Lead Where You Are

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Lead Where You Are

• Thomas R. Bogart
• HSMAI
• October 18, 2007

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Something has to Change Around Here!

• Everyone thinks about changing the world but no
  one thinks of changing himself.
• - Leo Tolstoy

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Where We Are

• Lead where you are
• Learn where you are
• Grow where you are
• Innovate where you are
• Inspire where you are

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Lexxie- a dog with attitude
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• No one owes you anything!

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What's in Your Hand? Are you Leveraging your
Strengths?

• Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
  Think of what you can do with what there is.
• - Ernest Hemingway

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Influence- World, Our Industry, Life

• Lets reflect -who influenced you, encouraged you,
  inspired you most in your life? A ripple effect
  that impacts your professional life today. Write
  down 3 Who? Why? When do you most feel that
  impact?

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you
are. - Teddy Roosevelt

• I bought 4 leadership books on Amazon.com looking
  for this
• - Churchill on Leadership-Executive Success in
  Adversity
• - Lincoln on Leadership-Executive Strategies in
  Tough Times
• - Pattons One-Minute Messages Tactical
  Leadership Skills
• - TR on Leadership Executive Lessons from the
  Bully Pulpit

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Leaders

• Tony said of Bill Walsh (late Coach of 49ers) he
  never worried about what players couldnt do. He
  only cared about what they could do. Tony is
  that kind of leader too. Who else? Industry,
  politics, hospitality- who is making a difference?

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Your Current Role

• Do you add value,contribute,consume?
• What is your level of influence?
• How are you perceived-subordinates, line
  staff,clients,suppliers,colleagues
• Who you are really determines the role you
  represent not what you do!

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There are 4 kinds of people those who add,
subtract, multiply, or divide.

• How do you want to be viewed?

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Do you feel fulfilled?

• Appreciated? Fully utilized?
• Dont say I am of no use where I am- you can
  certainly be of no use where you are not.
• How about those around you?
• Are they where they want to be?
• Do you know?
• Do you even care?

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Help Others Expand Their Borders, Identify Their
Strengths

• There is no limit to what a man can do or where
  he can go if he doesnt mind who gets the
  credit.
• Ronald Reagan

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Be an encourager, a coach, a change agent, foster
innovation

• The ability to encourage others is one of life's
  biggest assets. -Henry Ford

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Do You Want a More Meaningful, Intentional Life?

• Are you playing to your strengths, or submitting
  to weaknesses others keep reminding you of?
• You can maneuver more than you think
• Break out of the Org Chart
• Are you flourishing? Stagnating?

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Wherever you are in the organization, you can
create influence and

• Lead where you are!

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Lead where I am?

• Do you want to make a difference? The Service
  profit chain example.
• Engage- dont detach
• Dig deeper- for things that last
• Change- the place you are
• Coach-impact beyond measure on your team,
  colleagues

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Be available and willing to invest time in people.

• Reach out with honesty, respect, caring, as the
  opinions of others.

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A Coaching Process
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Listen, Value others

• It is only when we take time to listen and
  understand what another person is communicating
  to us that we will be able to respond
  appropriately and in a way that makes a
  difference
• - Dr. William E. Hall

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Business Leader- former HP CEO

• The Power of Questions they are better than
  answers because they help people focus on the
  essence of the issue.
• There is a gift in everything what will you do
  with it. Focus on common ground dont let others
  prejudice define who you are.

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Government and Military Leader

• Promote a clash of ideas
• Probe the organization
• Check your ego at the door

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Broaden your bandwidth for learning and

• Learn where you are

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Focus on your strengths, not weaknesses and

• Grow where you are

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Find, Isolate, Build on Strengths, Manage Around
my Weaknesses.

• There are many good levers for engaging
  employees and driving team performance but the
  master lever is getting each employee to play to
  his/her strengths an engaged team will be the
  result. -
  Marcus Buckingham

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Sometimes you have to go out on a limb thats
where the fruit is

• Innovate where you are

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Inspire where you are

• It builds you, strengthens your team, brings
  value to your job , and brings new energy to
  your career, organization, family and life.

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Lead as an inspired person

1. How much does it matter in the lives of people to
   be inspired?
2. Whose job is it to keep me inspired?
3. How best can I inspire my team?
4. Will my team look different in 5 years if
   everyone were inspired?

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In your organization or circle of influence, what
are some things you can do to be inspired?
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Be inspired

• Leverage my strengths and gifts
• Hire passionate, inspiring people
• Read inspiring books
• Be with inspiring people
• Attend inspiring events
• Create inspiration in your work space
• Be intentional

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Reinventing an organization for greatness

• Another example of a great book I plan to re-read

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Faith Based inspirational books

• I have shown others today what books do you have
  waiting on your shelf?

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How can I inspire my Team?

• Live a passionate motivated life
• Stay charged up
• Connect your team with grander causes
• Learn what inspires each person, and learn their
  language
• Identify demotivating issues at work, and
  reduce/remove them.
• Celebrate

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Taking on the Mantle of Leadership

• Assume responsibility in the environment in which
  you find yourself.
• Many others have done the same

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you
are. - Teddy Roosevelt

• Bono
• Oprah
• Richard Curtis-Idol gives back
• Mother Teresa
• George Muller

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at US Airways Center
8AM- 445 Tickets for Each of You

• Colin Powell Lute Olson-U of A
• Zig Ziglar Michael Eisner
• Suze Orman

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Lead where you are!

• At the beginning I mentioned my goal was 2-3
  Takeaways for each of you.
• Who will share at least one thing they take with
  them today!