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PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
Personal Leadership
Goal:
To discover personal leadership by
exploring leadership roles,
behaviours and styles, and the
practices required to lead within
today’s complex and changing
environment
Leadership Is…
O Everyone’s business
O A relationship
O Self-development
O Learned
O An ongoing process
—Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
The Leadership Challenge, Third Ed.
Your Leadership Story
O In groups of 3 share your Leadership Story
O when were you a leader?
O under what circumstances?
O what was the outcomes?
Leaders Without Title
O While we tend to think of great people as leader, can you think ordinary people who made a difference?
O What did they do?
O What are they like
How Does Leadership Relate to You?
O Family?
O College?
O Community?
O Religious affiliation?
O Professional organisations?
O Other areas of your life?
How many of you think of yourself as a leader?
http://psychology.about.com/qz/Whats-Your-Leadership-Style
Self scoring exercise
O Unique to you
O Comes from within yourself
O It is your way of “being”
O It is the way you “bring yourself” to the situation
O Begins where behaviour and values align
All Leadership Is Personal Leadership
Personal leadership has 6 significant parts
O Leading where you are (with what you have)
O Vision
O Presence
O Embodying Values/Modeling the way
O Enabling others
O Making contribution
Creating Your Personal Leadership
O What can you do right now in this moment with what you have?
O What would make a difference right now?
O What is the small thing that matters?
Lead Where You Are
Vision can be defined as:
O a vivid mental image;
O the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;
Vision
O Your world view
O The “more” or “greater than” you want to contribute to
O The thing you want to make “present to the senses”
O What you want to create
Vision
O 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.
“What you are speaks louder than anything you have to
say”. -David Beck
Your Leadership “Presence”?
O Alignment between beliefs and behaviours
O “Walking the talk”
O 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
O How can you combine the small things to make a difference in a bigger way?
O How can you use your personal leadership/way of being to help others?
Making Contribution
What Can You Do To Build Your Leadership Potential? O Develop awareness of yourself:
O Strengths and weaknesses
O Values
O Interest
O Emotions
O Character
O Identify what you would like to develop
O Set goals for yourself
O Get involve in groups
O Stretch yourself – taking risks & try new things
O Reflect on what you learned
What Can You Do To Build Your Leadership Potential?
Exemplary Leadership Practices
—Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner The Leadership Challenge, Third Ed.
MODEL the Way FIND YOUR VOICE by clarifying your personal values
SET THE EXAMPLE by aligning actions with shared values
INSPIRE a Shared Vision ENVISION THE FUTURE by imagining exciting and mobilizing
possibilities
ENLIST OTHERS in a common vision by appealing to shared
aspirations
CHALLENGE the Process SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES by seeking innovative ways to
change, grow, and improve
EXPERIMENT AND TAKE RISKS by constantly generating small
wins and learning from mistakes
ENABLE Others to Act FOSTER COLLABORATION by promoting cooperative goals and
building trust
STRENGTHEN OTHERS by sharing power and discretion
ENCOURAGE the Heart RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTIONS by showing appreciation for
individual excellence
CELEBRATE THE VALUES AND VICTORIES by creating a spirit of
community
Core Values that Drive Action
O What do I value? How do my values translate to me being a leader? How are my values demonstrated daily?
O What is your cause? What are you committed to in your personal and professional life?
O What moves you passionately?
Leadership without passion is not leadership at all!
Johari Window – Theory of Self Disclosure
Known
to
Others
Not
Known
to
Others
Known to Self Not Known to Self
OPEN AREA (Here, we both know.)
UNKNOWN
AREA (Uncharted, both
unaware.)
HIDDEN AREA (Here, I hide
information from
you.)
BLIND AREA (Here, you see in me
what I don’t see in
myself.)
Johari Window
Self Test
Envision Your Life’s Footprint
O Clear mental picture of what you want to accomplish
O How does the work you do value others?
O How are you making a difference?
