The HEART of a Leader - TASN
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The HEART of a Leader
Transcript of The HEART of a Leader - TASN
The HEART of a Leader
Are leaders born or created?
What is character?
Leaders are DIFFERENT!
Leadership CharacterInfluence Impact
Leadership Skills
Leadership Character
When a leader fails to thrive, the culprit is often their
leadership character, NOT their lack of skills.
Facets of Leadership Character
Facet 1 Think Others First • Servant leadership-Contrary to conventional
leadership where the leader is focused on himself and what he can accomplish and achieve, the focus is on those being served.
• Servant leaders possess and others first mindset. They constantly work to help others win.
Facets of Leadership Character
Why Think Others First Works • Servant leadership honors people. A servant
leader acknowledges the different roles, responsibilities and strengths of people.
• Servant leadership builds trust. We trust leaders whose motives are others centered.
• Servant leadership raises engagement. It energizes us as followers.
The Heart is a
Muscle
Serving leaders don’t think less off themselves, they just think of themselves
less.
Facets of Leadership Character
Facet 2 Expect the Best • Leaders are more
optimistic than non-leaders
Facets of Leadership Character
Facet 3 Respond with Courage • Leaders don’t wait- they initiate. – Leaders get what they create and what
they allow. • Articulate the vision for the future • Build relationships with challenging people • Challenge people to grow and change • Mend broken relationships • Confront difficult problems • Make hard or unpopular decisions
How to develop the ability to Respond with Courage
Practice
taking action
Facets of Leadership Character
Facet 4 Hunger for Wisdom • Wisdom informs our decisions, and
ultimately, leaders succeed or fail based on their decisions.
• All decisions are critical. – People decisions – Strategy decisions – Financial decisions – How you invest your time
Facets of Leadership Character
How to Cultivate Your Hunger for Wisdom • Be open to input, new ideas and views • Be open to truth that we don’t know
everything
The pursuit of wisdom requires an open mind, and an open mind can be fueled by
learning.
Facets of Leadership Character
Facet 5 Leaders Accept Responsibility (Ownership) • Willing to assume responsibility for the vision and
progress toward it • Willing to accept ultimate responsibility when the
team fails. • Very slow to blame others
When you experience an outcome that doesn’t meet your expectations, look in the mirror and ask yourself how you contributed to the failure.
BUT……………………………..
You don’t want to accept all the responsibility
When things do go well you don’t need to accept responsibility, you want to give
praise!
Leadership Character is a Matter of the…………………
Hunger for Wisdom
Expect the Best
Accept Responsibility
Respond with Courage
Think Others First
Are we a serving leader or a self-serving leader?
Big Takeaways
1. Without leadership character, no one cares about your skills.
2. There are 5 core traits that together constitute leadership character. They represent the HEART of leadership
3. Leadership character can be formed and transformed
The Heart of Leadership Becoming a Leader People Want to
Follow By: Mark Miller
“The HEART is the source of all things” -the ancients
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