Unexpected Ways

to be a Better

LeaderLINDA STEVENSON, MBA, PMP, ERYT

Agenda

Objective: provide you with new ideas and tools to improve

yourself, and therefore your leadership ability

What is a leader?

Characteristics of a leader

Traditional leadership improvement efforts

New opportunities for leadership growth

How can you get started now?

A little about me 30 years in Healthcare, currently employed by Cerner at

Southwest General Health Center

Billing, financial, revenue cycle, regulatory

Clinical information technology, project management

MBA and Project Management Professional (PMP)

Health advocate

37 years in personal fitness, including 16 years with a personal

yoga practice

Advanced yoga certification and yoga studio owner

Certified Cancer Exercise specialist

Single Mom

“If your actions inspire others to dream

more, learn more, do more and

become more YOU ARE A LEADER.”John Quincy Adams

What are characteristics of a good

leader?

Energetic

Accountable

Agile

Edgy

Innovative

Collaborative

Traditional Wisdom

Work hard

Take classes or get more education

Network with others in the field

Support your team

Mentor others

Find a mentor for yourself

Create a vision

How do we do all this?

Body

Mind

Spirit

Body – Energy and Accountability

Regular exercise

Strength training

Flexibility

Endurance/Cardio

Diet

Food is fuel

Everything you eat either builds you up or tears you down, there is no other option!

Breath

The quality of your breath is a reflection of the quality of your life

Mind – Agility and Edge

Continue to learn

Outside your career area

Find something that excites you and dive in!

Find a hobby

Focus

Allow the mind to focus on one thing

Creating new connections in the brain that didn’t exist before

If you don’t use it, you will lose it!

Spirit – Innovation and Collaboration

Daily mindfulness

Give of yourself

Give gratitude

Pray

What is Mindfulness?

Single point of focus

Putting your entire attention on one thing

Minimizing the “chatter” in the mind

Examples:

Seated with focused attention to the

breath

Gardening

Coloring

Benefits of Mindfulness

Body

Immune system

Blood pressure

Reduces symptoms

of inflammatory

diseases

Reduces pain

Improves heart rate

Mind

Improves memory

Better concentration

More creative thinking

Helps manage

distractions

Medication free way

of improving anxiety,

sleeping, depression

Attitude is Everything!

The law of attraction is the attractive, magnetic

power of the Universe that draws similar energies

together.

You attract what you put into the world

Positive thoughts attract positive results

Surround yourself with people who support

and lift you higher

Visualize positive results

Daily affirmations

Speak in the positive, avoid the negative

One Simple Change

Make one new change each month in 2016

Start with your vision

Vision statement

Vision board

Make one change to improve your physical health

Try something you have been interested in

Read a book

Go to a class

Take 5 minutes each day for mindfulness

Questions?

My mission is to encourage physical, spiritual and emotional health in the people I meet, and to do this with integrity, honesty and living by example.

Contact Me: linda.stevenson@cerner.com

Office 440-816-4851