1. Cultivating Leaders Throughout the Organization:
Influencing without Authority
Kelly Tolbert
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Human Resource Business Partner for:
Maserati Brand NAFTA, Alfa Romeo Brand NAFTA, Mopar
Service & Parts, Dealer Network Development

2. What are Your Assumptions?
• “Leaders are selected and have people report to them.”
• “I don’t have any power yet.”
• “I’m just a girl born and raised in Detroit, how much can I influence?”
• Develop your personal power.
• Be the leader of you.
• Grow in awareness and recognize how your
thoughts help or hinder you.

3. Who is the Leader?
“It was a woman who told me I was a leader before I was a leader.”
• Leadership is a function of who you are and what you do:
 Be passionate about achieving
 Treat people with dignity and fairness
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 Deliver as a way of life
in the Workplace
 Act with integrity

4. “I got it before I got it”
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in the Workplace
• Prepare for increased responsibility before it’s given to you.
• Pursue the uncomfortable and try new things.
• Consider what artifical limitations you place on yourself.

5. Personal Presence –
Transformative or Transnormative…..
• Recognize you own your
movie, your story – so direct it.
• How you see yourself will
shape how others see you.
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• Your words, your style, your
communication are a dead
give-a-away – it can help or
hinder you.
in the Workplace

6. I’m not into politics – why not?
• Engage people’s thinking – it’s enduring.
• Forget what you know – what do you need.
• Opinions are limited to experience so
pursue experience.

7. • Set a pace of high standards
• Coach people directly and indirectly to achieve their highest potential
• Build trust and commitment to help an organization achieve its goals
• Never forget to promote innovation to drive change
• Be willing to challenge the sacred cows
• Remember limitations are only ways you think
What are Your Assumptions?
Lastly…..