Idaho Grand Lodge

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Idaho Grand Lodge
Leadership Training
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IRREFUTABLELaws of Leadershipby John C.
Maxwell
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• Law No. 1
• The Law of the Lid
• Leadership Determines the Level of Effectiveness

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SUCCESS WITHOUT LEADERSHIP
SUCCESS DEDICATION
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SUCCESS WITH LEADERSHIP
SUCCESS DEDICATION
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• Law No. 2
• The Law of Influence

The True Measure of Leadership is Influence
Nothing More, Nothing Less
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Five Myths about Leadership 1. The Management
Myth

• Leadership is NOT
• Maintaining Systems
• or
• Processes

• Leadership IS
• Influencing
• People

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Five Myths about Leadership 2. The
Entrepreneur Myth

• Leadership is NOT

• Leadership IS

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Five Myths about Leadership 3. The Knowledge
Myth

• IQ does NOT Necessarily
• Equate to Leadership

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Five Myths about Leadership 4. The Pioneer Myth

• To be a leader, a person has to not only be out
  front, but also have people intentionally coming
  behind him, following his lead, and acting on his
  vision.

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Five Myths about Leadership 5. The Position
Myth

• Its not the position that
• makes the leader
• Its the leader that
• makes the position

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The Five Levels of Leadership

• Commitment
• 5. PERSONHOOD (Respect)
• 4. People (Reproduction)
• 3. Production (Results)
• 2. Permission (Relationships)
• 1. Position (rights)
• Compliance Time

Degree of Influence
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Level One Position (Rights)

• People follow you because they have to
• Your influence will not go beyond the lines of
  your job description.
• The longer you stay here, the higher the turnover
  the lower the morale

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Level Two Permission (Relationships)

• People follow you because they want to.
• People will follow you beyond your stated
  authority. This level allows work to be fun.
• Caution Staying in this level without rising to
  the 3rd level will allow motivated people to
  become restless.

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Level Three Production (Results)

• People follow you because of what you have done.
• This is where success is felt by most people.
• They like you what you are doing.
• Problems are fixed with little effort because of
  momentum.

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Level Four People Development (Reproduction)

• People follow you because of what you have done
  for them.
• This is where long range growth occurs.
• Your commitment to continued development will
  ensure ongoing growth to the organization
  people.
• Do whatever you can to achieve stay on this
  level.

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Level Five Personhood (Respect)

• People follow you because of what you are and
  what you represent.
• This step is reserved for leaders who have spent
  years developing people organizations.
• Few make it to this level!
• Those who do are bigger than life.

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The Five Levels of Leadership

• Commitment
• 5. PERSONHOOD (Respect)
• 4. People (Reproduction)
• 3. Production (Results)
• 2. Permission (Relationships)
• 1. Position (rights)
• Compliance Time

Degree of Influence
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InfluenceYou need to ask yourself -

• What is the level of my influence with the
  leaders of my organization?
• What is the level of my influence with the
  followers of my organization?
• Who are the top 10 influencers of my
  organization?
• Do I influence the influencers?

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The Law of Influence

• He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is
  only taking a walk (fooling himself).
• If you cant influence others, they wont follow
  you and if they dont follow you, you are not a
  leader.
• LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE-
• NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS

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• Law No. 3
• The Law of Process

Leadership Develops Daily, Not In A Day
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What does the word Process mean?

• According to Webster
• Process is the way something is done, or the
  way of obtaining something.

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What is the Real Lesson of The Law of Process?

• LEARN TODAY TO LEAD TOMORROW!

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• Law No. 4
• The Law of Navigation

Anyone Can Steer The Ship, But It Takes A Leader
To Chart The Course
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• A leader sees more than others
• He can identify his organizations current
  position, and see the issues and problems facing
  his organization.
• A leader sees farther than others
• He can identify where his organization and his
  people need to go. He has a vision!
• A leader sees before others
• He can identify the way to move his organization
  and his people to where they need to go
  understanding what must be done to realize his
  vision.

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PLANNING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LEADERSHIP!YOU
MUST

• Identify the many issues facing your organization
• Have a vision for addressing these issues
• Communicate this vision
• Have a plan for achieving your vision
• Be prepared for problems

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PLANNING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LEADERSHIP!
Major Barriers to successful planning
include 1. Fear of Change 2. Ignorance 3.
Uncertainty about the future 4. Lack of
imagination
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• Law No. 5
• The Law of E.F. Hutton

When The Real Leader Speaks, People Listen
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Seven Qualities of Real Leaders

1. Character Who They Are
2. Relationships Who They Know
3. Knowledge What They Know
4. Intuition What They Feel
5. Experience Where Theyve Been
6. Past Success What Theyve Done
7. Ability What They Can Do

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Positional Leaders vs Real Leaders

• Need the influence of a real leader to get things
  done
• Have the title but not the following
• Influence only the other positional leaders

• Need only their own influence to get things done
• Have the following but not the title
• Influence everyone in the room

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When the Real Leader Speaks. . .PEOPLE LISTEN!

• When Others Speak . . .
• A REAL LEADER LISTENS!

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• Law No. 6
• The Law of Solid Ground

Trust is the Foundation of Leadership
The only thing that walks back from the tomb
with the mourners refuses to be buried is the
CHARACTER of the man. What a man IS survives
him.
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Do You Have Change In Your Pockets?

• Character
• Ethics
• Consistency
• Competence
• Integrity

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What is Character?

• Trustworthiness-be honest, dont deceive
• Respect-treat others with respect, follow the
  golden rule
• Responsibility-be accountable for your actions
• Fairness-play by the rules
• Caring-be kind, compassionate, help people in
  need
• Citizenship-cooperate
• Character is like a tree reputation like its
  shadow. The shadow is what we think of it the
  tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln

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Ethics

• Whats right
• IS RIGHT!
• Whats wrong IS wrong!

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Consistency

• Actions that have been derived from
  goals.
• Principles
• Objectives
• Actions which one will not have to regret
  later..
• Actions that are consistent.

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Competence

• 70-Essence of the Total Person
• Cognitive Thinking Skills
• Interest Motivation
• Core Behavior Traits
• Job fit

• 30-Good but limited information Skills,
  Experience, Performance Gut Feel

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Integrity

• The quality or state of being of sound moral
  principle
• Uprightness, Honesty, Sincerity

Integrity Test The longer I lead with integrity,
the BETTER IT GETS! Without integrity-the longer
I lead the WORSE IT BECOMES!
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Change in your pocket

• Every Act will Either.

INCREASE your VALUE or DECREASE your VALUE
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Trust is the foundation of LeadershipViolate
The Law of Solid GroundYoure through as a
leader!
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• Law No. 7
• The Law of Respect

People Naturally Follow Leaders Stronger Than
Themselves
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How a leader gains respect

• He Respects Other People
• Treats people like they expect to be treated
• Courage
• Makes decisions to benefit the organization
  not to benefit himself
• Success
• He emulates successful people

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How a leader gains respect

• Consistency
• Be the same person regardless of where you are
  or who youre with
• Add value to others
• Helps others to go where they wouldnt go on
  their own
• Pure leadership ability
• Continues to work to improve himself

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• Law No.12
• The Law of Empowerment

Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others
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Why do leaders fail to empower others?

• Insecurity
• Desire for job security
• Bad experience
• Ego
• Co-dependency

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The Law of EmpowermentThe greatest satisfaction
is seeing people grow succeed. . .You will
succeed yourself. . .and become an empowering
Leader!
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REMEMBERThe Law of ProcessContinue Leadership
Development to becomeThe LeaderYou Need To Be!
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Every endeavor you undertake that involves people
will succeed or fail depending upon
yourLEADERSHIP
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As you proceed in your Leadership Career
REMEMBER

• People determine the potential of an organization
• Relationships determine the morale of an
  organization
• Structure determines the size of an organization
• Vision determines the direction of an
  organization
• LEADERSHIP determines the success of an
  organization

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• ITS A RAP!!

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