By Renate Donnovan
Emergence Consulting and Coaching
Leading With Influence
Creating Your Personal Leadership Style
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IntroductionsDefining leadershipCharacteristics of great leadersPersonal leadershipCreating your personal leadership approachAnything else?
Welcome and Agenda
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Good leadership is difficult to define, but you know it when you see it.
What is Leadership?
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“Being in leadership is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, then you aren’t.”
-Margaret Thatcher
"The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers." - Peter Drucker
“Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.” - John C Maxwell
“Leadership is a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. -unknown
"Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.” - Alan Keith
"Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” -Warren Bennis
Some Definitions
Honesty/integrityTrustworthyFair & equitable Positive attitudeStrong visionInspiringOrganized“Walk their talk”
ListenRespectfulSupportiveMake things happenValues & ethicsMotivate othersCreated
opportunitiesSafe space
Characteristics of Good Leaders
Attributes or personal qualities
Are as much about the person’s way of being as they are about what s/he accomplished
Demonstrate a belief in something greater
Invite others to also contribute to something greater
Characteristics of Good Leaders
Unique to you
Comes from within yourself
It is your way of “being”
It is the way you “bring yourself” to the situation
Begins where behaviour and values align
Personal leadership has 6 significant parts
All Leadership Is Personal Leadership
Leading where you are (with what you have)
Vision
Presence
Embodying Values/Modeling the way
Enabling others
Making contribution
Creating Your Personal Leadership
What can you do right now in this moment with what you have?
What would make a difference right now?
What is the small thing that matters?
Lead Where You Are
Vision can be defined as:
a vivid mental image;
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;
a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
Vision
Your world view
The “more” or “greater than” you want to contribute to
The thing you want to make “present to the senses”
What you want to create
Vision
“What you are speaks louder than anything you have to say”. -David Beck
Your presence is how people feel when they are around you. This includes how safe they feel, what you bring out of them, how you listen, how and what you share of yourself.
Your Leadership “Presence”?
Alignment between beliefs and behaviours
“Walking the talk”
Modeling the way—demonstrating values through actions not telling (do as I do)
“Becoming the change you want to see in the world.” -Gandhi
Embodying Values
“The greatest gift you can give to others is
not to show them your greatness, but to reveal to them their own.”
-unknown
Enabling Others
How can you combine the small things to make a difference in a bigger way?
How can you use your personal leadership/way of being to help others?
Making Contribution
Pick one leadership trait you want to develop and consciously explore it for the next 30 days.
Take 15 minutes at the end of each day, record what you observed and experienced
30 Day Invitation
What did you observe about where you embody and where you espouse your values?
What actions did you take to bring your values and actions more into alignment?
What went well? / What did not go well?
What was the impact?
What will you do differently next time?
Celebrate what you did well
The Power of Reflection
Renate DonnovanEmergence Consulting and Coaching(403) 998-8983rdonnovan@emergenceconsultingandcoachin
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