Debbie Rookstool Director of Leadership

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Debbie RookstoolDirector of Leadership Planning
Development Safeway
Sarah ChartrandVP, Training Organizational
Development Stop Shop/Giant of Landover
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What Can One Leader Do?

• Session Objectives
• Explore your story
• Reflect on your values
• Identify your current challenges and how you can
  respond
• Plan to leave your lasting leadership legacy

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The Gift of Time
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Introductions

• Find a partner
• Introduce yourself 10 years ago
• Introduce yourself Today

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Leading With Values

• What values helped you succeed from the past to
  the present?
• Did you go through difficult times from your past
  to present and how did your values anchor you?

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Collins Key Points

• During tough times, successful companies and
  people
• Are moored by values
• In times of great uncertainty, you have to have
  moorings.
• You need to preserve them over time.
• Manage for the quarter century
• Focus on reinventing vs. just surviving

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Legacy Thinking

• Unlike an organizations Vision or Mission, this
  kind of thinking is more connected to you as an
  individual
• It must be consistent with who you are
• Catalyst for action
• Instincts and tendencies

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Discovering Your Legacy
How Do You Wish To Be Remembered?

• Characteristics or skills
• Values
• Manifestations

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Explore Your Legacy

• This is harder to think about than it is to
  write
• Reflect, then jump right in and begin writing
• Dont worry
• if it feels / sounds too idealistic
• about word choice. You control whether this is
  shared
• Make sure your statement is about you and not
  just about your job or role at your company

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Legacy Statement

• What to do with your legacy statement
• Determine what one leader can do what you can
  do!

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Business Challenges

• How do your values and legacy statement impact
  what you will do about the challenges you
  identified?
• Forum Worksheet

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ACTIVITY

• Reflect on your challenges
• How can your values and legacy impact your
  challenges?
• Complete column 1
• Share with your partner

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Practical Tips

• Follow up with people you meet here
• Exchange business cards
• Schedule calls 30, 60, 90 days out
• Commit to connect
• Look for ideas throughout the conference
• Set 1 or 2 goals for your return
• Use the worksheet provided

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Practical Tips, cont.

• Discuss one or two concepts that resonate with
  you
• Build a project around those ideas
• Make it visible, get other women involved
• Commit to sharing them with
• Your direct work team
• Your peers
• People you mentor
• Share with your Diversity Committees or
  Multi-Cultural Councils

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RE-CAP
Values/Legacy Statement
ACTIONS
Current Business Challenges
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What Can One Leader Do?
What Will YOU Do?
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