Some Personal Experiences on Leadership

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Some Personal Experiences on Leadership

• Who is Greg Holland and How did He get Here?
• Leadership vs Management
• Mates
• Mentoring
• Experience

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So Who is Greg HollandandHow Did He Get Here?

• An Accidental Life!
• Dancing
• Undergraduate Years
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• University and Students
• Field Campaigns
• Private Industry
• NCAR
• Plan ahead flexibly and take opportunities as
  they come

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Private Industry
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Leadership vs Management
All cities that ever at any time have been ruled
by an absolute prince, by aristocrats or by the
people, have had for their protection force
combined with prudence, because the latter is not
enough alone, and the first either does not
produce things, or when they are produced, does
not maintain them. Force and prudence, then, are
the might of all the governments that ever have
been or will be in the world.
Niccolo Macchiavelli
(The Prince)
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Some Thoughts on Leadership
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Mates and Networking
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Private Industry
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Always Join up with People Who are Smarter than
You
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Mentoring
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Family
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Get a Life
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Leadership vs Management

• Think and Act Strategically
• Delegate, dont Micromanage
• Assemble the best possible team
• Think, Consult, but Act decisively
• No Abominable NoMan
• Consult and consider all views, but then decide
• Be ready for the unexpected and take advantage of
  it
• Work with People
• Mates and Networks
• Good Leaders are not Dictators
• Family

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Thank You