High Impact Leadership

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High Impact Leadership

• Rob Parker
• March 31, 2008

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You Are Awesome!
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Recreation Credentials

• HPER Major
• LifeguardWSIWSIT
• Aquatics Director Athletic Director
• High School Basketball Coach
• High School Referee
• Boys Girls Clubs
• Parks Recreation Volunteer
• Father Grandfather

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Renaldo Leonard
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PRO Challenges

• Politics
• Resistance to Change
• More with Less
• Staffing Issues
• Volunteer Challenges
• Senior Leaders who Dont Get it
• Negative People
• Time for a Life

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Whos Leading?
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Why Leadership Matters?

• Anything in history worth remembering can be
  traced back to a motivated group of people and
  ultimately a single leader.

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Leadership Myth 1
Leadership is only important at the top
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Leadership Myth 2

• Leadership is a rare skill

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Leadership Myth 3

• Leaders are born and not made

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Leadership is not
Rank
Title
Position
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Leadership in its simplest form is
The Ability To Influence
The Ability To Get Followers
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Management vs. Leadership
Management is the process of assuring that
the programs and objectives of the organization
are implemented. Leadership involves
casting vision and motivating people.
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What does a leader do?
1. Knowing how to do a job, is the
accomplishment of a worker. 2. Showing others
how, is the accomplishment of a teacher. 3.
Assuring the work is done by others, is that of a
manager. 4. Inspiring others to do better work
is that of a leader.
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Leaders help bridge the gap between
could be
is
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Would you rather be or
managed
led ?
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Companies that are successful over the long term
have some things in common, including great
leadership.
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Level 5 Leadership
Level 1-Highly Capable Individual Level
2-Contributing Team Member Level 3-Competent
Manager Level 4-Effective Leader Level
5-Executive
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Level 5 Leadership

• Totally opposite of traditional view of
  successful CEOs.
• Not dazzling, charismatic or celebrity type.

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Level 5 Leadership

• A paradoxical mix of personal humility and
  professional will.
• Ambitious for the company, not for themselves.

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Look in the mirror to assess blame
Look out the window to attribute success
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Level 5 Leaders
Set up their successors for even greater success
in the next generation.
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Social Sector Leaders

• Little or no executive authority
• Limited to spend
• No real power or prestige

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Minimum Table Stakes

• Integrity
• Vision
• Passion

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Integrity

• What you say
• Dont say
• What you do
• Dont do
• Who you are

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Visionaries see what others cannot yet see
Vision
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Vision Becomes Passion
Could
Should
Must
What are you passionate about?
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Robs Top Five

• Communicator
• Coach
• Catalyst
• Listener
• Relationship Builder

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1-Communicator

• Clear Compelling
• Key Messages (Repeat)
• Story Telling Metaphors
• Personal Transparent
• Interesting

Do People Enjoy Hearing From Me?
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Tricycle Wisdom

• Prevention is preferable
• Some things you just have to experience for
  yourself
• We all fall/step in it
• Helping others is messy
• A firm, yet gentle hand is normally whats
  required

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2-Coach

• Recruit the right players (who)
• Position for Success (strengths)
• Develop a game plan (what)
• Motivate, encourage, inspire
• Call the big plays

Do I Have the Right Players?
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3-Catalyst

• Change Agent
• Relentless Questioning
• No Single or Right Path
• Criticism Resistant
• Sense of Urgency (LLYD)

Am I a Go To Person?
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4-Listener

• Ask the Right Questions
• Dig Deeper (why)
• Whats not being said?
• Guided Discovery
• Active Listening

Do I Listen More Than Speak?
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5-Relationship Builder

• Invest in People
• Build Relational Capital
• Spend it Wisely
• Make it Personal
• Develop Your Inner Circle

Will My Relationships Transcend This Job?
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Your Inner Circle Matters

• The people closest to a leader have a huge impact
  on both their success and their failure. Choose
  carefully.

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Hiring Great PeopleHybels 4 Cs

• Character
• Competency
• Chemistry
• Courage

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Relationship Review
Inner Circle Goal Group Family/Social/Fun

Time Burners Energy Zappers Negative Forces
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Action Steps

• Decide to lead
• Evaluate your inner circle
• Identify a mentor
• Invest in yourself

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Great Must Reads

• Good to Great (Jim Collins)
• Leadership Gold (John Maxwell)
• The Speed of Trust (Steven Covey)
• Fierce Conversations (Susan Scott)
• 5 Dysfunctions of a Team(Lencioni)
• Visioneering (Andy Stanley)

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High Impact Leadership

• Rob Parker
• March 31, 2008

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