Building Creative Leaders

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Building Creative Leaders
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Overview
What is Leadership?
Levels of Leadership
How Do You Become a Leader?
Your Role as a Leader?
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Stages of Influence
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What is Leadership?
You can impress people at a distance, but you
can impact them only up close.
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Define Leadership
Leadership is influence. Leadership is the
ability to obtain followers. Websters defines
Leadership as the position or guidance of a
leaders, the ability to lead.
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Levels of Leadership
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How Do You Become a Leader?
Levels of Leadership
Level 1 Position Keyword Rights People
follow because they have to. Your influence
will not extend beyond the lines of your
job description.
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How Do You Become a Leader?
Levels of Leadership
Level 2 Permission Keyword Relationships
People follow because they want to. People will
follow you beyond your stated
authority. This level allow work to be fun.
Caution Staying too long on this level will
cause highly motivated people to become
restless.
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How Do You Become a Leader?
Levels of Leadership
Level 3 Production Keyword Results People
follow because of what you have done for the
organization. This is where most people sense
success. They like you and what you are
doing. Problems are fixed with very little
effort because of momentum.
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How Do You Become a Leader?
Levels of Leadership
Level 4 People Development Keyword
Reproduction People follow because of what you
have done for them. This is the point where
long range growth occurs. Your commitment to
developing leaders will insure ongoing growth
to the organization and to people. Do
whatever you can to achieve and stay on this
level.
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How Do You Become a Leader?
Leadership Quotes
Leading followers is fast and easy, and it has
little return leading leaders is slow and hard
and it has great gain. A leader is great, not
because of his or her power, but because of his
or her ability to empower others.
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How Do You Become a Leader?
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In level 1 the follower recognizes the position
of the leader In level 2 the follower loves the
leader. In level 3 the follower admires the
leader. In level 4 the follower is loyal to the
leader.
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How Do You Become a Leader?
Levels of Leadership
Level 5 Personhood Keyword Respect People
follow because of who you are and what you
represent. This level is reserved for leaders
who have spent years, growing people and
organizations. Few make it. Those who do are
bigger than life.
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Climbing the Leadership Ladder
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Climbing the steps of Leadership?
The higher you go, the longer it takes. The
higher you go the higher the level of
commitment. The higher you go, the easier it is
to lead. The higher you go, the greater the
growth. You never leave the base level.
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Climbing the steps of Leadership?
If you are leading a group of people, you will
not be on the Same level with everyone. Not
everyone will respond the same way to your
leadership. For your leadership to remain
effective, it is essential that you take the
other influencers within the group with you to
the higher levels.
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Characteristics of a Leader
The most important ingredient of leadership is
integrity Define Integrity Integrity The
state of being complete, unified. When your
words and actions match up. Integrity is not what
we do as much as who we are. Image is what people
think we are. Integrity is what we really are.
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Why Integrity?
Integrity builds trust Integrity has high
influence value. Integrity facilitates high
standards. Integrity results in a solid
reputation, not just image. Integrity means
living it myself before leading others. Integrity
helps a leader be credible, not just
clever. Integrity is a hard-won achievement. You
will only become what you are becoming right now.
Though you cannot go back and make a new start,
anyone can start from now and make a brand new
end.
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Your Role as a Leader?
Your role is to become a person of
Influence. Define Influence If your life in
any way connects with other people, you are an
influencer.
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Stages of Influence

• Modeling You can be a model to the masses, but
  to go to the higher levels of influence, you have
  to work with individuals.
• This level is based on integrity.
• People are first influenced by what they see. No
  matter what you tell followers to do, their
  natural inclination is to follow what they see
  you doing.

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Stages of Influence
Motivating You become a motivational influencer
when you encourage people and communicate with
them on an emotional level. Mentoring - To
increase the positive impact on others and make
it long lasting, you have to move up to the next
level of influence, which is mentoring. This is
pouring your life into other people and helping
them reach their potential.
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Stages of Influence
You Must Become A Natural Nurturer Commit to
them Believe in them Be accessible to
them Give with no strings attached Give them
opportunities Lift them to a higher level When
you believe in people, they do the impossible.
Nancy Dornan
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Stages of Influence
How to Become a Believer in People Believe in
them before they succeed Emphasize their
strengths List their past successes Instill
confidence when they fail Experience some wins
together Visualize their future success Expect a
new level of living FAITH IS BELIEF IN ACTION
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The Value of Listening
Listening shows respect Listening builds
relationships Listening increases
knowledge Listening generates ideas Listening
builds loyalty Listening is a great way to help
others and yourself
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How to Develop Listening Skills
Look at the speaker Dont interrupt Focus on
Understanding Determine the Need at the
Moment Check your emotions Suspend Your
Judgments Sum Up at Major Intervals Ask Questions
For Clarity Always Make Listening Your Priority
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Steps For Connecting With People
Dont take people for granted Posses a
make-a-difference mind-set Initiate movement
toward them Look for common ground Recognize and
Respect differences in personality Find the key
to others lives Communicate from the heart Share
common experiences Once connected, move
forward No one ever achieves alone what he can
do when partnering with others.
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Seven Questions for a successful team
Do I add value to others? Do I add value to the
Organization? Am I quick to give away the credit
when things go rights? Is our team consistently
adding new members? Do I use my bench players
as much as I could? Do many people on the team
consistently make important decisions? Is our
teams emphasis on creating victories more than
producing stars? The ultimate leader is one who
is willing to develop people to the point that
they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge
and ability.
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Thought for the Road
A leader is one who sees more than others see,
who sees further than others see, and who sees
before other do. - Leroy Eims An Excellent
Leader Knows Where they need to Go What
they need to Know How they need to Grow
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Positive Influencers

• My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day
  is done,
• Leave countless marks for good or ill ere sets
  the evening sun,
• This is the wish I always wish, the prayer I
  always pray
• Lord, May my life help other lives it touches by
  the way.
• - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -

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Positive Influencers

• In mid 1940s he became the 1st African-American
  to play major-league baseball despite prejudice,
  racial taunts, and abuse. He did it with
  character and dignity.
• A life is not significant except for its impact
  on the lives of others.
• Jackie Robinson

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Influence Check List

• Develop your own leadership potential
• Find people with leadership potential
• Begin 25 new chapters in 2005-2006
• Teach the membership to be leaders, not
• just perform tasks
• Volunteer as a mentor
• Strive to become a Person of Influence