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Coaching in Leadership Theory and Practice: Authentic Leadership

Nick Craig Authentic Leadership Institute

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Why Authentic Leadership

Create a level of honesty, transparency, and openness in hours that usually takes
3 weeks in a program 6 months of coaching

Goal is for you to experience it so you can begin to do the same

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2001
Ken Lay Bernie Ebbers Dennis Kozlowski Enron World Com Tyco Lehman Brothers Merrill Lynch Fannie May

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Richard Fuld John Thain Daniel Mudd

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HBR January 2001 Jim Collins Level 5 Leadership

Builds enduring greatness through a paradoxical combination of personal humility plus personal will to create sustained business results. We would love to be able to give you a list of steps for getting to Level 5other than contracting cancer, going through a religious conversion, or getting different parentsbut we have no idea. Our research exposed Level 5 as a key component inside the black box of what it takes to shift a company from good to great great.
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How We Define Authentic Leaders

Oxford Dictionary: Authentic = known to be real and genuine and not a copy

Clear and unique expression of leadership by being true to themselves Motivated by a larger purpose versus ego Demonstrate high integrity by making sound decisions independent of political expediency Results-driven in a way that creates sustained value

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A Sampling of Participants
Professional CEOs Dick Kovacevich Wells Fargo Anne Mulcahy Xerox Dan Dan Vasella Novartis Kevin Sharer Amgen Ann Fudge Young & Rubicam Marilyn Nelson Carlson John John Smale P&G Roy Vagelos Merck John Whitehead Goldman Sachs Andrea Jung Avon Brenda Brenda Barnes Sara Lee Leadership Scholars Warren Bennis Univ. of Southern Cal g Harvard Kennedy y School David Gergen Entrepreneurs CEOs Howard Schultz Starbucks Charles Schwab Schwab Donna Donna Dubinsky Palm Narayana Murthy Infosys Jon Huntsman Huntsman David Kelley IDEO Social Entrepreneurs Wendy Kopp Teach for America Nancy Barry Womens World Banking Steve Steve Rothschild Twin Cities Rise! Ellen Breyer Hazelden

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Leadership is a long journey into your own soul.

Jeff Immelt, CEO, General Electric

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The Leaders Story

Their stories define them better than any set of assessments, t characteristics, h t i ti t traits, it styles, t l or other th artificially imposed construct.

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What We Know About How Executives Develop

Courses Key People Job Assignments 10% 20% 70%

.. Of the 70% only 25% counts Hardships are the 25% that gets you 70%

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What We Have Discovered

There is no 5-element model to fit within. This h is about b finding f d the h Authentic h Leader d already l d within you. One O must tf focus on th the 25% that th t gets t 70% of f th the result.

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The Leadership Journey

Peak/Seminal Leadership Wisdom/Giving Back

Accumulation of Experiences Preparation for Leadership

Leadership D l Development

crucible
Character Formation

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What is a Crucible?
A process of melting material at high temperatures such that a chemical transformation occurs. An event that causes you to: Redefine the underlying assumptions about who you are as a leader. Redefine your values and how you lead. Shift core behaviors that you have outgrown. It shows the deeper truth that has always been there. It shows h you th the real l plot l t of f Your Y St Story.
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Leadership
Assumptions A i Values Ways of being

Cr cible Crucible

Leadership p Redefined

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Some Common Crucibles

Major new job or assignment Significant g reversal in ones professional p or personal p life Protracted challenge/opportunity that goes on for a long time Combination of the above

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Discovering Your Uniqueness

Describe 2 stories of your lifes most challenging experiences (one should be your crucible). Choose instances that challenged and then changed your understanding d t di of f yourself. lf

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Sweet Spot

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Final Note
I I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
Goethe
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