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Unlocking Leadership Two Questions Nature or Nurture ? Position or Choice www.stellarleadership.com 2 “Leadership is like fruit...” www.stellarleadership.com 3 Leadership Definition A definition of leadership:Leadership is an active, influencing relationship among leaders and followers that get results. www.stellarleadership.com 4 Active “ The old ways won’t work. Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get.” Adapted from Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw Active and Influencing Leading talented people in today’s world requires particular attention to the “soft skills” of: Communicating (vision/roles/tasks) Persuading (influence/authority) Motivating (purpose/autonomy/challenge/recognition) Fostering Collaboration (group cohesion/identity) “The soft skills are the hard skills” Leader-Manager Continuum CIPD distinguishes the difference in leadership and management as between being more emotional (leadership) than rational (management) tw Ou d ar ng ki o Lo Le r e ad Foresight www.stellarleadership.com r e ag n a d ar w In M Insight g in k o Lo Oversight 7 Insight as well as Foresight Strategic Leadership “Operational effectiveness means you’re running the same race faster. But strategy is choosing to run a different race because it’s the one you’ve set yourself up to win”. Michael Porter Transformational Authoritative Inspire and Get Results Tough and Determined Purpose and Positioning A great leader remains true to their purpose and is prepared to adjust and adapt their position en route? Leaders build social capital – the networks, connections and relationships that are needed to know what is going on. Leadership Equation L = EQ + IQ + MQ Social Intelligence The ability to determine the requirement for leadership in a particular situation and select an appropriate response www.stellarleadership.com INVICTUS 13 Leadership from Within Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. Relationships Follower Follower Leader Follower Follower www.stellarleadership.com 15 Team and One-to-One er low Fol Leader Team and One-to-One relationships Follower Foll ow www.stellarleadership.com er Leader Member Exchange (LMX )Theory 16 Harness All Leadership Talent If you were shipwrecked as a group, who would you want to lead... If you needed food? Manager Poet Carpenter If you needed shelter? Nurse If you needed medical advice? If you needed navigation? Farmer Sailor Salesman Student Five Fundamentals Personal Qualities demonstrating integrity, competence, decisiveness and behavioural flexibility Positioning knowing and understanding the context of the internal and external environment Purpose articulating clear mission, vision, values and strategy People engaging, motivating, empowering and supporting people Performance planning, making things happen, reviewing and getting results. www.stellarleadership.com 18 Leadership for Uncertainty 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Have vision, and be visible Stay close to stakeholders/customers Stick to core capabilities and purpose Encourage, liberate and support all those who can lead Obsess with innovation and new value propositions Align people around purpose Value skills and knowledge (more than structure and rules) Manage your own learning as a leader Be active and adaptive – use all the styles Communicate incessantly www.stellarleadership.com 19 Leadership as a Dance “an energetic dance that binds the leader and followers, in which each side is fully present, active and able to shape the other.” Henri Matisse. (1910). Dance (II). , Oil on canvas, Displayed in The Hermitage, St Petersburg www.stellarleadership.com 20