Leading Yourself

Laura Riavitz, M.Sc.

Marine Scientist
Outline: Leading Yourself
1. Managing your Mindset
a. How to keep yourself motivated
b. Leading yourself in difficult times
2. Managing your Behaviour
a. Setting goals
b. Rewarding yourself
c. How to lead yourself out of failure
3. Managing your Relationships
a. How to manage your boss
b. Relationships among colleagues
c. Leading by being an example
Leading yourself

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Learning how to lead yourself
will make you independent and
self-aware and will improve
your leadership abilities.
Managing Your Mindset

3 Types of Bosses:
1.The Good Boss:

a.Gives constructive feedback, works with other leaders, grateful for your contribution

2.The Bad Boss:

a.No constructive feedbacks, no interest in your individual development, only needs you when they have messed up

3.The Overwhelmed Boss

a.Good intentions, but always busy and unable to give leading attention, happy about your own leadership
How to keep yourself motivated

Intrinsic Motivation:
Autonomy: Need to control of our own life

Mastery: Continually improving our skill set

Purpose: Why does it matter?

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Managing Your Mindset: Leading yourself in tough times

Resilience → Optimism
1. Keep your eyes on the endgame
2. Look for small wins
3. Don’t be alone

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Managing Your Behaviour: Setting Goals

Strategic Goals Require Creativity

Examples:

Improve my ability as a leader

Increase organizational innovation

Setting Goals
- Consider Impact
- Create Engagement

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Invest in Your Development and Find Support
Online Learning

Reading Books or Listening to Audio Books

Networking

Talk to your Boss

Speak to Colleagues

Find an outside Mentor (friend, parent)

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Rewarding Yourself

● Write it down: Keep a list of all your progress or obstacles

you overcame

● Talk to the people who are affected by the results

● Do something good for you

● Talk to your Boss about it

How to lead yourself out of failure

Explain what there is to know

Own your part

End positively

→ when you talk to your boss about failure

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Managing Your Relationships: Your Boss

● Show your Boss support

● Make your Boss successful

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Managing Your Relationships: Your Colleagues

● High Performers: They are NOT your competition

● Middle Performers: Take them higher

● Low Performers: Don’t let this people get you down

Managing Your Relationships: Leading by example

Start small: Start with something manageable

Offer your help: Come up with some suggestions

Walk your Talk: Be an Example!

 Self-Leadership

Behaviour
Happiness
Thoughts
References

LinkedIn: Leading Yourself

https://www.happify.com/hd/4-keys-to-leading-yourself-and-others/

https://www.selfleadership.com/what-is-self-leadership