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Welcome

to the

Leadership Development Forum



What is a Strategic Forum?

� A way to capture Your in put, Your ideas, Your needs, Your street exper iences and practices that make a diff erence to youand that are cr itical to the Women¶s Council mission. (We area network of successful REALTORS® empowering women toexercise their potential as entrepreneurs and industry leaders).

� Direct link to Council leadershi p, decision-mak ing and pr ior ity-setting

� Member think ±tank

� A way to tap the talent and perspective of the Council¶s bestand br ightest



What is our Charge/Focus of this Forum?

y Identif y, engage and develop

women f or leadershi popportunities within the

or ganization, the prof ession

and the community.



How will our Forum operate?� First, you will hear f rom an expert in unique types of

leadershi p training. Our speaker todayis Ador na Carroll.

� You will partici pate in one activity where you will identif y theleadershi p sk ills used most of ten f or the ³leadershi p area´

posted in the center of your table, and/or share inf ormation on how to obtain these positions.

� There will be ground rules and I¶ll make them simple pleasetur n off your cell phones, because of the size here today no sideconversations except those conversations within the activities. This is extremely important f or what you will be doing today.



Let me introduce the Steer ing

Committee:1. Cynthia Shaf er Chair

2. Nina Amadon Vice Chair

3. Julie DeLorenzo4. Emily Link

5. Bobbie Nelson

6. Dor i Longhini

7. Debbie Battersby Past National President

8. Officer Liaison---Becky Hill

9. Staff Liaison----Cindy Newk irk



What will be the results of Today¶s

session?� You¶ll lear n unique types of leadershi p training and cover new models of leadershi p opportunities.

� You¶ll look at the on-line sur vey results.

� We¶ll review the activity results we completed atMidyear

� You¶ll off er valuable in put to help our membershi pachieve the leadershi p opportunities posted at eachtable.



True LeadershipTrue Leadership Adorna O. Carroll, Realtor® ABR, ABRM, GRI, SRS, SRES, PMN, ePRO

Educational and Sales Training Consultanthttp://www.DynamicDirections.com

[email protected]



LEADERS ARE EVERYWHERELEADERS ARE EVERYWHERE



Leaders are EverywhereLeaders are Everywhere

� ³Leadership comes from integrity - that you dowhatever you ask others to do. There are non-

obvious ways to lead. Just by providing a good

example as a parent, a friend, a neighbor makes it possible for other people to see better

ways to do things. Leadership does not need

to be a dramatic, fist in the air and trumpets

blaring, activity.³ Scott Berkun

� ³You don¶t need a title to lead´. Adorna O.

Carroll



LeadingLeading

� ³Remember that it is far better to follow well thanto lead indifferently´. John G. Vance

� ³The first responsibility of a leader is to definereality´. Max DePree

� ³Uncertainty will always be part of the µtakingcharge¶ process´. Harold Geneen

� ³You can use all the quantitative data you can get,but you still have to distrust it and use your own

intelligence and judgment´. Alvin Toffler � ³If you have to think µout of the box¶, you¶re

already in a box´. Leaders understand that thereis no box´. Adorna O. Carroll



LeadingLeading� "Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer

the world." - Anonymous� If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

Katharine Hepburn

� Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -the other 999 follow women. Groucho Marx

� Hell, there are no rules here--we're tr ying toaccomplish something. - Thomas A. Edison

� You gain strength, courage and confidence by

ever y experience in which you really stop to lookfear in the face. You must do the thing you thinkyou cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

� The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk

even more. Erica Jong



WHO CAN BE A LEADER?WHO CAN BE A LEADER?



Who can be a leader?Who can be a leader?� Leaders aren't born they are made. Vince

Lombardi� Some leaders are born women! Unknown

� It's amazing how many cares disappear when youdecide not to be something, but to be someone.

Coco Chanel� Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Karen Kaiser Clark

� You may have a fresh start any moment you

choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not thefalling down, but the staying down. Mar y Pickford

� The quality of a person's life is in direct proportionto their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor . Vince Lombardi



WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?



What is Leadership?What is Leadership?

� ³Leadership should be born out of theunderstanding of the needs of those who would

be affected by it´. Marian Anderson

� ³Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher

sights, the raising of a person's performance to

a higher standard, the building of a personality

beyond its normal limitations.³ Peter F. Drucker

� ³The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It isver y easy to say yes´. Tony Blair

� ³Leadership is about courage, not about

popularity´. Adorna O. Carroll



QUALITIES OF LEADERSQUALITIES OF LEADERS



Qualities of LeadersQualities of Leaders

� ³ A leader takes people where they want to go. Agreat leader takes people where they don'tnecessarily want to go, but ought to be´. Rosalynn Carter

� " All of the great leaders have had onecharacteristic in common: it was the willingnessto confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not muchelse, is the essence of leadership.³ John

Kenneth Galbraith� "Great leaders are almost always great

simplifiers, who can cut through argument,debate, and doubt to offer a solution ever ybody

can understand.³

General Colin Powell



Leadership in OrganizationsLeadership in Organizations

� ³If one is lucky, a solitar y fantasy can totally transform one million realities´. Maya Angelou

� ³Ever y organization must be prepared to

abandon ever ything it does to survive in thefuture´. Peter F. Drucker

� ³In organizations, real power and energy is

generated through relationships. The patterns

of relationships and the capacities to form

them are more important than tasks, functions,

roles, and positions´. Margaret Wheatly



Organization run amuckOrganization run amuck

� ³ A great many people think they are thinkingwhen they are merely rearranging their prejudices´. William James

� ³When what you are doing isn't working, you tend

to do more of the same and with greater intensity´Dr . Bill Maynard & Tom Champoux

� ³Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if youwant to test a man's character, give him power´.

Abraham Lincoln� ³ A badge and a title do not necessarily identif y a

leader but will certainly identif y those that aren¶t´. Adorna O. Carroll



LEADERS VERSUS MANAGERSLEADERS VERSUS MANAGERS



Leaders versus ManagersLeaders versus Managers� ³Management is doing things right; leadership is doing

the right things´. Peter F. Drucker � ³The manager asks how and when; the leader asks

what and why´. Warren Bennis

� ³Lead and inspire people. Don't tr y to manage and

manipulate people. Inventories can be managed butpeople must be lead´. Ross Perot

� ³Managers cope with change. Leaders cause it andmake the competition change´. John Kolter

� "Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder isleaning against the right wall.³ Stephen R. Covey

� ³Managers enable ± Leaders empower´. Adorna O.

Carroll



LEADERS BUILD GREAT TEAMSLEADERS BUILD GREAT TEAMS



Leaders Build Great TeamsLeaders Build Great Teams

� ³Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to doand let them surprise you with their results´. GeorgePatton

� ³Most of what we call management consists of making itdifficult for people to get their jobs done´. Peter Drucker

� ³The quality of leadership, more than any other singlefactor, determines the success or failure of anorganization´. Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers

� "Leadership is the ability to establish standards andmanage a creative climate where people are self-motivated toward the master y of long term constructivegoals, in a participator y environment of mutual respect,compatible with personal values.³ Mike Vance



Leaders Build Great TeamsLeaders Build Great Teams

� ³Never hire or promote in your own image. It isfoolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to

replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ,trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability,

and judgment are radically different from yours. Itis also rare, for it requires uncommon humility,tolerance, and wisdom´. Dee W. Hock

� "The task of leadership is not to put greatness into

people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is therealready.³ John Buchan

� ³You need to identif y the right people to do theright job at the right time and then get out of their

way´. Adorna O. Carroll



TRAINING FUTURE LEADERSTRAINING FUTURE LEADERS



Training Future LeadersTraining Future Leaders

� ³I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not

more followers´. Ralph Nader

� "Before you are a leader, success is all aboutgrowing yourself . When you become a leader,

success is all about growing others.³ Jack

Welch

� ³Great leaders identif y others to replace

themselves´. Adorna O. Carroll



� Strategic & Business Planning

� Leadership Training

� Designation Course Training ± ABR, ABRM, WCR Courses, Resort, RLI

± SRS ± Seller Representative Specialist

� GRI & Continuing Education� Convention Programs & Ed Fairs

� Course Development

� [email protected]



ANNOUNCEMENTS:

� 2008 National Conference Dates:

April 4-6: Mega Networking Summit II, St Charles, MO

May 14-18: Midyear Meeting, Washington, DC

July 11-13: Influential Women Summit, Boston, MA

November 5-9: Annual Conference, Orlando, FL



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