EVERYDAY LEADERSHIP

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EVERYDAY LEADERSHIP
presented by YOUR NAME HERE YOUR CONTACT INFO

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Session Contents
STRENGTHEN THE HANDS OF THE STRONG

• What is Leadership?
• The 10 Leadership Competencies
• Self-Awareness What is my vision?
• Self-Awareness What are my strengths?
• Action Plan

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Course Objectives

• After completing this workshop, the learner will
  be able to
• Acknowledge that personal values and leadership
• styles are unique and diverse.
• Identify the 10 competencies of leadership.
• Create an individual goal for leveraging his or
  her own
• leadership strengths.

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What is Leadership?
Self-Understanding Resiliency
SELF-ALIGNMENT
Customer Orientation Business Acumen Project
Leadership Managing Change
Relationship Skills Communication Coaching/Mentori
ng Actualizing Vision
LEADERSHIP IN THE MIDDLE
WORKING WITH OTHERS
INTEGRATION
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The 10 Leadership Competencies

• WORKING WITH OTHERS Communication Skills
• Understand and adapt to your audience - helping
  others learn
• Express intention clearly and concisely in
  written communications
• Build collaboration and clearly articulate
  intention in verbal communications
• Formal presentation skills
• Listen for understanding
• Manage flow of communication/information 
• WORKING WITH OTHERS Employee Development (Coach
  Motivate)
• Motivating employees to high performance
• Coaching for development and improved performance
  
• Manage with appreciation/respect for diversity of
  individual values and needs
• Delegate tasks as needed and with awareness of
  employee development opportunities
• Select appropriate staff to fulfill specific
  project needs and responsibilities
• ALIGNMENT Customer Orientation
• Understand and apply customer needs and
  expectations
• Gather customer requirements and input
• Partner with customer in gathering requirements,
  maintaining communication flow and managing work
• Set and monitor performance standards

• SELF UNDERSTANDING Self-Assessment
• Develop clarity of personal values, purpose and
  vision
• Develop and execute a personal strategy
• Demonstrate authenticity through behavioral
  alignment with values and vision
• Taking accountability for personal and leadership
  actions
• SELF UNDERSTANDING Resiliency
• Willingness to jump in and get things started
• Seek opportunities for performance improvement
  and development
• Build off of others ideas for the benefit of the
  decision
• Maintain appropriate, empowered attitude
• Persistence in managing and overcoming adversity
• Act proactively in seeking new opportunities
• Prioritization, time management
• WORKING WITH OTHERS Interpersonal Relationship
  Skills
• Understand and appreciate diversity of
  perspective and style
• Participate and contribute fully as a team member
• Demonstrate empathy and understanding
• Build trust and demonstrate trustworthiness

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The 10 Leadership Competencies

• ALIGNMENT Strategic Business Acumen
• Demonstrate ability to ethically build support
  for a perspective you feel strongly about
• Holistic view - think in terms of the entire
  system and the effects and consequences of
  actions and decisions
• Operate with an awareness of marketplace
  competition and general landscape of related
  business arenas
• General business acumen - functions of strategic
  planning, finance, marketing, manufacturing, RD,
  etc. 
• ALIGNMENT Project Leadership
• Set, communicate and monitor milestones and
  objectives
• Gain and maintain buy in from sponsors and
  customers
• Prioritize and allocate resources
• Manage multiple, potentially conflicting
  priorities across various/diverse disciplines
• Maintain an effective, interactive and productive
  team culture
• Manage budget and project progress
• Manage risk versus reward and ROI equations
• Balance established standards with need for
  exceptions in decision-making
• Make timely decisions in alignment with customer
  and business pace

• WORKING WITH OTHERS Creating and Actualizing
  Vision
• Create a clear and inspirational vision of the
  desired outcome
• Align the vision with broader organizational
  strategies
• Translate the vision into manageable action steps
• Communicate vision to enroll/enlist staff,
  sponsors and customers
• Influence and Evangelize (sales, negotiation)
• Gather appropriate input
• Understand individual motivators and
  decision-making styles and utilize to enroll
  others
• Facilitate win/win solutions 
• ALIGNMENT Create, Support and Manage Change
• Improvement Initiatives (three levels managing
  your own transition / transformation, managing a
  corporate (external) change initiative, coaching
  others through transition)
• Identify and implement appropriate change
  initiatives/efforts
• Promote and build support for change initiatives
• Understand cost/benefit and ROI of change
  initiatives
• Manage transition with employees - guiding and
  supporting the change process
• Support staff in navigating transitional
  process/challenges through organizational change
• Demonstrate and build resilience in the face of
  change

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Descriptors
D I S
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Demanding Egocentric Driving Ambitious Pioneerin
g Strong-Willed Forceful Determined Aggressive Com
petitive Decisive Venturesome Inquisitive Respons
ible Conservative Calculating Cooperative Hesita
nt Low-Key Unsure Undemanding Cautious Mild Agree
able Modest Peaceful Unobtrusive
Effusive Convincing Superficial Magnetic Politica
l Enthusiastic Demonstrative Persuasive Warm Convi
ncing Polished Poised Optimistic Trusting Sociabl
e Reflective Factual Calculating Skeptical Logi
cal Undemonstrative Suspicious Matter-of-Fact Inci
sive Pessimistic Moody Critical
Phlegmatic Relaxed Resistant to
Change Nondemonstrative Passive Patient Possess
ive Predictable Consistent Deliberate Steady Stab
le Mobile Active Restless Alert Variety-Oriented
Demonstrative Impatient Pressure-Oriented Eager
Flexible Impulsive Impetuous Hypertense
Evasive Worrisome Careful Dependent Cautious Conv
entional Exacting Neat Systematic Diplomatic Accu
rate Tactful Open-Minded Balanced
Judgment Firm Independent Self-Willed Stubborn
Obstinate Opinionated Unsystematic Self-Righteous
Uninhibited Arbitrary Unbending Careless with
Details
YOU ARE ALL!
ENERGY LINE
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Adapted Style
YOUR PERFECT PLACE
HOW YOU ADAPT
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The Six Attitudes Measured
Theoretical
Social
Utilitarian
Individualistic
Aesthetic
Traditional
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Attitude Graph
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AVERAGES
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20
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