The Leadership Challenge

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The Leadership Challenge
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The Leadership Challenge

• How do we close the Inspiration Gap?

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The Words of David Brent
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The Words of David Brent
If at first you dont succeed, remove all
evidence you ever tried.
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The Words of David Brent
Eagles may soar high but weasels dont get
sucked into jet engines.
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The Words of David Brent
Accept that some days you are the pigeon and
some days you are the statue.
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The Words of David Brent
Never do today that which will become someone
elses responsibility tomorrow.
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The Leadership Challenge

• Only Inspirational Leadership will do!

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The Leadership Challenge

• Inspiring effective Innovation is the key

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The Leadership Challenge

• What makes for inspirational top leaders?

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The Leadership Challenge
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What makes for inspirational top leaders?
The Leadership Challenge

• Their Personal Make-Up
• A Novel Outlook
• Turn-on Capability

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The Leadership Challenge
What makes for inspirational top leaders?
Their Personal Make-up
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The Leadership Challenge
What makes for inspirational top leaders?
Their Personal Make-up
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What makes for inspirational top leaders?
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A Novel Outlook

• Look Laterally
• Bend Rules
• Love Pressure
• Rate Attitude

• Take Risks
• Highly Accessible
• Strongly Visionary
• Customer Obsessed

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The Leadership Challenge
What makes for inspirational top leaders?
Turn-on Capability

• They listen
• They involve
• They trust
• They appreciate
• They have fun
• They care

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The Leadership Challenge

• So how are we doing?

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The Leadership Challenge
How are we currently doing on Inspirational
Turn-on?

• I believe leaders in my organisation are
  genuinely in touch with how people are
  feeling

62 DISAGREE

• There is a good buzz and feeling of energy in my
  organisation

• We work hard but Senior Management also makes
  sure that we have fun

50 DISAGREE
54 DISAGREE
(Source Chartered Management Institute)
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The Leadership Challenge
How are we currently doing on Inspirational
Turn-on?

Desired
Seen
Shared Vision 79
38 Confidence/Trust 77
37 Respect 73
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(Source Chartered Management Institute)
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The Leadership Challenge
How are we currently doing on Inspirational
Turn-on?
One-third of followers admit that they have never
worked for an Inspirational Leader!
(Source Chartered Management Institute)
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The Words of David Brent
You have to be 100 behind someone before you
can stab them in the back.
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Inspirational Leadership Delivers
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• The Leadership Challenge
• People are proud to work here. Proud of
  colleagues, proud of the company and proud of
  themselves.
• Middle manager