360 Degree Leadership

360 Degree LeaderDeveloping your influence from anywhere in the organization

www.all-in-all-leadership.blogspot.in Naveen K Dandge

As a Leader, you are supposed to influence all of the people around you-

Boss’s PeersBoss

Boss’s Peers

Peer’s Subordinates

Your Peers

Subordinates

Peer’s Subordinates

Your Peers 360 Degree Leader


Since many of us are leading from the middle...

• Do not blindly follow your boss. Understand the reasons behind his decisions and give your thought process on everything.Do you automatically follow your boss?

• You should question your boss’s suggestions/directions if you are not clear why. You are not supposed to blindly follow the orders.Do you sometimes question his/her

direction?

• Title has nothing to do with the person’s willingness to take ownership. We should support them.Have you ever supported someone

without a leadership title?

• I guess not. As the influence will very personal attribute, everybody in the same title will not have same level of influence.Does every manager in your organization

have the same level of influence.

• Where ever you are, you can start to practice, exercise and extend your influence.

The middle of an organization is often the optimal place to practice, exercise and

extend your influence!

• Leadership is a personal ability. You do not need title for the same.No matter where you are at in the organization—leadership is your ability to get the attention and support of others.


What does 360 degree Leadership entail ?

Leading Down

• Interacting with subordinates , observation and listening , transferring vision, and rewarding productive people. Leaders at the top who lead down help people realize their potential, become a strong role model, and encourage others to become part of a higher purpose. This involves walking through the halls, transferring the vision and rewarding for the results.

Leading Up

• Being able to do what others won’t, knowing when to push back, and when to back off. This is a process of influencing a leader. This includes, lightening the leader’s load by being willing to do what others wont, while when to push forward and when to back off.

Leading Across

• Completing your peers, letting the best ideas win. Leaders in the middle of the organization are leaders of leaders. These leaders in the middle of tan org. are the leaders of leaders. These leaders help peers to achieve positive results, let the best ideas to win and garner mutual respect. These leaders must develop and maintain credibility, continually exert influence.


The Five Levels of Leadership

Respect

Reproduction

Production

Permission

Position


The First Step : Position [Rights]

People follow you because they have to

Influence doesn’t extend beyond the lines of your job description.

The longer you stay at this level, the higher the turnover, and the lower the morale.

The good news is you can improve.But your influence will not extend beyond your job description.


The Second Step: Permission [Relationships]

People follow you because they want to… beyond your stated authority

This levels allows work to be fun

Staying at this level too long causes highly motivated people to be restless


The Third Step: Production [Results]

People follow you because they of what you have done for the organization

This is where success is sensed by most people

Problems are fixed with little effort because of momentum.


The Fourth Step: Reproduction [People Development]

People follow you because of what you have done for them.

This is where long-range growth occurs.

Your commitment to developing leaders will ensure ongoing growth.

Do whatever you can to achieve this level.


The Fifth Step: Respect [Personhood]

People follow you because of who you are and what you represent.

This step is reserved for leaders who have spent years growing people and organizations.

Few make it.

Those who do are larger than life.

Rare--achieved by leading from the first four levels for a long period of time.


Seven Myths of Leading from the Middle of an Organization

The POSITION Myth •“I can’t lead if I am not at the top”.

The DESTINATION Myth •“When I get to the top, then I’ll learn to lead”.

The INFLUENCE Myth •“If I were on top, then people would follow me”.

The INEXPERIENCE Myth •“When I get to the top, I’ll be in control”.

The FREEDOM Myth •“When I get to the top, I’ll no longer be limited”

The POTENTIAL Myth •“I can’t reach my potential if I’m not the top leader”.

The ALL-OR-NOTHING Myth •“If I can’t get to the top, then I won’t try to lead”.


The POSITION Myth

“I can’t Lead If I am not at

the top”

“Leadership” and “position” are not

directly tied to each other

Leadership can develop over time as influence

naturally builds.The “right to lead”

must be earned

Leadership is a choice you make, not a place you

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The DESTINATION Myth

“When I get to the top, then I’ll

learn to lead”

If you want to succeed, then you need to learn as

much as you can about leadership before you

have a leadership position.

- Analogy with training for a marathon

Learned in the trenches- Mistakes made in the middle have

smaller stakes- It’s essential to start to practice leadership before you get into a

situation where you need it.

- Its learned though purposeful practice.- It’s a characteristic

that you earn--- not a gift you receive.


The INFLUENCE Myth

“If I were on top, then people

would naturally follow me”

You can grant someone a position…But you cannot grant them real leadership.

Influence must be earned.


The INEXPERIENCE Myth

“When I get to the top, I’ll be in control”

Have you ever thought…

If I were in charge, we wouldn’t have done X,

but Y instead?

Good News: your desire is the mark of a leader

Bad News: without experience being the top person, you would likely

overestimate the amount of control you have at the

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The FREEDOM Myth

“When I get to the top, I’ll no

longer be limited”.

In Reality: the higher you go—the more

people:Expect from youDemand of you.

In many organizations, as you move up the ladder,

you may even find that the amount of responsibility you take on increases faster than the amount of authority you

receive.

The Leader has less freedom than

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How the Rights, Responsibilities changes with Position

CEO

Leader

Worker

Customer

RightsDECREASE

as you climbin the

organization

Rights Responsibilities

ResponsibilitiesINCREASE

as you climbin the

organization


The POTENTIAL Myth

“You can’t reach your potential if you are not

at the top.”

In Reality: Your potential is something that you

should be realizing along the way

People should strive to be at the top of their

game--not the top of the organization-- work to achieve your potential.

If you don’t start when you are in the middle—You may never get the

chance to lead at all


The ALL-OR-NOTHING Myth

“You can’t reach your potential if you are not at the top.”

If I can’t be the captain of the team, then I’ll take my ball and go home.

There is no one place to lead from.Great leaders in business and social movements don’t always become

household names- but their positive influence can be huge.

You can have a powerful effect wherever you are in an organization


360 Degree Leader Q & A

http://all-in-all-leadership.blogspot.in/2015/08/360-degree-leadership-coming-soon.htmlIts an extract from 360 Degree Leader from John C. Maxwell

http://all-in-all-leadership.blogspot.in/2015/08/360-degree-leadership-coming-soon.html



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