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A BORN LEADERPeople would describe me as..
I would add, who has worked hard to gain lots of experience to support nature!
• What is Leadership• Exercise: which Leaders do you admire & why?• Leaders are human - decision making & biases• Exercise: your values & biases• Managing v leading• Knowing your team• Being challenged• Exercise: what actions would you take in a moment of challenge or
crisis• Questions
TODAY…
“WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?”
SENIORITY?
POSITION?
TITLE?
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES?
MANAGEMENT?INFLUENCE?
EMPOWERMENT?FOLLOWERS?
TRANSLATE VISION INTO REALITY?
…leaders are people who know how to achieve goals and inspire people along the way
THE GENERAL
AGREEMENT…
WHO DO YOU ADMIRE
& WHY?
• Get into groups of 3/4 and take a look at the pictures on the wall
• Pick a leader you admire and write down the characteristics you admire in them
KEY TRAIT: LEADERS ARE DESISIVE
They make quick decisions based on patterns they see in a situation (Pattern Recognition) and the emotional associations (emotional tags stored in our
memories) they have had with similar experiences.
OUR BRAINS
Gary Klein (Psychologist and author of Sources of Power) has shown that our brains leap to conclusions and are reluctant to consider an alternative; we are particularly bad at revisiting our initial assessment of a situation
OUR BRAINS…when we are faced with a newsituation? Or a situation that looks familiar but isn’t?
Our brains can trick us into thinking we know what to do when we don’t
EMOTIONAL
TAGGING…is a process that allows emotional information to attach itself to the thoughts and experience stored in our memories
It’s all about how we think we should respond, what action we should take
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
THIS CAN LEAD TO
CONFLICT THROUGH
BAD DECISION MAKING
AND A RELUCTANCE TO
REVIEW AND CHANGE
YOUR MIND
GOOD LEADERS……understand that they are human and there are things that they naturally show a bias for and against
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Our intuition (pattern
recognition & emotional
tags) need a reality check
Be open to the fact that this happens
We are human and have biases that others
may consider to be good and bad
Lay out all the options
Inject fresh experience & analysis
Introduce further debate & challenge
Impose strong governance
Understand your bias (values, past experience, beliefs) be as objective as you can be
5 WAYS WE CAN CHECK FOR BIAS:
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• In groups of 3/4 talk about leadership values and pick 3 that will be yours
• Talk about biases and pick one that you need to be aware of
WHAT ARE YOUR LEADERSHIP
VALUES?DO YOU HAVE A BIAS?
• Are you counting value or creating it?• Do you have circles of power or circles of influence?• Are you inspiring people to work or managing it?
MANAGING OR LEADINGHOW DO YOU KNOW?
Meyers Briggs have eight team roles:
Coaches produce agreement andharmony across the team, trying to create a positive team atmosphere and reach a consensus
Crusaders produce a sense of priority, stressing those issues that have most importance so that discussions are focused on the most valuable topics
KNOW YOUR PEOPLE
Curators produce a clarification of ideas and information, producing a better knowledge and clearer picture of any situation
LEADING TEAMS
Innovators produce a sense of imagination and contribute new and alternative perspectives and ideas
Sculptors bring things to fruition, producing action to address the most urgent matters, and using tools or techniques that they know will work
Scientists produceexplanation of what is happening, the cause of problems, and generate models to demonstrate how things work
LEADING TEAMS
Conductors produce structure and introduce a logical organisation into the way things are done
Explorers uncover new potential in situations and people and explore new areas and the possibilities that they present
WHAT TEAMS WANT
FROM A LEADER
Tell the truth (always, good and bad)
Communicate roles & responsibilities
Create a workplace culture that values real people
Be fair, open and honest
Model the behaviours you want to see
LEADING PEOPLE IS
CHALLENGINGEven when you go through a successful IPO and everyone is happywhat do you do?
”So how will Zuckerberg manage them? The Wall Street Journal has a great roundup of ideas for the 28-year-old founder. He’ll need to feed these new millionaires’ entrepreneurial mindsets, giving them time and autonomy to work on their own projects. He’ll have to become expert at stroking egos while not setting up cultures that give the lottery winners on staff too much sway. And he’ll need to keep
people from checking the stock price, oh, every 10 minutes, and be willing to say goodbye quickly to those who don’t want to stay.”
LEADING PEOPLE IS
CHALLENGING
Think about that statement and give me examples of actions you would take during a moment of challenge or crisis..
AND YOU WILL BE
CHALLENGED“The ultimate measure of a man (or woman) is not where he stands in moments of confidence and convenience but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy” – Martin Luther King
LAST WORD FROM
NELSON MANDELA“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”