CHALLENGES OF LEADERSHIP

 External Challenges – coming from people and situation

 Internal Challenges – from within the leader himself
 Challenges Stemming from the Nature of the Leadership Role

EXTERNAL CHALLENGES
SPECIFIC EXTERNAL CHALLENGES HOW TO COPE WITH EXTERNAL CHALLENGE
 Public criticism  Be proactive
 Flare-ups of others' interpersonal issues  Be creative
 Crises  Face conflict squarely
 Disasters  Always look for common ground
 Opposition and/or hostility from powerful  Retain your objectivity
forces  Look for opportunities to collaborate
 A financial or political windfall
 Collaboration

INTERNAL CHALLENGES

SPECIFIC INTERNAL CHALLENGES HOW TO COPE WITH EXTERNAL CHALLENGE

 Insecurity  Listen
 Defensiveness  Ask for 360-degree feedback...and use it
 Lack of decisiveness  Look at what's going on around you
 Inability to be direct when there's a problem  Reach out for help in facing internal
 Inability to be objective challenges
 Impatience

CHALLENGES STEMMING FROM THE NATURE OF THE LEADERSHIP ROLE

CHALLENGES STEMMING FROM THE NATURE OF HOW TO COPE WITH CHALLENGES STEMMING
THE LEADERSHIP ROLE FROM THE NATURE OF THE LEADERSHIP ROLE

 Keeping an eye on, and communicating, the  Create mechanisms to revisit your vision.
vision  Share the burden.
 Keeping the everyday under control while you  Find an individual or group with whom you can
continue to pursue the vision discuss the realities of leadership.
 Setting an example  Make sure you have personal time.
 Maintaining effectiveness over time
 Avoiding burnout
 Finding support