Identifying and Supporting New Leaders

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Identifying and Supporting New Leaders
European and Eurasian Leadership Workshop January
24-25, 2008

• Brenda S. Townsend, Director
• Council and Affiliate Services
• International Reading Association

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Leaders Need to Nurture New Leaders

• If you want 1 year of prosperity,
• grow grain.
• If you want 10 years of prosperity,
• grow trees.
• If you want 100 years of prosperity,
• Grow People.
• Chinese Proverb

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The ABCs of Leadership
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Awareness

• What is the culture of the organization?
• What is the vision?
• What are the people with whom you will be
  interacting?
• What are the expectations of the organizations
  leaders?

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Behavior

• What are the important behaviors that the
  potential leader exhibits that will add to the
  credibility of your organization?
• What policies will help ensure that actions will
  lead to positive results?
• What values do those behaviors support?

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Credibility

• It is difficult to lead without credibility.

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Five Things

• What are the characteristics of admired leaders?
• What are the important values that a leader
  should possess?
• What are the important behaviors that give
  someone credibility as a leader?

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ASSESSMENT OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIESFOR POTENTIAL
LEADERSScale0 Never 1 Seldom 2 Sometimes
3 Usually 4 Always

• The potential leader has
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Predicting Leadership Success

• The best predictor of future behavior is past
  behavior.
• Leadership credibility of gained through actions.
• The first step in developing new leaders is
  providing opportunities for participation.

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Toss the Problem

• Think of a problem related to the topic.
• Write it down on a piece of paper.
• Wad up the paper and toss it across the room.
• Pick up a different wad of paper and open it.
• Read someone elses problem and in small groups
  brainstorm possible solutions.
• Share with the group.

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• The underlying factors in identifying new
  leaders
• They must have an awareness of the culture
• How can you help them develop awareness?
• They must make the right behavioral choices and
  exhibit the behaviors that contribute to the
  credibility of the organization.