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Lifestyle Leadership
A Holistic Model for Influential Leadership
Kappa Alpha Leadership Class
Session One - Spring 2010
John Hawkins
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Lifestyle Leadership
A Holistic Model for Influential Leadership
• Does leadership require a position?
Why or why not?
• In what ways does your class need to
demonstrate leadership within KA?
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However you manage it, be sure
to lead.
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MANAGERS FOCUS ON:
Adapted from A Force for Change by John Kotter
PLANNING
BUDGETING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
CONTROLLING
PROBLEM SOLVING
LEADERS
FOCUS ON:
Adapted from A Force for
Change by John Kotter
SETTING DIRECTION
ALIGNING PEOPLE
MOTIVATING
INSPIRING
MANAGERS
AIM FOR:
CONSISTENCY
AND
ORDER
LEADERS
AIM FOR:
MOVEMENT
AND
CHANGE
Loosening Control To
Broaden Influence
Sustaining Change by
Implementing Systems
Lifestyle Leadership
A Holistic Model for Influential Leadership
• Think of a leader that you have had that you
considered a really good leader.
• What did they do or what was it about them
that made them a good leader?
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Influence Emanates from Within
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“Your job gives you authority.
Your behavior earns you respect.”
Irwin Federman
President and CEO
Monolithic Memories
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Leadership Power
TYPE OF
EFFECT ON
KEYWORD
POWER
CONSTITUENTS
______________________________________________________
Coercion
Grab Them by the Throat
Control
Utilitarian
Grab Them by the Wallet
Economics
Life
Grab Them by the Heart
(Life)
Loyalty
Trust
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Your constituents must believe that you are
trustworthy in three areas:
Character
Competence
Commitment
These three areas are the core of long term,
life driven leadership.
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The Foundation of
Lifestyle Leadership
CHARACTER COMPETENCE COMMITMENT
Moral or ethical
qualities and
strength
Effective pursuit
of the seven
leadership
competencies
To the work
To the people
To the organization
To the values
The Source of Lifestyle Leadership
CHARACTER
COMPETENCE
COMMITMENT
COHERENCE
With Core Beliefs and Virtues
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Weight or gravitas is much more important to
influential leadership than control.
Those who understand leadership as a lifestyle
believe that their success is much more
dependent upon their example and abilities
than upon their control and manipulation of
others.
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Character:
The Weight of Moral Authority
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CHARACTER
The combination of moral qualities by which a
person is judged apart from intellect and
talent
Moral or ethical strength
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Character Areas to Consider
 Endurance and
hard work
 Sincere love for
others
 Integrity
 Moral purity
 Loyalty
 Excellence
 Self-sacrifice
 Service to others
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Seven Stages of Character Development
UNAWARENESS
AWARENESS
FOCUSED
ATTENTION
CHOOSING
THE VALUE
PREFERRING
THE VALUE
REORGANIZING
CHARACTERIZATION
How Character Is Displayed
In SPEECH and ACTIONS
In PUBLIC and PRIVATE
24 Hours A Day
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Character Scenario
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Competence:
The Weight of Developed Ability
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Leading From Point A To Point B
 Challenging the
 Encouraging the Heart
Process
 Maintaining
 Inspiring a Shared
Accountability
Vision
 Maintaining Personal
 Enabling Others to Act
Perspective and
Balance
 Modeling the Way
The first five competencies are taken from The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner.
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Leaders Are Learners
“Leaders who continue learning throughout their lives
never forget that they always have more to learn.
The most compelling reason not to think like an
expert is that your assumptions may damage your
ability to generate and work with new ideas.”
Denis Waitley
Empires of the Mind
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Competence Scenario
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Commitment:
The Weight of Focused Attention
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Defining Your Commitment Involves
Determining:
 Your commitment to the work, people,
organization and values
 The role you will play
 The boundaries you will live by
 How you will balance the tensions between
what is good for the organization, what is
good for individuals in the organization and
what is good for you
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Communicating Your Commitment to Your
People
 Communicate carefully realizing you are
putting your integrity on the line
 Communicate at the beginning using clarity
and conciseness
 Communicate verbally as well as in writing
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Living Out Your Commitment
In SPEECH and ACTIONS
In PUBLIC and PRIVATE
24 Hours A Day
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Do I Grow,
or Do I Stay the Same?
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How do you grow as a leader?
• Experience: Trial and error
• Examples: Learning from other leaders
• Education: Formal educational settings
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How do you not grow as a leader?
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
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Where are Your Growth Points?
CHARACTER
COMPETENCE
COMMITMENT
COHERENCE
With Core Beliefs and Virtues
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Small Group Discussion
As you assess the effectiveness of your leadership, what can you
learn from the lifestyle leadership model?
What growth points do you see and how might you grow in
them?
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Contact Information
John Hawkins
(919) 493-6607
[email protected]
www.lead-edge.com
www.hawkinsblog.com
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