1. LEADERSHIP
Presented by
Paul Kostreski
paulkostreski@comcast.net
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2. Leadership
OBJECTIVES
• Define leadership and the characteristics of the work
environment.
• Know the characteristics of an excellent leader
• Know the four things that a leader must engender to
lead
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3. Leadership
QUIZ
• Define Leader
• Define Manager
• Define Supervisor
• Define Leadership
• Define Job
• What do we hire people for?
• What is the most important thing a leader can have?
• What do leaders do?
• Define communications
• Define conflict
• Define team
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4. Leadership
Leadership Facts
• Leader is not a Job title.
• Charisma, personal traits, other individual factors do not count
• Development and using skills that move people and organizations
forward toward goals do count
• Helping people reach their full potential matters
• Understanding complexity within business environments and taking
on the challenge is extremely important
• Knowing diversity of people, thoughts and perspectives are reality
and important
• Recognizing competition is outside not internal
• Ethics, ethics, ethics
• Managing ambiguity and change is absolutely necessary
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5. Leadership
Differences Between Managers and Leaders
Managers Leaders
Administer Innovate
Accept status quo Seek challenges
Focus on short term Focus on long term
Control Motivate and inspire
Efficient Effective
Efficient Person Effective
1. Does things right 1.Does the right thing
2. Does things well 2. Does things that matter
3. Does things quickly 3. Eliminates some things
4. Does things systematically 4. Knows the difference between
what tasks ultimately matter and
which don't
5. Focuses on activities 5. Focuses on results
6. Is busy 6. Is productive
7. Is in motion 7. Is a real time manager
8. Uses the 80/20 rule
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6. Leadership
Providing Direction
Vision:
Reality is where we are today and a Vision is
where we want to be. This applies to both
personal and professional aspects of our lives.
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7. Leadership
Providing Direction
Vision:
An effective vision needs to be :
• Inspiring
• Challenging
• Stable but flexible
• Empowering
• Preparing for the future
Values and guiding principles are the foundation of
establishing a vision.
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8. Leadership
Providing Direction
Vision
Description of the future
Strategic Plan
How will we get there
Individual Goals
What we will do in a designated period of time
Communicate the Vision
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9. Leadership
Lead By Example
• Set an example and be passionate about it
• Make things happen – initiate!
• Stay focused. Do not be knocked off track.
• Accept responsibility for making things happen.
• Be positive
• Use your position to get things done through the
resources of information, finances, non‐monetary
rewards, and time
• Keep improving yourself and competence
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10. Leadership
Enabling Others
• Leaders are responsible for developing
replacements in the leadership ranks
• Stretch potential and new leaders beyond their
current roles and responsibilities.
• Help people determine their strengths and
weaknesses. Maximize strengths and improve
weaknesses
• Coach and teach
• Make sure potential leaders gain different
perspectives through mentoring.
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11. Leadership
Enabling Others
Appraise performance:
• Appraise performance compared to goals. This is an
ongoing process not a onetime event.
• Improve the potential leader’s performance. Have
ongoing in depth discussions.
• Identify current or potential problems. Maintain
positive performance. Catch people doing things
right. Develop a positive working relationship.
• Updates quarterly. Appraisal yearly. Development
yearly.
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12. Leadership
Sharing Power
Developing Followers:
• To be an excellent leader a person must first be an
excellent follower
• Potentials leaders have the ability to think independently
while a member of a team.
• They have a high level of commitment in every role they
are in.
• They stay focused and look for way to improve their own
performance.
• They have courage of conviction, are honest and
establish credibility.
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13. Leadership
Sharing Power
Empowerment:
Empowerment requires 4 things to work in an a
organization:
• Excellent communication,
• Individual responsibility and accountability,
• Leadership that gives people the freedom to act,
succeed and fail
• Organization that pushes down decision‐making
and control
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14. Leadership
Sharing Power
Empowerment:
• Allow people to Identify Problems and opportunities
• Allow people to Solve problems and Take advantage of
opportunities
• Allow people to implement their solutions
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15. Leadership
Sharing Power
Building Teams:
• Knowing the difference between groups and teams
• Using team building techniques
• Being a leader who is also an effective team member
• Share the vision
• Share the responsibility
• Share the glory
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16. Leadership
Making a Leadership Commitment
Leadership Model:
• Provide direction
• Lead by example
• Enable others
• Share power
• Seek a better way
• Develop attitudes and mindsets
• Be committed to being a leader
• Develop your abilities
• Reevaluate your readiness to be a leader
• Develop and action plan for becoming a leader and to
improve as a leader
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17. Leadership
Action Plan
• What works for you now?
• What does not work for you now?
• What would you do differently?
• What steps are you willing to commit to change?
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18. Leadership
For more information or to discuss training
for your organization please contact
Hagerstown Community College.
• Theresa Shank, 301 790-2800, Ext 476
Or
• Stephanie Powers, 301 790-2800, Ext 490
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