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Leadership Workshop
Leadership Workshop
Learn how to lead change efficiently and build effective teams Develop a better sense of your leadership roles Understand the competencies needed to become an Effective Leader
Introduction
Now a days a lot of emphasis is given on choosing the competencies that will create wealth for organizations. Competencies link organizational strategy with people, and people who are aligned with strategic goals are better able to meet challenges . No matter, which issues people face, they want to know where they fit in, what the work is, and what competencies they need. Competency based approach and response is a powerful answer to the problems people and organizations face.
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While most people in the leadership field are familiar with competencies like problem solving, financial analysis and marketing savvy, these skills do not, of themselves make a Leader.
It is the nine competencies in addition to the traditionally valued competencies, which make a well-rounded Leader.
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
What is Competence and Competency?
'Competence' means a skill and the standard of performance reached while 'Competency' refers to the behavior by which it is achieved.
In other words
Competence describes what people can do and Competency focuses on how they do it.
It is built on the pillars of Management Skills and Financial Acumen with the capstone consisting of the Nine Leadership Competencies on top.
Your personal mastery of the Capstone piece will define and differentiate your role as a Leader
Aware of opportunities to act in leadership moments. Incorporate competencies into your succession planning process. Build cohesive teams. Provide a base to build loyalty and trust.
It is an intense concentration (focus) on a belief that a task can be completed despite scarcity of human support or any other resource.
Passion contd...
When you get involved in activities you really enjoy, you become energized and people can tell that you have a sense of purpose, which brings out your natural leadership abilities.
HUMOR
It is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people.
The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy.
Remember
It is dangerous to confuse professionalism with seriousness.
You can take your job and your world seriously, and still take yourself lightly.
COURAGE
The Key
The key to courageous leadership and conscious action is how one responds to what arises on the path, rather than whether individual circumstances are defined as great, good, bad or just plain ugly.
In conscious, courageous leadership, every situation or circumstance every so-called success or failure, barrier or doorway is simply another opportunity for greater creativity, mastery, and fulfillment of higher potential.
Choose role model who exemplifies behavior, values and beliefs that show courage in action. Learn to coach a colleague on one aspect of his or her job.
COURAGE
Courageous leaders fight their fears and do what needs to be done in the face of opposition.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous - You cannot be loving if you are not courageous - You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous- You cannot inquire into reality if you are not courageous - Hence courage comes first and everything else follows."
Integrity
Integrity is set of values that we hold ourselves responsible for and demonstrate in our behavior toward others. We can develop and maintain integrity . We develop self-awareness and become independent thinkers by keeping our promises.
Trust
If we break our promises to ourselves and to other people, then we erode trust.
It is necessary to 'walk the talk'. The assuring words that you speak or write are like promises. People expect these promises to be kept. And if they are not then the problem arises as the trust and credibility are lost.
Thus always remember, 'When you break a promise, more than the promise gets broken.'
Leadership in Action
Re-examine all that you have been told...Dismiss that which insults your soul. - Walt Witman
End of Day 1
Day 2
Energy/Vitality/Enthusiasm
Energy: The capacity of being active or capacity for doing work. Vitality: Power to survive or grow. Enthusiasm: Strong excitement of feeling.
Pursue goals passionately. You are driven to be the best in whatever you do. Find the opportunities and make the most of them.
Remember
A lack of this competency will result in falling short of your goals, even though you may have the opportunities. But once people are involved and action ensues, enthusiasm becomes contagious.
Enthusiasm finds the opportunities and energy makes the most of them. - Henry S. Haskins
Exercise- Energy/Vitality/Enthusiasm
Building a Team
Remember
Building teams helps organization move to a competency based structure. It helps team members to know what skill sets are required. Mutual trust and respect are a foundation for teambased organizations.
Exercise-Building a Team
Setting Priorities
Setting priorities is like building a house, but the bricks are moving. It is a manner, position, or direction in which something is set under preferential rating.
How...
Narrow your objectives Focus first on the goals that matter Be prepared for conflicts Put time on your side
How...
Choose carefully Start now Sweat the big stuff Be prepared for change
Remember
The way the organization handles the personal agendas determines the success of the enterprise.
Exercise-Setting Priorities
Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.
Methods of creativity
Brainstorming Utilizing a round-robin Playing games Working with a colleague Setting up an innovative center Holding think-tank sessions
It helps as it:
Allow employees to unleash their talent at the same time eliminate potential barriers.
Activity-Creativity
Vision
Vision refers to the category of intentions that are broad, all-intrusive and forwardthinking.
Vision is ....
Building a personal commitment to values by creating visual images of the future. The collective values and aspirations of individuals. A dream created in our waking hours of how we like our lives to be.
Activity-Vision
Recognize that sometimes we have to 'stretch' ourselves to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Remember
Excellence is measured one step at a time, and it all begins with effort.