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Strengths-Based Leadership for VALOR
The document presents a comprehensive overview of strengths-based leadership, emphasizing the importance of personalizing leadership and engaging followers in collaborative decision-making. It outlines various definitions of leadership, studies on leadership experience, and the role of strengths in leadership effectiveness, while providing strategies for application in agricultural communities. Additionally, it discusses the interdependent relationship between leaders and followers, highlighting the significance of building trust, compassion, and hope within teams.
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- 1. Strengths-Based Leadership (and Followership) Presentedby Eric K. Kaufman July 23, 2013
- 2. Who is EricKaufman? • Associate Professor & Extension Specialist • Lead researcher for VALOR program launch • Coordinator of VT’s Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Community Leadership • Former H.S. AgriScience Teacher
- 3. Our Agenda… 1. Personalizing Leadership 2.Principles of Strengths- Based Leadership 3. Partnering with Courageous Followers 4. Strategies for Application
- 4. Virginia Agriculture’s Interest (Kaufmanet al., 2010) “Growing new leaders and enhancing the skills of current leaders is vitally important to the future of agriculture.” “I believe that the more involved one becomes in problem solving, working in team/group settings with a strong community commitment the more people can work together to solve any and all problems their community is faced with. Since agriculture is so critical anything we can do to provide leadership learning in this area would be extremely beneficial.”
- 5. VALOR Vision Statement TheVirginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR) program will provide a sustainable future for Virginia's agricultural community by maximizing potential for successful growth through a system of networking, collaborative decision-making, and development of strong leaders.
- 6. WHAT DO WEKNOW ABOUT LEADERSHIP?
- 7. GALLUP POLL –LEADERSHIP ABILITY Out of 1,001 U.S. adults surveyed, 97% rated their ability to lead as being at or above average. 97% 3% At or Above Average Below Average What % of U.S. adults rate their leadership ability as being at or above average?
- 8. GALLUP POLL –LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Out of 1,001 U.S. adults surveyed, more than two- thirds reported that they have led a group or team. 67% 33% Led a Group or Team Yes No What % of U.S. adults have led a group or team?
- 9. How Do YouDefine Leadership? • Defining Leadership through Personalized Plates – Use template to create a personalized license plate that identifies a characteristic of leadership. – Your plate may have a combination of up to seven letters, numbers, and/or special characters. – Creativity is encouraged.
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- 12. How Do YouDefine Leadership? • Defining Leadership through Personalized Plates – Use template to create a personalized license plate that identifies a characteristic of leadership. – Your plate may have a combination of up to seven letters, numbers, and/or special characters. – Creativity is encouraged.
- 13. Caveat on StudyingLeadership “The distinctive feature of leadership is that it would appear the more we learn about leadership, the more we realize we have to and want to learn.” (Jackson & Parry, 2008, p. 9)
- 14. Leadership Defined “Leadership isthe art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.” – Colin Powell, American statesman and retired four-star general in the United States Army “Leadership is the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations.” – James Kouzes & Barry Posner, leadership researchers and authors of The Leadership Challenge “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.” – Peter Northouse, professor of communication and author of Leadership: Theory and Practice
- 15. Five Ways toStudy Leadership (Jackson & Parry, 2008) • Attempt to lead • Observe leadership in action • Talk about leadership • Read about leadership • Write about leadership
- 16. Exemplary Leadership Practices (Kouzes& Posner, 2007) Challenging the Process Inspiring a Shared Vision Enabling Others to Act Modeling the Way Encouraging the Heart
- 17. FINDING YOURSELF ASA LEADER
- 18. Multi-Level View ofLeadership Development (Avolio, 2005) Life Experiences Talents & Capacities Self Aware Self- Regulate Self- Develop Triggers Culture Vision How am I Supported? Where do I come from? Who am I?
- 19. Personal SWOT Analysis Strengths •Whatdo you do well? •What do others see as your strengths? Weaknesses •What could you improve? •What are others likely to see as weaknesses? Opportunities •What trends could you take advantage of? •How can you turn your strengths into opportunities? Threats •What trends could harm you? •What threats do your weaknesses expose you to?
- 20. Time Remaining: Personal SWOT •Completethe SWOT worksheet
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- 22. What do wedo with the SWOT data? According to Gallup’s research the most effective leaders: 1. Are always investing in strengths 2. Surround themselves with the right people and then maximize their team 3. Understand their followers needs • Reference: Rath & Conchie’s (2008) Strengths Based Leadership
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- 24. Early Leadership Theory:Traits • Premise: – All great leaders have common traits • Challenge: 1. Identify the leadership traits 2. Make people with those traits the leaders
- 25. Explaining Leadership Differences: StyleApproaches to Leadership Leadership Grid Situational Leadership
- 26. Strengths-Based Leadership • Arguesthat we all have innate talents to be developed into strengths • Views leadership as a collective process • Recommends different strengths for different leadership situations
- 27. Leadership Myths andTruths Myths – Each of us can be anything we want to be if we just work hard. – We grow most where we are weakest. – Strengths will take care of themselves. Truths – You can be anything your strengths allow you to be. – We grow most in the areas we are already strong. – I can be taught knowledge and skills, but I can’t learn talents.
- 28. “A leader needsto know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or as a physician knows the instruments at her disposal. What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths – and can call on the right strength at the right time. This explains why there is no definitive list of characteristics that describes all leaders.” - Donald O. Clifton, Gallup Researcher and Father of Strengths Psychology
- 29. What is aStrength? Weakness? STRENGTH • Consistent, near perfect performance in an activity = STRENGTH WEAKNESS • Something that gets in the way of excellent performance Knowledge + Skills + Talents
- 30. INDICATORS OF WEAKNESS •Feel defensive about performance – Develop obsessive behavior • Exhibit slow learning – Do not profit from with repeated experience • Experience a reduction of confidence from performing the activity • Lack futuristic thinking about the activity • Suffer burnout while practicing
- 31. How Do IFind My Strengths? Listen to your yearnings Watch for satisfactions Watch for rapid learning Glimpses of excellence Total performance of excellence
- 32. Domains of LeadershipStrength Executing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking Influencing Task- Oriented People- Oriented Future-Oriented Present-Oriented
- 33. Executing Domain Description • Knowhow to make things happen • Have ability to “catch” an idea and make it happen Talent Themes • Achiever • Arranger • Belief • Consistency • Deliberative • Discipline • Focus • Responsibility • Restorative
- 34. Relationship Building Domain TalentThemes • Adaptability • Developer • Connectedness • Empathy • Harmony • Includer • Individualization • Positivity • Relator Description • Provide essential glue that holds the team together • Create groups and organizations that are much greater than the sum of their parts
- 35. Strategic Thinking Domain Description •Keep us all focused on what could be • Constantly absorbing and analyzing information and helping the team make better decisions Talent Themes • Analytical • Context • Futuristic • Ideation • Input • Intellection • Learner • Strategic
- 36. Influencing Domain Talent ThemesDescription • Help the team reach a broader audience • Take charge, speak up, and make sure the group is heard • Activator • Command • Communication • Competition • Maximizer • Self-Assurance • Significance • Woo
- 38. What Are Others’Strengths? • Discover the strengths and domains of others – Complete the worksheet with those around you • Draw one inclusive picture of the main strengths of those in your group – Include in the picture • The Strengths • The Domains
- 39. Time Remaining: Prepare ahieroglyphic that represents collaborative use of strengths represented in your group
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- 41. Gallup’s Approach toStrengths- Based Development
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- 44. Common Purpose A New Modelof Leader- Follower Relationships Leader Followers Shared Values Leaders and Followers Serve a Common Purpose Pursued Within Shared Values
- 45. Leading and FollowingThrough Tango
- 46. 46 Leader-Follower Organization Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-followerLeader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Source: Gene Dixon
- 47. Five Dimensions of CourageousFollowership Courage to Assume Responsibility for common purpose Support leader and group energetically Take moral action when needed Participate in transformation Constructively challenge counterproductive policies & behaviors
- 48. FOLLOWERS’ BASIC NEEDS (ACCORDINGTO GALLUP POLLS; RATH & CONCHIE, 2008) • Trust – Chances of being engaged at work when the individual does not trust the company’s leaders is just 1 in 12. • Compassion – Those who indicate “My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person” are: • Significantly more likely to stay with the organization • Substantially more productive
- 49. FOLLOWERS’ BASIC NEEDS(continued) (ACCORDING TO GALLUP POLLS; RATH & CONCHIE, 2008) • Stability – Those with high confidence in their company’s financial future are nine times more likely to be engaged in their jobs. • Hope – Among those who disagreed that their company’s leadership made them “feel enthusiastic about the future,” only 1% were engaged in their jobs.
- 50. Leader-Follower Organization Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-followerLeader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower Leader-follower 50 Source: Gene Dixon
- 51. What Strong TeamsHave in Common (Rath & Conchie, 2008) 1. Conflict doesn’t destroy strong teams because strong teams focus on results 2. Strong teams prioritize what’s best for the organization and then move forward 3. Members of strong teams are as committed to their personal lives as they are to their work 4. Strong teams embrace diversity 5. Strong teams are magnets for talent
- 52. APPLYING WHAT WEHAVE LEARNED
- 53. Lesson for Practice “Aleader is someone who can get things done through other people.” -Warren Buffet
- 54. Where Can WeApply Leadership? • Business • Community • Family • Professional Organizations
- 55. Multi-Level View ofLeadership Development (Avolio, 2005) Life Experiences Talents & Capacities Self Aware Self- Regulate Self- Develop Triggers Culture Vision How am I Supported? What am I Experiencing? How do I develop and behave? Where do I come from? Who am I? What am I becoming?
- 56. Your Individual DevelopmentPlan • Name It • Claim It • Aim It
- 57. Implications for Youand Others?
- 58. Thank you! Let meknow how I can help • Eric Kaufman – EKaufman@VT.Edu
Editor's Notes
- #3 Each of us shares a brief story about our background
- #4 Based on 50 years of research on both leaders and followers, Gallup has identified three key characteristics of effective leaders:The most effective leaders are always investing in their strengths.The most effective leaders surround themselves with the right people and then maximize their team.The most effective leaders understand their followers’ needs.The benefits of focusing on strengths extend beyond the leader; organizations that help their employees focus on personal strengths dramatically increase the chance of employees being engaged and productive at work. This interactive workshop will help participants identify their personal areas of talent and develop a plan for transforming those talents into strengths. In addition, participants will explore the four domains of leadership strength (executing, influencing, relationship building, and strategic thinking) as well as the four basic needs of followers (trust, compassion, stability, and hope). Participants will leave the workshop with specific ideas for promoting strengths-based leadership and followership in the workplace and other professional settings.
- #10 Share examples by table.What do these vanity plates tell us about our definition and perspective of leadership?
- #11 http://sivers.org/ff
- #13 Share examples by table.What do these vanity plates tell us about our definition and perspective of leadership?
- #14 What do you hope to learn from this class?Leadership Cartoon by Mark Hill and Russ Volckmann, published in Integral Leadership Review, October 2009
- #17 Note that these may be related to personality traits, but they are action oriented.How do these relate to the qualities previously identified of leaders we admire?
- #19 Avolio, B. J. (2005). Leadership development in balance: made/born. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum. Page 192, Figure 11.1
- #20 Share worksheet available at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05_1.htm
- #23 Refer participants to pages 2-3 in book
- #33 “Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be” (Rath & Conchie, 2008, p. 23)
- #34 Example: Monique McBride (associate minister for Christian education @ Trinity GNV) can lead any project, but sometimes people get bowled over in the process.
- #35 Example: Pastor Jeff (Marty’s minister in Nashville) was great with small groups, but struggled when promoted to senior minister
- #36 Example: Karen Kaufman (NEO Synod Resource Center Director) connects people to resources and examples that highlight what could be, but becomes frustrated when others don’t see the opportunity.
- #37 Example: Troy Holloway (Director of Generosity @ Trinity GNV) is charismatic and has a proven record with securing support for projects missions, but hates to get bogged down with details.
- #38 Which leadership domain best captures your leadership strengths – executing, influencing, relationship building, or strategic thinking?When were you at your leadership best?When did you benefit from partnering with another to lead an effort?
- #44 Refer back to dancing guy videoGraphic from: http://www.uufec.com/wordpress/sermons/from-crack-pot-to-leader/
- #46 Tango is a close, improvisational dance that requires excellence in both the leader and follower role. Ira has produced a video in which one of the leading Tango practitioners in the US demonstrates the ways in which following well brings out the creativity of the leader and following poorly undermines the leader and the dance.http://www.courageousfollower.net/blog/video/leading-and-following-through-tango-2/
- #49 Data drawn from Rath & Conchie (2008) part III (pages 79-91)
- #50 Data drawn from Rath & Conchie (2008) part III (pages 79-91)
- #54 (Rath & Conchie, 2008, p. 79)
- #55 Image Source: http://michael-danger.tumblr.com/post/5561753724/this-is-a-map-of-the-usa-made-of-sports-logos-i
- #56 Avolio, B. J. (2005). Leadership development in balance: made/born. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum. Page 192, Figure 11.1
- #57 Use the worksheet titled “Creating Your Personal Vision”(Phillips-Jones, 2009)