Personal Leadership Presentation

By Renate Donnovan

Emergence Consulting and Coaching

Leading With Influence

Creating Your Personal Leadership Style

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IntroductionsDefining leadershipCharacteristics of great leadersPersonal leadershipCreating your personal leadership approachAnything else?

Welcome and Agenda

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Good leadership is difficult to define, but you know it when you see it.

What is Leadership?

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“Being in leadership is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, then you aren’t.”

-Margaret Thatcher

"The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers." - Peter Drucker

“Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.” - John C Maxwell

“Leadership is a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. -unknown

"Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.” - Alan Keith

"Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” -Warren Bennis

Some Definitions

Honesty/integrityTrustworthyFair & equitable Positive attitudeStrong visionInspiringOrganized“Walk their talk”

ListenRespectfulSupportiveMake things happenValues & ethicsMotivate othersCreated

opportunitiesSafe space

Characteristics of Good Leaders

Attributes or personal qualities

Are as much about the person’s way of being as they are about what s/he accomplished

Demonstrate a belief in something greater

Invite others to also contribute to something greater

Characteristics of Good Leaders

Unique to you

Comes from within yourself

It is your way of “being”

It is the way you “bring yourself” to the situation

Begins where behaviour and values align

Personal leadership has 6 significant parts

All Leadership Is Personal Leadership

Leading where you are (with what you have)

Vision

Presence

Embodying Values/Modeling the way

Enabling others

Making contribution

Creating Your Personal Leadership

What can you do right now in this moment with what you have?

What would make a difference right now?

What is the small thing that matters?

Lead Where You Are

Vision can be defined as:

a vivid mental image;

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

Vision

Your world view

The “more” or “greater than” you want to contribute to

The thing you want to make “present to the senses”

What you want to create

Vision

“What you are speaks louder than anything you have to say”. -David Beck

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.

Your Leadership “Presence”?

Alignment between beliefs and behaviours

“Walking the talk”

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

“The greatest gift you can give to others is

not to show them your greatness, but to reveal to them their own.”

-unknown

Enabling Others

How can you combine the small things to make a difference in a bigger way?

How can you use your personal leadership/way of being to help others?

Making Contribution

Pick one leadership trait you want to develop and consciously explore it for the next 30 days.

Take 15 minutes at the end of each day, record what you observed and experienced

30 Day Invitation

What did you observe about where you embody and where you espouse your values?

What actions did you take to bring your values and actions more into alignment?

What went well? / What did not go well?

What was the impact?

What will you do differently next time?

Celebrate what you did well

The Power of Reflection

Renate DonnovanEmergence Consulting and Coaching(403) 998-8983rdonnovan@emergenceconsultingandcoachin

g.orgwww.emergenceconsulting.ca

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