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Fail-Safe Leadership:Fail-Safe Leadership:

Straight Talk About Straight Talk About Correcting The Leadership Correcting The Leadership

Challenges In Your Challenges In Your OrganizationOrganization

Mark Sturgell, CBCPresident || Performance Development Network

June 22, 2009June 22, 2009 PDN Leadership DevelopmentPDN Leadership Development 22

Straight TalkStraight Talk

““Things are going to Things are going to

be different around be different around

here…”here…”


……the Leadership Process is designed the Leadership Process is designed to specifically unlock your true to specifically unlock your true potential…potential…

is open and customized to all people is open and customized to all people in from every field, from aspiring in from every field, from aspiring leaders to top executives…leaders to top executives…

Combination of solid self-customizing Combination of solid self-customizing content, application and coachingcontent, application and coaching

Performance Development Performance Development NetworkNetwork

Leadership Development Leadership Development CoachingCoaching


Leadership ChallengesLeadership Challenges

Unproductive Unproductive meetingsmeetings

Financial shortfallsFinancial shortfalls Communication Communication

problemsproblems AccountabilityAccountability

‘‘Can’t do’ attitudesCan’t do’ attitudes Personal conflictsPersonal conflicts Time managementTime management Aversion to riskAversion to risk Mission ‘drift’Mission ‘drift’ Lack of team workLack of team work

What are the challenges facing you What are the challenges facing you and your organization?and your organization?



Too often, leadership development is seen Too often, leadership development is seen as a way to “fix the followers”. as a way to “fix the followers”.

Get over this now. Get over this now.

If you are a leader, then I If you are a leader, then I guaranteeguarantee YOUR YOUR continued development is the key to continued development is the key to improved results.improved results.

Just ask your followers.Just ask your followers.



There are only two ways to change an There are only two ways to change an organization:organization:

1.1. Change LeadersChange Leaders

2.2. Change the LeadersChange the Leaders


““No problem can be solved No problem can be solved

from the same consciousness from the same consciousness

that created it; we must learn that created it; we must learn

to see the world anew.”to see the world anew.”

– – Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein


What might we see if we looked What might we see if we looked “beneath the surface” of leadership “beneath the surface” of leadership in your organization?in your organization?


Root CausesRoot Causes

GoalsGoals

RolesRoles

RulesRules

RelationshiRelationshipsps


YourYour leadership… leadership…

……is the linchpin is the linchpin

that connects corporate visionthat connects corporate vision

with the attitudes and daily habits with the attitudes and daily habits

of people in your organization, of people in your organization,

and the behaviors necessary and the behaviors necessary

to achieve your organization’s to achieve your organization’s

mission-critical goals. mission-critical goals.


How do you motivate others?


Why did people follow Forrest Gump?

Forrest GumpForrest Gump

Direction

Purpose

Meaning

Goals

VISION


inspiration

Mission

Motives


““We must be the change We must be the change

we wish to see in the world.”we wish to see in the world.”GandhiGandhi


Three ApproachesThree Approaches Promotion Model

Competency Model

Results-Based Value-Driven Model


Promotion ModelPromotion Model

Watch what Watch what others do, others do,

and do your and do your bestbest

ThenThen ““Hope” for Hope” for ResultsResults

“You are a Super Worker. Congratulations, because on Monday you are a supervisor!”


Leadership TransitionLeadership Transition

PeopleSkills

TechnicalSkills

90% Executive

Manager

Supervisor

Front-line Employee10%

10%

90%


Competency ModelCompetency Model

Grow Grow Leadership Leadership Qualities in Qualities in

PeoplePeople

ThenThen ““Hope” for Hope” for ResultsResults

Competency models have produced much of what we have now in corporate America –

and how good is that?


Results-Based, Values-DrivenResults-Based, Values-DrivenModelModel

Define the Define the Desired Desired

Results & Results & ValuesValues

ThenThen

Grow People Grow People & Processes & Processes

to Ensure to Ensure Those Those

ResultsResults

PDN Leadership Development will help you define and achieve the results you want.


Leadership ChallengesLeadership Challenges

What are the challenges facing you What are the challenges facing you and your organization?and your organization?

If these are defining your If these are defining your organization… might they also be organization… might they also be useful in defining your need for useful in defining your need for leadership development?leadership development?

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