LEADERSHIPThe first step to growing leaders is growing yourself

Nicole Gasparri, CGFOCity of Boca Raton

Organizational Program Manager

Welcome Back Ground rules Clearing

Environment

EXERCISE

Learning Objectives: Assess your own leadership Identifying areas where there are

opportunities to grow and develop Identifying what are the road blocks and/or

barriers to success Identifying action adjustments that will alter

the outcome in difficult situations

Intention

EXERCISE

Predictable and Ordinary

Internal Dialogue

Right / Wrong Good / Bad Agree / Disagree True / False Should / Shouldn’t Why / How What

Internal Dialogue

What your Ego Says

I am a victim I live in scarcity – there is never enough I am alive temporarily and that is scary I am always messing up I am fighting just to get by I am not good unless I prove it

What your spirit says

I create my own reality I live in abundance. This is always enough I am alive temporarily and that is awesome I am on the right path at the perfect speed I am safe to pursue what I love I am good just because

RESIGNATION AND CYNICISM

Looking Good

Avoiding looking Bad

Context

EXERCISE

The Oz Principle, Roger Connor

EXPERIENCE

BELIEFS

ACTION

RESULTS

What leadership is not: POSITION TITLE DICTATOR DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO SCREAMER CONDESCENDING

Leadership -Theory vs. Action

What leadership is: LEADING COMMITMENT ADDING VALUE CHARACTER WILLING COMMUNICATION INTEGRITY

Theory

Example: Coaching COACHING ONLY WORKS WHEN YOU KNOW THE

GAME PLAN Tell the players what you expect from them

◦ Do you have expectations meetings What you expect What they expect from you

Give the players the opportunity to perform ◦ Delegate – 3 prong approach ◦ Let the players know how they are getting along

Instruct and Empower the players when they need it

Reward players based on their contribution

THEORY VS. ACTION(Knowing versus doing)

All knowledge

What you know

KK

What you know you don’t know

KK

K DK

Blindspots

KK

K DK

Blind spots – don’t know that you don’t know

That which you are unaware of is causing barriers to success

It may even be the barrier

INTEGRITY RELATIONSHIPS EXISTENCE COMMUNICATION

4 areas that make it all work

INTEGRITY RELATIONSHIPS EXISTENCE SHARING

4 areas that make it all work

Honoring your word Doing what you said you do when you said

you would do it

Integrity

Sliding Scale of Integrity 100%

Respect Communication Trust

Relationships

“I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

- Maya Angelou

The tools Appointments Schedules

Existence

There is too much to do and not enough time to do it

No worries we’ll get to it when we get to it… I don’t stress

Relationship to TIME

Confront that you will never get it all done .

THE ARE ONLY 24 HOURS IN A DAY!!!!!

Sharing / communicating ◦ Sharing with intention◦ Sharing with a vision

Communiation

Its all about perspective ……..

DoHave BeBe Do Have

Thank you!

Questions?

ngasparri@myboca.us