Leading from the Inside Out

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Leading from the Inside Out

• Tim Szymanowski
• Vice President General Manager
• Telect Inc.
• 18 May 2001

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Know the Difference!

• Organization Structures are Top Down
• Leadership is Inside Out

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A Typical Organizational Structure
Everything Has a Top Down Look and Feel
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The Myths Surrounding Top Down Organizational
Structures
Not!

• Myth 1
• Leadership Structure is the same thing as
  Leadership Methodology

Leadership structure merely identifies who the
leaders are in the organizationLeadership
Methodology is an effective way of leading
individuals and teams
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The Myths Surrounding Top Down Organizational
Structures
Not!

• Myth 2
• The People at the top are meant to give orders
  for the rest of the organization to carry out

Leadership is not about giving orders! It is
about visioning and implementing change,
influencing, motivating, and developing
subordinates.
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The Myths Surrounding Top Down Organizational
Structures
Not!

• Myth 3
• Leadership is for the people at the top, not the
  bottom

Position often implies leadership, but it does
not guarantee itLeadership is a behavior, not a
title.
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Leading from the Inside Out

• The Center of Leadership
• Internalizing the attitudes, behaviors and ideas
  of a true leader
• The Circle of Leadership
• Influencing the attitudes, behaviors and ideas of
  others

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The Center of LeadershipInternalizing the
attitudes, behaviors and ideas of a true leader
Planting the Seeds of Greatnesspractice
the attitudes and behaviors that make great
leaders.
Planting the Seeds of Leadershipevery opportunity
to learn and grow in leadership
You
Determining to be A Leader no matter where you
aretop, bottom, or in the middle.
Believing in The Harvests Bountyknowing
that hard work pays off when you do the right
thing.
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The Circle of LeadershipInfluencing the
attitudes, behaviors and ideas of others
Peer
Subordinate
Boss
Peer
Peer
You
Peer
Co-Worker
Subordinate
Subordinate
Peer
Subordinate
Peer
Co-Worker
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This is Not Leadership
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This is!
Peer
Subordinate
Boss
Peer
Peer
You
Peer
Co-Worker
Subordinate
Subordinate
Peer
Subordinate
Peer
Co-Worker
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Things to Remember

• Whatever you plant, you will grow
• Plant the Seeds of Leadership
• Plant the Seeds of Greatness
• Remember the Harvests Bounty
• Leadership is not top down, it is Inside Out
• The Center of LeadershipYOU! Internalize the
  attitudes, behaviors and ideas of leadership
• The Circle of LeadershipInfluence the attitudes,
  behaviors and ideas of others