Inspirational Leadership

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Inspirational Leadership

• Mike Read
• Trainer and Executive Coach
• W 2beee.com E mike_at_2beee.com
• T 0845 838 5955

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Organisational Values

• A way of classifying the collective beliefs and
  behaviours in an organisation
• Manifest in members behaviours internally and
  externally
• Drive culture
• Drive decision making
• Impact on customer / client

Action Identify what is important to you / your
employees
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How Values Link To Performance
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Know Yourself?

• Self Awareness
• Know your strengths / Admit your weaknesses
• Learn from experience
• Openness to candid feedback

Action List the real strengths of your team.
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Where Are We Heading? -Vision

• Aspiration drives constant renewal
• Describe how an organisation finds its fulfilment
  - i.e. defines its core purpose
• Provide direction and motivation to employees
• Provide long term motivational alignment between
  employees, organisation and customers
• Appeal to emotions

Action Ask you employees to describe your vision
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Communicate Communicate Communicate

• Typical amount of communication directed at
  employees in three months 2,300,000 words or
  numbers
• Typical change vision communication over the same
  period 13,400 words or numbers - i.e. 0.58

Action keep it simple, use metaphor and analogy,
lead by example, listen repeat
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Achieve More Through Stretch Goals

• The direction of the Apollo program was radically
  altered following President John F. Kennedy's
  announcement on May 25 1961 that the United
  States should commit itself to "landing a man on
  the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth"
  by 1970. Thus Apollo became a program to land men
  on the Moon.

Action Identify one goal that will require you
to do things differently
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Vision, Values, Goals
Vision
VISION
Goal 6
Goal 2
Goal 4
Goal 5
Goal 3
Goal 1


VALUES
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Vision, Values, Goals
Its 1950 and you are Roger Bannister, what
is Your Vision The Goal that will deliver the
Vision The Key Milestones that will deliver the
Goal Year 0, Year 1 The Tasks that will deliver
the Key Milestones
VISION
Goal 1

Task
Year 1 Milestone
Task

VALUES
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A Simple Model for Inspirational Leadership
Resources
GOAL CLARITY
Support
Challenge
Freedom
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Free Leadership Appetizer

• Why not join us for our free half-day appetizer
  where we will be introducing
• The components of successful leadership
• Knowing yourself
• Authentic leadership
• Engaging others through Values
• Setting direction through Vision
• The Adair Model delivering objectives
• Date 8 October 2009
• Duration 09.00 - 13.00
• To book mike_at_2beee.com