clarification of lessons learned

23. Ideal Self
Real Self
My Strengths
My Gaps
My Learning
Agenda
Experimenting
Practicing
Trusting
Relationships

24. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES FRAMEWORK
Personality
Leadership Style and
Behaviors
Abilities &
Skills
Values
Environment
Culture & education
Parental Influence
Physical Environment
Heredity
Genes
Race/Ethnicity
Gender
INDIVIDUAL CHARATERISTICS

25. Summary
 Leadership is a developmental process
 Effective leaders strive to create a learning
organization
 Effective leaders understand the forces that
have shaped their present self
 Effective leaders plan for their growth and
development