1. Great Leaders
G.R.O.W
by.
Ken Blanchard & Mark Miller

2. Characters
Main Characters
Blake Brown
Jeff Brown
Debbie Brewster
Sam
Ms. Barnwell

3. Book Review
• Do You Want To Be a Leader?
• Having The Opportunity To Be A Leader
• Continuing To Learn
• Leadership Is about Building Relationships
• Take Responsibility

4. G: Gain Knowledge
 1) If you're going to maximize your own growth as a leader you need to start with
yourself.
• You’ll need high self-awareness
• What are your strengths
• What are your learning styles and preferences
• What are your passions
• How do you prefer to delegate or to coach
• What is your personality type

5.  2) Gain knowledge about the others you want to lead- as a group and as
individuals.
• What are their hopes and dreams
• What are their fears
• What can you learn about their families
• Their past work experience
• Their career aspirations
• Their personality types
• What is their individual view on recognition ( public or private )
G: Gain Knowledge

6.  3) Gain knowledge of your Industry.
• What do you know about your industry
• What has been true in the past
• What is currently true about your industry that may not be true in the future
• Who are your competitors (strengths/weaknesses)
• How has your industry changed over the last ten years
G: Gain Knowledge

7. G: Gain Knowledge
 4) Leaders need to constantly gain knowledge in the field of leadership.
• What are the trends
• What are the best practices
• What skills can you acquire
• What skills can you sharpen
• What books do you need to read
• What can you do to GROW as a leader

8. G: Gain Knowledge
 Many leaders fail to gain knowledge because they have too much to do- they’re
going to fast and trying to accomplish too much.
• Trying to make up lost time
• Don’t know their own limitations
• Lack of preparation
• May not have studied the course enough
• Leaders get distracted
• Time is something many leaders say they don’t have

9. • Formally
-In Person
• Informally
-Email
-Phone Call

10. • Formally
– Reaching out to others formally gives the
individual the opportunity to speak to the person
on a one on one basis
– Build relationships
– Give others the opportunity to get to know you.
Reach Out to Others

12. Opening your world at work

13. • Travel
• Volunteer
• Reading widely beyond the industry and
leadership
• Exposure to arts
• Mentors from other fields unrelated to ours
• Adventures- sky diving, rafting, scuba diving,
hiking and climbing,
Opening your world outside of
work

14. Wisdom
• Lifelong pursuit – we NEVER stop learning.
• How do we achieve the wisdom to become
great leaders?
a. Through sincere self-evaluation.
b. Through honest feedback and advice from
others.
Walk toward Wisdom

15. Final Thoughts