1. Transformational Leadership Focus: Jump Start Your Year With More Effective Leadership Dr. Bob Wright January 7, 2010

2. Ron Riggio defines the characteristics as…. Charismatic, visionary leaders who transform organizations through empowering followers. Leaders who bring out the best in followers and develop them into leaders. Leaders who motivate and challenge teams to perform at levels beyond expectations. Transformational Leadership Characteristics

3. Honest self assessment is key. We all fall short. We need to keep working. We need to be willing to measure ourselves and fall short. Let’s review the four behaviors of Transformational Leaders How do you measure up?

4. Idealized Influence - serving as positive role models for followers (“walking the talk”). Inspirational Motivation - motivate and inspire followers by providing meaning and challenge. Intellectual Stimulation - stimulate followers to be creative/innovative by questioning assumptions, reframing problems, and devising new solutions. Individualized Consideration - paying special attention to followers’ needs and concerns; developing followers via mentoring/coaching Components of Transformational Leadership

5. Congruent Visionary Thought-provoking Personal Summary of Transformational Leadership Characteristics

6. What do you stand for as a leader? Have you articulated your leadership touchstones? This will be your idealized influence touchstone for the coming year. Idealized Influence

7. Empowerment — my staff need to be believed in Inclusion — My staff need to feel full ownership Encouragement — They need to know that they have the freedom to act and the acceptance to make mistakes, as well as ongoing acknowledgement and enthusiastic support What does my company most need?

9. Intellectual stimulation: thought-provoking

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13. ___________________________“Idealized Influence Touchstone”

14. Look at the value or principle you chose to use for the coming year. How do you rate yourself now? Are you willing to have the staff rate you on a scale of 1-10? If so, are you willing to be re-evaluated quarterly? It could be a great benefit to all. Rating Yourself

16. Intellectual Stimulation - stimulate followers to be creative/ innovative by questioning assumptions, reframing problems, and devising new solutions. How do you rate yourself? How stimulating are your … Assignments? Interactions with staff? Meetings? How often do you ask questions? How much creativity and innovation do you expect from your staff? Assessing Intellectual Stimulation

17. Individualized Consideration - paying special attention to followers’ needs and concerns; developing followers via mentoring/coaching How do you rate yourself? How well do you recognize your individual staff strengths and weaknesses? To what extent do you identify individual staff support needs? Are all staff clear on the skills they are developing, and are you providing what you need to provide for them to do it? Assessing Individualized Consideration

18. 1) Your selection for idealized influence 2) One of the other three behaviors of Transformational Leaders. Mapping Success: 2010 Focus

19. My larger goal Whom I told about my larger goal Mistaken beliefs challenged Rematrixing strategy Behavioral limitations/skill deficits Emotions muted or arisen Implementation Intentions

20. Whom I told about the assignment Whom I invited to join me Cost assessment Benefit analysis Rewards Consequences Review schedule Implementation Intentions

21. How many if…then… statements? Rate your focus, application, and risk taken in doing the assignment Recap risks, results, learns, growth, and feedback Implementation Intention Tracking

22. Two-day seminar with Dr. Don Beck, date TBD Visit Dr. Bob Wright’s blog:www.drbobwright.com Next Steps