your leadership voice
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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