your leadership voice

Finding your

LEADERSHIP

VOICE

An outstanding leader….

The common denominator to all successful teams

Empower

Motivate &

Inspire

The leader is only as strong as their ability to:

others to pour the best of themselves into the achievement of one common goal.

The most successful leaders are constantly developing their capacity to lead

Developing your leadership capacity is…

a process of internal self-discovery.

Developing your leadership capacity is…

Articulating an uplifting vision and strong principles that would take you to a very rewarding path to lead others.

Developing your leadership capacity is…

leading out of what already exists in your heart and soul.

It’s about empowering the leader within you.

Developing your leadership capacity is

not

about collecting a bunch of leadership and management information.

Planning the important strategic issues about the company

And not enough time

Defining and cultivating their leadership voice.

Typical leader spends too much time:

Your leadership voice?

Is not your accent.

“What do I want

to be when I

grow up.”

It’s the leader’s version of

Your leadership voice?

That combination of factors:

Approach

Engagement

Presence

Confidence

Attentiveness

Genuineness

Decisiveness

Demeanor

….and so much more.

How do you find your leadership voice?

1Identify people whose styles you

admire across different fields.

Observe them intently.

Have conversations with those you have access to.

Read their writings.

How do you find your leadership voice?

2Write down the characteristics

that appeal to you

Their grace

Intensity

Professionalism

Confidence

Network and relationship-building techniques

How do you find your leadership voice?

3Identify the natural strengths in

your own style

1. Be honest with yourself about the characteristics you might be better off without.

2. Identify the qualities which have worked for you in the past?

• In what situations were you most successful?

• Why?

1. Try different approaches to managing:

• Make a decision with consensus

• Then in an authoritative tone and then one in the middle.

2. Do it in low-risk situations

3. What “fits” you will become evident

Test drive your leadership voice

The more you integrate yourself into your leadership, the greater your influence will be on your followers.

Test drive your leadership voice

Three last things to remember

1.

Just like building a business, this is a process

Test drive your leadership voice

Three last things to remember

2.

You have to be authentic. This is the most powerful , effective way to be

Test drive your leadership voice

Three last things to remember

3.

Finding your

LEADERSHIP

VOICE