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The Impact of Leadership
Rosemarie Peikes
Outcomes
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Identify the behaviours and attitudes
which demonstrate positive leadership
and team building.
Value the opportunities you have in your
roles to positively influence and guide
individuals and teams.
Leadership
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Effective leaders
help to keep the
people around them
connected and
energized
• Clemmer
Leadership
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Leadership is a verb,
not a noun.
Leadership is action,
not position.
Leadership is
defined by what we
do, not the role we
are in.
• Clemmer
Leadership
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The new story of
leadership is based
on nurturing,
teaching, growing,
caring, listening,
empathizing and
respecting.
• Secretan
Paired Exercise
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In a few minutes you will take turns
interviewing each other
• Person A will interview Person B for 10
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minutes
Person B will interview Person A for 10
minutes
Interview Process
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The interviewer will
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Ask the questions
Ask follow-up questions, e.g. tell me more about…
Listen deeply
Take some notes about high points. (Later each
interviewer will be asked to briefly tell the other
person’s story.)
NB It is an interview, not a back and forth
dialogue
Interview Process Cont’d.
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You will have 20 minutes to find a quiet
spot, conduct your interview and return
to the large group
Group Exercise Part 2
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Form groups of three pairs (same pairs)
=6
Choose a facilitator
Choose a recorder/presenter
Choose a timekeeper
Group Exercise cont’d.
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Each person takes turns briefly (2
minutes each) sharing his/her partner’s
story about exceptionally positive
moments in leadership
Discuss & agree on the 3 to 5 themes or
threads that these exceptionally positive
moments have in common, that hold the
most positive energy for the group
Large Group
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Each group reports back on their themes
Large group discussion
Appreciative Inquiry
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Process for engaging people in building
the organization they want to work in
Assumes that our untapped stories,
when explored and shared, release
positive energy
Appreciative Inquiry Cont’d.
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Invites people to seek these forces out
and explore their hopes and dreams for
the future
Enables people to weave their
discoveries into the fabric of the
organization, enabling it to reconceptualize and transform.
• Bernard J. Mohr & Jane Magruder Watkins
As a leader…
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You can bring out the best in people by
• Discovering, honouring and amplifying the
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best
Developing an appreciative lens
You can help others
• Focus on the positive so that together you can
create more of the best in the team and the
organization
When we change ourselves, we change
how other people see us and how they
respond to us. When we change
ourselves, we change the world.
• Robert E. Quinn
The Fundamental State of
Leadership
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Other-Focused
Externally Open
Internally Directed
Purpose-Centred
• Robert E. Quinn
Other-Focused
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Putting the common good and welfare of
others first
Increasing in authenticity and
transparency
Nurturing trust
Enriching levels of connectivity
Externally Open
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Moving outside comfort zone
Experimenting
Seeking real feedback
Adapting
Internally Directed
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Continuously examining oneself
Closing the gaps between values and
behaviour
Reaching higher levels of security and
confidence
Purpose-Centered
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Clarifying what result one wants
Committed and engaged
Holding an unwavering standard
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When we change ourselves, we change
how other people see us and how they
respond to us. When we change
ourselves, we change the world.
• Robert E. Quinn
Man who waits for roast
duck to fly into mouth
must wait very, very long
time.
Chinese Proverb
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People who want milk should not seat
themselves in the middle of a field in
hope that a cow will back up to them.
• Elbert Hubbard
“Half this game is 90%
mental.”
-Danny Ozark, Manager
Philadelphia Phillies
In This Session, We
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Used an Appreciative Inquiry process
Identified how as leaders we have
significantly influenced individuals and
teams
Explored characteristics of effective
leadership via our own experiences and
via the literature
So, in conclusion...
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You know how to be good
Never lose sight of that vision.
Never lose sight of that purpose
• Meg Wheatley
References
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T. A. Kayser. Mining Group Gold. How to Cash
in on the Collaborative Brain Power of a
Group. 2nd Ed. 1995
R. E. Quinn. Building the Bridge As You Walk
on It, A Guide for Leading Change, 2004
B. J. Mohr & J. Magruder Watkins. The
Essentials of Appreciative Inquiry: A Roadmap
for Creating Positive Futures. 2002