High-Performance Leadership

Lars Sudmannmail@lars-sudmann.comTwitter: @larssudmann

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“Good attitude spreads as well as bad - keep it good!”

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Elements of Leadership

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Fundamentals

“The 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak”

Alec Ross

Fundamentals

En-vision

#Tool

Show what is possible

Idea: Write down whenever

somebody laughed

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Pixar ModelOnce upon a time there was_____________Every day_____________________________One day_____________________________Because of that_______________________Because of that_______________________Until finally___________________________

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En-vision

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“Alright, let me send this email”

“Now the phone call…”

“I will just update the micro-blog of the

company”

“Let’s do a video conference with my new

team”

“Ok…that is done…work went well today”

“He was typing all the time while on the phone

– he does not care!”

“’Do that!’ as email text

How rude of him!”

“Did you see that funny picture in the background? Was he

in his kid’s room?”

“How banal - here surely is somebody who cannot blog… and even spelling

mistakes….hahaha”

E-Mail Phone

Video Blog

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#Tool

Get 21st century communication feedback

Fundamentals

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En-vision

Teambuilding

How do you like to be led?

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Be a Coach

“What could you do?”

“What could you do?”

“What else?”

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MotivateEn-vision

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Praise often

Why should I care about remote success?

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Fundamentals

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MotivateEn-vision

Implement

Why do projects fail?

Standards missing

Implementation not audited

Unrealistic Planning

Decision Process

Missing Objectives

0 20 40 60 80Source: Hays, 27.12.12, in %, combination of “fully agree” and “mostly agree”

Improve your decision-making process

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1Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.

Question now: What is now the most likely alternative:

a) Linda is a bank teller

b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement?

2Please give an estimate of yourself - your qualities as a car driver are :

a) Well above averageb) Above averagec) Averaged) Below averagee) Well below average?

1Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.

Question now: What is now the most likely alternative:

a) Linda is a bank teller

b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement?

1Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.

Question now: What is now the most likely alternative:

a) Linda is a bank teller

b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement?

There are 12 cows, 4 sheep, and 8 pigs onboard a ship

What is the captain‘s age?

2Please give an estimate of yourself - your qualities as a car driver are :

a) Well above averageb) Above averagec) Averaged) Below averagee) Well below average?

#Tool

Install Devil’s Advocate positions

Be a realist when making a decision and an optimist when implementing it – not the other way around.

Fundamentals

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MotivateEn-vision

Implement

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MotivateEn-vision

Implement

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“The Visionary”

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“The Executer”

An average meeting

Meeting Picture…

Time…

Sleep

No time for other things…

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Convince Accelerate

EnergizeVision

Ship

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Why?

High-Performance Leadership

Lars Sudmannmail@lars-sudmann.comTwitter: @larssudmann

Inspire

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LS: Powerful Personal Story at Fundamentals

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Seth Godin, the pain of shipping

Hay Presentation: Why do projects fail: # 2…bad

decision making…

Chart

BBL story…fun…no decisions

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LS: Powerful Personal Story

At Vision

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LS: Powerful Personal StoryAt Decision Making

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LS: Powerful Personal Story

At How do You like to be led

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LS: Powerful Personal Story at Praise often

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LS: Room full of laptops…meetings…

Empty chair…

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Formula One team…

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