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MY
12-WEEK PLAN
CADE SPERONI
14 MARCH, 2021
OGL 360 (ASSESSMENT OF LEADERSHIP
EFFECTIVENESS),
ARI Z O NA STATE UNI VE R SI T Y
Set the standard for leadership. Balance that with your own
leadership style and traits, this plan will help you develop and
grown! Assess your strengths and weaknesses to grow into the
leader you know you can be.
* Too many of us fall into the trap “If I was the boss, I
would do this, If only I had X or Y then things would be so
much better around here”. This simply isn’t true; everyone
can influence their own environment. The energy and
behavior you carry to conduct yourself can be infectious to
the group! Use this power for good, rather than evil!
WEEK 1: FIND YOUR PURPOSE (CONT’D)
“If a leader displays no passion for a cause, why should anyone else? Furthermore,
being upbeat, positive, and optimistic offers people hope that the future can be
brighter.”
(Kouzes and Posner 2017, pg. 36)
* No one wants to work for gloomy, depressing person. No one wants to work in that
environment. Remember, the vibe you put out has an influence on the group! Leader
from the front, lead by example.
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WEEK 2: LEARNING IS
DOING
• Kouzes and Posner quote 7:
* Using foresight proves you are planning ahead, looking out for everyone,
and comes with experience. If in uncharted territory this is an opportunity to
prove to your team your knowledge and whit you have earned through
experience. SHOW THEM WHY YOU’RE A LEADER!
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WEEK 3:
MODEL THE WAY
• Kouzes and Posner quote 9:
•
“Before you can become a credible leader – one who
connects “what you say” with “what you do” – you first
have to find your authentic voice, the most genuine
expression of who you are. If you don’t find your voice,
you’ll end up with a vocabulary that belongs to someone
else, mouthing words written by some speechwriter or
mimicking the language of some other leaders who is
nothing like you at all.”
Add’l Quote 1 (from the Odyssey synopsis):
• (Kouzes and Posner 2017, pg. 49)
“Yet Odysseus is too proud. His hubris is his
*having mentors or other leaders to look up to and learn from is
a great thing. But, they are successful leaders in their own way downfall. Having escaped the Cyclops, he
and we must find our own personal path to become the most turns about and taunts the monster by calling
successful. out his name, hoping Polyphemus will tell
• * Don’t let power or status get to your head! Hubris was Odysseys’ downfall! others who had blinded him. (Odyssey 2018,
pg. 6).
WEEK 3: MODEL THE WAY (CONT’D)
• Kouzes and Posner quote 10(from this module’s assigned
readings):
“He had such little concern for the people on his team that he was actually
willing to sacrifice them” (Kaitlyn, 15:21)
* Lead by example or don’t lead at all! That is why you follow what you preach. If you don’t
it proves you don’t believe in what you said. If you don’t believe in it why should anyone
else? Speak freely but tactfully, remember what you say and be prepared to stand by
that. TO DO today:
1. Recognize your strengths and weakness
2. Write Thank-You note to YOUR MOTHER!
This Photo by Unknown Author is
(Or any other mentors who taught you something
licensed under CC BY-ND recently!)
WEEK 4: BE THE FIRST TO
TRUST (BUT VERIFY…)
(CONT’D)
Add’l Quote 4:
“Even someone as hardcore as Odysseus,
aint always in the driver seat! Sometimes
he’s behind the wheel, other times hes riding
bitch in the God’s whip” (Thug Notes
Odyssey, 3:13)
Think about what is important to you. Why is that important? How far are you willing to go to stick by that? Finding and defining
something that important will resonate with your team and they will follow you anywhere, even to their death like Odysseus’ men!
(okay will maybe not that far, but maybe!)
A. One of my favorite quotes is from the Thug Notes video. No matter powerful or witty Odysseus was in the story, he still could
not win everything. He wasn’t perfect but he was persistent! Where would he be if he just gave up? That story would SUCK!
B. “Even someone as hardcore as Odysseus, ain’t always in the driver seat! Sometimes he’s behind the wheel, other times he’s
riding bitch in the god’s whip.” (Thug Notes Odyssey, 3:13)
C. After every experience, GOOD OR BAD, think about what you can learn from them. You know learning things the hard way is
a way of life, and everyone faces it! You are not facing something someone else hasn’t over come. Don’t let that suck you into
the black hole, turn it into something powerful that drives you!
WEEK 5: INSPIRE AND CREATE VISION
• Kouzes and Posner quote 15:
“He [Captain Cook] recognized what his crew was causing [diseases] so we started bringing everyone on board and not
letting other people get on board to try and separate it. So, by trying to separate it he was trying to save both
populations; which is a great example of a leader! But at the same time, he spread syphilis and killed thousands so”
(Kate Layne, 22:10-22:40)
I like how she addressed Captain Cook as a good leader, realizing what was happening without completely
understanding the science behind it. He made the best decision he could in that terrible situation. Her comment goes
to show the responsibility a leader holds as well! A mistake was made, and it cost lives. That does not just go to the
crewmen, but the responsibility is help with their leader. Without much information in the time there was little he
could do or have prepared but trying to make the best of the worst situation was all he could do.
Sometimes you have to learn the hard way.
Experience is the only way to move forwards.
First-hand mistakes are lessons. Don’t be
afraid to fail. Keep pushing and when you fall
get back up again.
Think of everything you have accomplish
Cade. Nothing came easy, never without
work. Nothing of value has come for free.
Remember what Alex Leyvas always taught
you.
*Creative solutions don’t come easy! You * Remember when you commander told you this? If
must get uhhh CREATIVE! Remember when this from the most genuine credible person you can
you first started working on jet and you think of! As a fighter pilot in WAR, you can’t sit and
would bring in new tools and techniques think all day about what you want to do. You must
prepare and act with confidence. Keep pushing and
from auto mechanic work? That is creative find a way.
and AN ENTIRE SQUADRON is better for it.
WEEK 6: LOOK TO HELP OTHERS
(CONT’D)
Kouzes and Posner quote 18
“ This insight helped me appreciate how Add’l Quote 10 (from another source, e.g., from a
important it is for leaders to be constantly on video, a song, a different course’s textbook, or your
the lookout for opportunities for improvement, mom):
to identify and challenge systems that are not
working well and foster an environment where 3 “Power is the capacity to influence or affect others. A
leader has power because he or she has the ability to
everyone is open to sharing new ideas. (Kouzes
affect others’ belief, attitudes, and course of action.
and Posner 2017, pg. 151) (Northouse, Intro to Leadership Concepts and
Practices, 2018, pg 284)
* Be open to constructive criticism. Look for ways to
improve and get better. Staying stag naught or * Your attitude and actions influence people. Not
stationary is a waste. Search for ways to improve your authority. You should be able to lead from the
everything and everyone. Bring those below you UP! front as an example. Lead without authority and
Show them what it means to be a leader as a lifelong people will follow you anywhere!
learner.
WEEK 5 AND WEEK 6 “WRAP-UP”:
Weeks 5 and 6 are about inspiring your team, creating vision, and looking to help others. This idea is to help your team and without it, your
team will remain stagnant. Being uninspired will drop product quality, creating vision helps everyone understand the ‘big picture and work
together towards the same goal.
“ This insight helped me appreciate how important it is for leaders to be constantly on the lookout for opportunities for improvement, to
identify and challenge systems that are not working well and foster an environment where everyone is open to sharing new ideas. (Kouzes
and Posner 2017, pg. 151)
Looking to help others will set the example required of a leader. As you help others, they will help each other, and even help you! Everyone has
something to teach another. Some work environments I have been in kept a ‘knowledge is power’ mentality and would only help if absolutely
necessary or directly asked. This may have helped them feel empowered but also made the team less efficient and less productive. If everyone
were to learn from each other and help each other the results would double! The proof is in the pudding I have seen it on highly
efficient/productive teams. It seems now we are constantly trying to find that team again. We don’t have those members anymore and need to
develop our new team to feel as inspired and accomplished as that old team!
It's difficult, if not impossible, to imagine going to a place you've never experienced, either actually or vicariously. Taking a journey into your
past before exploring your future makes the trip much more meaningful.” (Kouzes and Posner 2017, pg. 101)
It is not about getting back to that team with only that goal in mind. Appreciate the journey and build that relationship with the team. This
makes everyone feel whole, enjoy what we do, and enjoy who we do it with. This will help everyone trust more and be willing to be vulnerable
to learn and take risks together.
WEEK 7: CHALLENGE THE PROCESS
Add’l Quote 11, from Virginia Woolf:
“One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one
does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing
their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices,
the idiosyncrasies of the speaker” (Woolf 1928, pg. 3)
* Integrity is not doing the right thing so you can benefit from it. Simply hold yourself
accountable and maintain integrity because it’s the right thing to do. Others will see this and
follow suit. But do it even when no one is around. That is more about who you are and being
honest with yourself.
TO DO today:
• Kouzes and Posner quote 19
1. Challenge the Process by reading into
“Purpose is a tremendously powerful source of motivation, and people the reason a process was created. Think
cannot persevere for very long without it.” (Kouzes and Posner 2017, pg. 155)
about how they came about each step.
* Have you ever worked towards a goal that felt pointless? Felt meaningless and a
waste of time? Regardless of what the job is people can start to feel like that over 2. Challenge the Process by viewing why
time. Without showing appreciation for their hard work this issue can start to they choose particular words for that
creep in. Let your team see the results and the impact they have over the process. What do those words add/subtract
organization. Give them a sense of duty and purpose to motivate your team! to the directive?
WEEK 7:
CHALLENGE THE
PROCESS
(CONT’D)
•Add’l Quote 13, from Arnold van Gennep:
Her religious perspective and sense of purpose was a great way to correlate the examples
of Rites, tradition, and the way we all interact with them. I felt I spent more time trying
to put myself into Van Gennep shoes more so than putting his teachings into my personal
life. Her unique perspective sparked more interested and more in-depth conversation.
WEEK 8: ENABLE OTHERS TO
ACT
Kouzes and Posner quote 20
Nearly 100 percent of direct reports who agree or These actions build mutual empathy and
strongly agree that their leader actively listens describe understanding, and that in turn builds trust. As Sinisa
themselves as having a “strong sense of team spirit.”
Less than one-third of direct reports experience intense Ljujic, global supply manager at Canada's Christie
team spirit when they indicate that their leader almost Digital Systems, explained, “For the sake of the people
never, rarely, or even seldom listens. The results for you lead, you need to be accepting of others as they are.
how direct reports evaluate their levels of motivation We are all human, and we need to treat people
and productivity are also directly correlated with the respectfully. I listen to what people have to say so that I
extent they gauge their leader’s actively listening.”
know what is going on in their heads and hearts. Only
then can I work with them to improve.”
Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.. The Leadership
Challenge (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner)
(p. 202). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.. The Leadership
Challenge (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner)
* Being able to speak and feel that you have a (p. 203). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
voice is comforting. This makes people feel
valued and appreciated, that is important to
forming relationships. Without healthy
relationships you team lacks the ‘glue’ to bond *Everyone is different, this isn’t a bad thing, it’s a good thing! We need to
over, look out for each others, and inspire each respect that as leaders and just as humans. Give your team comfort to let
them be who they are. Have empathy for what is important to them, even
other. This comes from YOU the leader! Make
if you don’t think it is very important. Use their difference to improve your
that connection, inspire, and set the example. team in a direction they are oriented. Don’t force people to be someone
Encourage the bonds and listen to what they they’re not. This will make them feel artificial and not truly a part of the
have to say and prove you’re listening. team. They won’t be comfortable and won’t be willing to be venerable,
which is key to development.
Week 9: Demonstrate
Ubuntu (cont’d)
Add’l
Quote 19, from Marcel Mauss:
would not receive a present, nor one so liberal with his money that
rejoice each others' hearts with gifts of weapons and raiment, that is
and receive gifts. A man ought to be a friend to his friend and repay
gift with gift. People should meet smiles with smiles and lies with
Be
sincere and genuine with your team, with everyone. People
appreciate the recognition and the prize, regardless of what it is. ‘It’s
the thought that counts. Think about how many times you have felt
unappreciated, or the team talks about no one cares what they did.
Week 9: Demonstrate Ubuntu (cont’d)
Add’l Quote 20, from Marcel Mauss:
“Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), Emile Durkheim’s nephew and most distinguished pupil, was a
man of unusual ability and learning, and also of integrity and strong convictions.“(Mauss pg. v)
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labours of his dead colleagues. Most unselfishly, for it meant neglecting
his own researches“(Mauss, pg. vi)
(Include at least one FAVORITE QUOTE from your co-mentors / triumvirate co-
leaders in your regular meeting. E.g., quote something they said in an email or in
person, during your Zoom/Skype meeting. This quote will be in their own words---it’s
not a quote OF a quote (it’s their ‘wit and wisdom’ you want).
TO DO today:
Week 10: Welcome Possibilities/Opportunities 1. Challenge the Process by
reading your highlighted notes in
chapter 8-9 in The Leadership
Challenge.
2. Enable individuality to your
Kouzes and Posner quote 23
teammates.
Let them tackle how they want to
“This example shows how leaders exercise guided autonomy: they set do the work. Lead them to the
standards and hold everyone accountable for the shared values and results you want but let them find
vision while giving people the opportunity to make choices about how their best approach.
they will enact them.”
Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.. The Leadership Challenge (J-B
Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner) (p. 226). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=EaxjxICgahc&ab_channel=TED-Ed
Week 9 and Week 10 “Wrap-Up”:
After working on the TWO WEEKS for THIS FIFTH MODULE, write two to three
detailed paragraphs to your “Future Self,” reflecting on the following:
A. What are the main themes or topics that I covered in these two weeks of my 12-Week
plan---and how do they reflect on leadership?
B. Within these paragraphs, what two or three quotes (from the preceding slides in this
module) resonate with me the most? (Repeat those quotes on this page, or at least include
excerpts from them if they are long.)
--- Insert “360-Degree Qualitative” questions as per the prof’s instructions as well as other questions
re. assessment of leadership effectiveness.
--- See the Module 6 AND Module 7 assignments, for final lists of requirements.
Week 11: ________
Hubris is defined as excessive pride or
Add’l Quote 23, from Howard Schultz “Your station in life does not
self-confidence. Hubris is not setting the
define you.”
example to being a life long learned.
“That disease? Hubris. We lost our way and believe it Hubris is a road hazard that distracts you
or not, we almost lost the entire company. During this from the road. Leading (like driving) is
cataclysmic period, I was reminded what it means to not a passive act. You must be attentive,
not distracted, and prepared to handle the
love something and the responsibility that go with it as unexpected.
well as an understanding that leadership and moral
courage are not a passive act. (Schultz, 7:12-7:32)
TO DO today:
Howard Schultz tells graduating Starbucks Partners "Your Be humble when speaking with
station in life does not define you." everyone. Anyone can teach us
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something.
YouTube URL: Howard Schultz tells graduating Starbucks
Say Thanks to your wife and family
Partners "Your station in life does not define you."
for supporting you.
Week 11 cont’d: Feedback, what are you
going to do with it?
Add’l Quote 24, “How to use others' feedback to learn and
grow | Sheila Heen | TEDxAmoskeagMillyardWomen”
You are in the driver's seat. Only YOU can learn and grow and it
won’t be easy. It will be a lot of hard work and you’re going to hear
things you won’t like. That is the only way to develop, to get better,
and to grow. Take the feedback and fix things, improve, and move
forward. Don’t hide behind your ego and insecurities. Face the
challenge.
Week 11 cont’d: ________
Kouzes and Posner quote 26 Kouzes and Posner quote 27
(Include at least one FAVORITE QUOTE from your co-mentors / triumvirate co-
leaders in your meeting. E.g., quote something they said in an email or in person,
during your Zoom/Skype meeting. This quote will be in their own words---it’s not a
quote OF a quote (it’s their ‘wit and wisdom’ you want).
Then explain the context and/or what this quote means to you. Why are you including
it here? How does it fit with themes of leadership?
(Remember that you will have a recording of your meeting each week, so you should never
“stop” your team’s conversation to write down a quote. And if you happen to miss a weekly
meeting---shame! (I know, right?)---you should still reach out to your team and ask for their
recording, to learn from them and to quote them.)
Week 12: ______________________
Kouzes and Posner quote 28
“____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
______________________________.” (Kouzes and Posner 2017, pg. ___)
Also change slide colors, images, and design elements to suite your style or taste. AND
afterward, DELETE THESE INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE.}
TO DO today (… in a FUTURE DAY that is…):
Be humble when speaking with the new guy’s (recent enlisted members).
Say Thanks to other people we work with, outside of our own work center (support shop, electric
shop, pro-super).
Show thanks by remembering what good work they did and the benefits that brought to us.
Take care of MYSELF by enjoying well deserved BEER!
Week 12 (cont’d): ________
When social connections are strong and numerous, there's more trust, reciprocity, information flow,
collective action, and happiness—and, by the way, greater wealth.3 Some of the fastest-growing and
most successful businesses these days are evidence of the need for social connection. Facebook,
WhatsApp, QQ, WeChat, QZone, Instagram, Twitter, and Skype are only a few of the social
networking sites with over one hundred million users.4
Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.. The Leadership Challenge (J-B Leadership Challenge:
Kouzes/Posner) (p. 273). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
Building a community and connection within your team might be the best thing you can do for them. A community adds trust,
commitment, and motivation to succeed. Competition can be inspired and push the team forward and watch each other's back. We spend
just as much time at work with the same people as we do with our own families. That time together should be important and being able to
get the most out of it.
TO
Week 12 (cont’d): _____
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Kouzes and Posner quote 30 _____ _________ _____
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“The secret to success is to stay in love. Staying in love gives you the fire to
ignite other people, to see inside other people, to have a greater desire to get
things done than other people. A person who is not in love doesn't really feel the
kind of excitement that helps them to get ahead and to lead others and to
achieve. I don't know any other fire, any other thing in life that is more
exhilarating and is more positive a feeling than love is.”
Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.. The Leadership Challenge (J-B Leadership
Challenge: Kouzes/Posner) (p. 312). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
As a leader if you lack passion, how can you instill passion and drive into others? If you aren’t in love with
what you put your mind to how can you tell others to do it, as their leader?! This doesn’t mean being married
to your work and sacrificing your family or home life. It means being dedicated, driven, and hard-working.
Doing your best, no matter what you are doing. That is the example a team wants to see from their leader.
REMINDER RE. QUALITATIVE QUESTIONS:
THROUGHOUT THIS COURSE WE HAVE WORKED ON VARIOUS SURVEY QUESTIONS,
INCLUDING SOME FROM KOUZES AND POSNER AND MANY FROM OTHER SOURCES.
B. Within these paragraphs, what two or three quotes (from the preceding slides in this
module) resonate with me the most? (Repeat those quotes on this page, or at least include
excerpts from them if they are long.)
Remember:
You are writing
to your future self!
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Mauss, Marcell ………………………… #, # {When you see a “blank” shape like this,
{Other Amazing Author TBD}………… #, # consider it an invitation to insert a meme or
image of your own.}
Varty, Boyd ……………………………... #, #
Woolf, Virginia ………………………… #, # {Delete these instructions asap.}
Horowitz, Tony (2003). Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before. New York: Picador
YouTube URL: Howard Schultz tells graduating Starbucks Partners "Your station in life does not define you."
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Final Project Submission:
Make sure you review
ALL of MODULE 7 (the final project module)
prior to submitting this 12 Week Plan for a final grade.