The document discusses the different roles that leaders take on. It describes five critical roles or "hats" that leaders wear: 1) the truth-seeker who gathers information to understand where the organization needs to go, 2) the direction-setter who sets the course for others to follow, 3) the agent of change who catalyzes organizational change, 4) the spokesperson who sells and communicates the needed changes internally and externally, and 5) the coach/team builder who helps the team maintain focus and live the vision. Understanding these different roles is important for leadership.

1. Leadership:
a Subject
Which Hat Do I Wear? The Roles That Leaders Play
Loeb M, Kindel S. Leadership For Dummies. For Dummies; 1999.

2. Leadership:
a Subject

3. Which Hat Do I Wear? Roles That Leaders Play
• Objectives
– Understanding the many roles Leaders take on
– Becoming a truth-setter
– Being a catalyst for change
– Talking it up as a spokesperson
– Rallying the troops as coach/team builder

4. He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.
- William Shakespeare
Which Hat Do I Wear? Roles That Leaders Play

5. • Leaders must wear a seemingly infinite
number of hats but 5 are critical:
1. Bare headed
2. Pith helmet
3. Pulled-down fedora
4. A talking hat
5. Baseball cap
Which Hat Do I Wear?
Roles That Leaders Play

6. • The Truth-Seeker
– A leader needs to have some sense of where
they are trying to go and how to get there…
This requires information
• Triangulating information
• Gathering intelligence
Bareheaded before God

7. • The Direction-Setter (explorers hat)
– After you have the information you need you must
set a course that others can follow
Pith Helmet

8. • The agent from C.H.A.N.G.E.
– A good leader is responsible for being the catalyst
for change
Pulled Down Fedora

9. • The Spokesperson
– Selling, both internally and externally the change
that needs to occur
• Making the impossible seem difficult
• Making the difficult seem as just another days work
Talking Hat

10. • The Coach/Team builder
– Helping the team maintain focus in the face of
internal conflicts and external pressures
– Living the vision
Baseball Cap & Whistle

11. • Understanding the many roles leaders take on
• Becoming a truth-setter
• Being a catalyst for change
• Talking it up as a spokesperson
• Rallying the troops as coach/team builder
Recap- Roles That Leaders Play

12. Leadership:
a Subject
Which Hat Do I Wear? The Roles That Leaders Play
Loeb M, Kindel S. Leadership For Dummies. For Dummies; 1999.