The Tools for Developing a The Tools for Developing a Leadership LegacyLeadership Legacy

September 25, 2009September 25, 2009Dot Counts-ScogginsDot Counts-Scoggins

Lisa ShporerLisa Shporer

AgendaAgenda

Traits of LeadersTraits of Leaders Defining Leadership within DiversityDefining Leadership within Diversity Leadership StylesLeadership Styles Leadership Skills and CompetenciesLeadership Skills and Competencies Leadership SuccessLeadership Success Listening to Improve Impactful MessagesListening to Improve Impactful Messages Action PlansAction Plans

Traits of LeadersTraits of Leaders

What traits does a leader possess?What traits does a leader possess? What traits do you possess?What traits do you possess? What traits would you like to develop over the What traits would you like to develop over the

next year?next year?

““You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to see that plan through to the end.”plan, and the will to see that plan through to the end.” ~ ~ Sidney A. FriedmanSidney A. Friedman

Defining LeadershipDefining Leadership

What is your definition of leadership?What is your definition of leadership? How does diversity impact your definition?How does diversity impact your definition? Take a few minutes to reflect then write your Take a few minutes to reflect then write your

personal definition in your journal. personal definition in your journal.

“Six Traits of Effective Leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action” – Christian Nevell Bovee

Leadership StylesLeadership Styles

Autocratic LeadershipAutocratic Leadership Bureaucratic LeadershipBureaucratic Leadership Charismatic LeadershipCharismatic Leadership Participative LeadershipParticipative Leadership Laissez-Faire LeadershipLaissez-Faire Leadership

Servant LeadershipServant Leadership Task Oriented LeadershipTask Oriented Leadership Transactual LeadershipTransactual Leadership Transformation LeadershipTransformation Leadership Situational LeadershipSituational Leadership People Oriented LeadershipPeople Oriented Leadership

The Pareto Principle20% of your priorities will give you 80% of your production,

IFYou spend your time, energy, money, and personnel on the

top 20 % of your priorities.

Models of Traditional Leadership and Models of Traditional Leadership and Facilitative Leadership.Facilitative Leadership.

How do the models differ in the How do the models differ in the organizational components?organizational components?

"Management is doing things right; "Management is doing things right;

Leadership is doing the right things." Leadership is doing the right things." -~Peter F. -~Peter F.

DruckerDrucker

Facilitative Facilitative LeadershipLeadership

Listening SkillsListening Skills

Find a partner & decide who will go first.Find a partner & decide who will go first. The first person will speak for 4 minutes The first person will speak for 4 minutes

about why they want to participate in this about why they want to participate in this project. The other partner may not speak project. The other partner may not speak at all. After time is called switch.at all. After time is called switch.

DebriefDebrief“Courage is what it takes to stand up and

speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and

listen.”~ Winston Churchill

Barriers to Barriers to Effective ListeningEffective Listening

Listening without becoming defensiveListening without becoming defensive Listen without interruptingListen without interrupting Listen without judgingListen without judging Listen without over-relatingListen without over-relating Listen without discountingListen without discounting Listen without trying to solve the problem Listen without trying to solve the problem

for the other personfor the other person

Rules of Success by Dale Carnegie

1. Evaluate what is important in your life and what you would like to see improved.2. Write your goals down. When you write them down, you can look at them every day and remind yourself of what you are trying to accomplish.3. Make goals realistic.4. Make goals timely. This will push you to do your best to reach them.5. Stick with it! We oftentimes lose interest or motivation when working towards a goal. It is important to remember that long-term goals are not achieved overnight.

Leadership Skills Leadership Skills and Competenciesand Competencies

Organizational Organizational SkillsSkills

Communication Communication SkillsSkills

Problem Problem Solving SkillsSolving Skills

Interpersonal Interpersonal SkillsSkills

Personal Personal QualitiesQualities

Planning & Planning & OrganizingOrganizing

WrittenWritten

CommunicationCommunication

Problem Problem AnalysisAnalysis

Staff Staff DevelopmentDevelopment

Self- ControlSelf- Control

ControlControl OralOral

CommunicationCommunication

JudgmentJudgment DelegationDelegation InitiativeInitiative

EvaluationEvaluation MarketingMarketing DecisivenessDecisiveness Individual Individual LeadershipLeadership

Stress ToleranceStress Tolerance

ResearchResearch Risk TakingRisk Taking Group Group LeadershipLeadership

ConsideratenessConsiderateness

CreativityCreativity

PersistencePersistenceNeugebaur,R. (1985) Are you an effective leader? Child Care Exchange, p 25. Developed by Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

7 Secrets of 7 Secrets of Leadership SuccessLeadership Success

1.1. Leadership is about making things happen.Leadership is about making things happen.2.2. Listen and understand the issue, then lead.Listen and understand the issue, then lead.3.3. Answer three questions everyone within your Answer three questions everyone within your

organization wants answers to.organization wants answers to.4.4. Master the goals that will allow you to work. Master the goals that will allow you to work.

anywhere in today’s dynamic business world.anywhere in today’s dynamic business world.5.5. Be curious.Be curious.6.6. Listen to both sides of the argument.Listen to both sides of the argument.7.7. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Prepare, prepare, prepare.

Paul B. Thornton is President of Paul B. Thornton is President of Be the Leader AssociatesBe the Leader Associates and author of seven books on and author of seven books on management and leadership. His latest book, management and leadership. His latest book, Leadership: Best Advice I Ever GotLeadership: Best Advice I Ever Got, ,

Action PlanAction Plan

“Effective leaders motivate people,

Not by the answers they give,

But rather by the questions they ask.”

QuestionsQuestions

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