Leadership Workshop

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Leadership Workshop

• Bryan Lozick
• SW National President

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Overview

• The Facts
• FISH Philosophy
• Ethics in Leadership
• The Bucket Approach
• Debrief

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The Facts

• Leadership is a constant search for knowledge and
  improvement
• No one is perfect
• Im not an expert, just sharing the thoughts of
  people far more knowledgeable then me
• Definition Leadership is to guide in direction,
  course, action, opinion, etc.
• There are many ways to lead
• Dont need a title OR a position

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FISH! Philosophy

• Seattle's Pike Place Fish Market

• World-wide tourist attraction
• Engaging customers
• Maintain a positive attitude
• Make fun out of monotony by working with others
  and finding inventive methods
• Yogurt dudes
• Inspiring others through their work

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Basics of FISH!

• FISH! Catch The Energy Release the Potential
• John Christensen, Dr. Stephen Lundin
• Visited Pikes Place and observed
• 4 Parts
• Play
• Make Their Day
• Be There
• Choose Your Attitude

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How They Do It?

• Play
• Go to work and have fun with it
• Throwing fish, kidding with customers, yelling
  after each other
• Invent new ways to enjoy the experience and make
  others enjoy it with them

• Make Their Day
• Engage their customers in a way that creates
  memories, good feelings and stories
• Focus on them, let them know they are there and
  they are appreciated
• Form connections both physically and mentally

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How They Do It?

• Be There
• Make the conscious effort to be engaged no matter
  where their minds are at
• Living in the moment and not being a feather in
  the wind
• React to others and work with others

• Choose Your Attitude
• Choosing to stay positive and engaged is a
  decision each member of Pikes Place Market makes
• Not easy when there are other distractions
• You control your attitude and how you want to
  respond

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Activity

• How can you apply FISH Philosophy as a leader in
  Silver Wings?
• Write your ideas down into the following
  sections
• Play
• Make Their Day
• Be There
• Choose Your Attitude
• Discuss in your groups how this can benefit you
  and work with others!

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Ethics in Leadership

• What are ethics?
• Morality
• Justice
• People are as diverse as their ethics
• Background
• Religion
• Groups
• Manage your own ethics and balance the diverse
  ethics of those you lead
• Professional Ethics
• Medicine, Engineering, Law, etc.

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Ethics in Leadership

• Pick the definition which you think best
  describes ethics
• 1. The principles of right and wrong that are
  accepted by an individual or a social group
• 2. The study of the general nature of morals and
  of the specific moral choices to be made by a
  person Moral philosophy
• 3. The study of moral standards and how they
  affect conduct
• 4. Written and unwritten codes of principles and
  values that govern decisions and actions within a
  group
• 5. Ethics is a code of behavior that enables
  people to make moral judgments about difficult
  situations

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Activity

• After youve received your sheet, order the
  activities from most to least ethical
  INDIVIDUALLY
• Then, in your group try to come to a consensus
• REMEMBER, there are no right or wrong answers in
  this
• Make sure that you have good discussion, your
  personal views are just as important as the groups

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The Bucket Approach

• How Full Is Your Bucket by Tom Raft and Donald
  Clifton
• Kirk Weisler
• Former Army Ranger, professional speaker, works
  with organizations, schools, and companies
  nationwide
• Leadership is assured when people leave you with
  more then they came to you with
• Fill their bucket, make them feel important and
  wanted
• Giving people positive attention
• Remembering names
• Doing little things
• LISTENING!

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The Bucket Approach

• Pin Lady
• At Atlanta airport, checked tickets before going
  through security
• Covered in pins that people had given over the
  years
• Took hand, Go home safe child or Welcome home
  child

• Made people feel visible, wanted
• Left bucket filled in a place people normally
  depressed!
• Can you think of someone who has filled your
  bucket
• How did they make you feel?

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Debrief

• There is no definitive way to lead
• Need to find your way, that works best for you!
• Plenty of resources around you
• School, detachment, community
• The people you will lead are diverse and
  different
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Take care of your people and they will take care
  of you!
• A key perhaps the key, to leadership is the
  effective communication of a story Howard
  Gardner
• Vision of a leader

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Questions