Take Personal Risk

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Take Personal Risk

• Chapter 3
• Steve French Courtney Poworoznyk

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Leaders
Who Care

• Management is doing things right, leadership is
  doing the right things
• If I have seen farther than others, it is
  because I was standing on the shoulders of
  giants
• Time is neutral. With courage and initiative,
  leaders change things

• Peter Drucker
• Isaac Newton
• Jesse Jackson

• I love all religions, but I am in love with my
  own
• I have a dream
• My Life is My Message
• A leader is a dealer in hope

• Mother Teresa
• Martin Luther King
• Mahatma Ghandi
• Napoleon

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Leading with Purpose

• Authentic leaders care enough to make themselves
  vulnerable
• Use passion to stretch the performance of others
• Combination of strengths and weaknesses that make
  someone an authentic leader
• Binary driven to control, dominator seduce
  others interests
• Ternary interpersonal power is regulated by an
  idea or purpose (able to observe themselves)
• To show you really care, must reveal true self
• Balance respect for individual, task at hand and
  higher purpose
• RISK RESPECT

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Vulnerability
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Challenges

• I dont care
• Hindrances
• Introvert vs. Extroverts
• Middle Manager Syndrome
• Expertise Trap

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Leadership Hierarchy
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Leadership Hierarchy
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Exposing Your Weaknesses

• Consider Strengths First
• Expose Sparingly
• Must be real/authentic
• Avoid Fake Alternative
• Consider
• Cannot be central to task performance
• Show Yourself enough

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Reasons to Expose

• Confirm Humanity
• Reaffirm that you are simply human
• Allow others to participate
• Lack a specific area of expertise
• Skillful leadership
• Become present instead of a role player

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Lost Leader
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• Oliver
• Visionary
• Builds Strong Relationships
• Ambitious
• Inspiration
• Karen
• Organized
• Persuasive
• Energetic
• Numbers Oriented
• Pierre
• Strong Communicator
• Technically Inclined
• Humorous
• Bilingual

• Sam
• Results Oriented
• Supportive
• Fast Learner
• Risk-taking
• Terry
• Disciplined
• Risk-averse
• Active Listener
• Hard Working
• Jamie
• 25 Years Experience
• High IQ
• Creative
• Flexible

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Leadership Function
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ALL Strengths Weaknesses
Strategic Exposure of Weaknesses