The Purposeful Leadership Framework provides a broad approach to Leadership and Leadership Development. By classifying important elements in the Leadership Process, it shows how leadership is related to strategy, people management and social influence skills, business and technical knowledge. It provides an overivew of concepts that clarify the real work of leaders by highlighting the importance of the Context for Leadership, the Organizational and Stakeholder Levers Used for Leading, and the Types of Activities used by Leaders. See also Purposeful Leadership Development at http://www.slideshare.net/FJPapotto/designing-leadership-development

1. A Powerful and Practical Approach
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP

2. Start by Viewing Leadership as a
Complex Process . . . .
Leadership Theories and Models
Each Provide a Different
Perspective on the Leadership
Process
LEADERSHIP IS A PROCESS
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3. Vision, Strategy
Change,
Personality,
Traits, Attributes
Capacities,
Capabilities
Behavior, Styles
Followers
Social, Ethical,
Task Context
Exchange,
Interaction,
Contingency
LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES
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4. Purposeful Leadership Categorizes
Leadership into Five Perspectives
A. Leader Activities/Behaviors
B. Stakeholder Factors
C. Situational Factors
D. Future / Change Focus
E. Context for Leadership
LEADERSHIP RESEARCH
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5. Purposeful Leadership Sequences These Five
Perspectives in a Process
1. Understand Leadership Context (Conditions/Constraints)
2. Focus on the Future (Envisioning /Planning Change)
3. Manage Situational Factors (Organizational Levers)
4. Stakeholders Influence (Motivating and Supporting)
5. Communicating and Direct Action (Leader Activities)
MANY ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP ARE
CAPTURED IN THESE PERSPECTIVES
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6. Understand
Context and Constraints
Focus on
Desired Future State
Manage
Organizational Levers
Employ
Stakeholder Levers
Use Leader
Activities
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP
PROCESS
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7. The Sequenced Process of
Purposeful Leadership
Allows Us to Put Leadership
Perspectives Into Action . . . .
EACH STEP IN THE PROCESS
IMPLIES SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS
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8. 1. What provides
the context for and
constrains the
actions
of the enterprise?
Analyzing
present
circumstances
and
capabilities
2. What is the best
way for the
enterprise to
survive and thrive
into the future?
Envisioning
and planning a
viable future
3. What elements
of the enterprise
can
leverage changes
in the desired
direction?
Identifying
formal,
enterprise
processes that
produce
change
4. What
stakeholder
characteristics
must be
considered to
effect change?
Pinpointing
stakeholders’
role in
effecting
change
5. What activities
are effective for
bringing about
desired changes?
Focusing on
activities that
support the
anticipated
future
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP
EMPHASIZES FIVE CATEGORIES OF
BEHAVIOR
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9. Leadership Challenges Evolve
Because Leaders’ Activities and
Shifting Conditions Cause Changes in
the Context
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP
ADDRESSES CHANGE
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10. Revised
Context
(New) Desired
Future
Organizational
Levers
Stakeholder
Levers
Leadership
Activities
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP IS A
DYNAMIC PROCESS
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Shifting
Conditions

11. One Way to Map the Context for Leadership is
by Assessing the Circumstances and
Capabilities of Both the Enterprise and the
Individual Leaders.
This Will Provide a General Picture of What
Changes are Needed and Possible.
1. UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT
FOR LEADERSHIP
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12. Organizational
Circumstances:
Values,
Opportunities and
Threats
Organizational:
Capabilities:
Principles,
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Individual
Circumstances:
Authority, Culture,
Relationships
Individual:
Capabilities:
Experience,
Competencies,
Self-Management
UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT AND
CONSTRAINTS
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13. Purposeful Leadership Acknowledges That
Leadership Occurs on Several Levels.
The Widening Scope of Leadership at Each
Level is Important in Understanding the
Context for Leadership
THE SCOPE OF LEADERSHIP IS
IMPORTANT
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14. Individual Leadership
Team Leadership
Organization Leadership
Network Leadership
Communal Leadership
LEADERSHIP ROLES ARE PART OF
THE CONTEXT
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15. Leadership Roles Affect Both Perspective
and Influence Leaders Have, so They are
Important in Understanding the Context for
Leadership
LEADERSHIP ROLES HELP DEFINE
THE CONTEXT
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16. Communal Leadership: Government,
or the Larger Society
Network Leadership: Partner,
Alliance or Boundary-Crossing
Entities
Organization Leadership:
Business, Enterprise or Multi-
Group Systems
Team Leadership:
Departments, Functions or
Groups
Individual Leadership:
Proactive Self or Personal
Management
ROLES INFLUENCE LEADERS
POTENTIAL IMPACT
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17. The Need and Direction for Changes is
Constrained by the Context, but Leaders
Determine the Specific Future Course.
Leaders’ Focus on The Future Can Most
Often be Classified into Four Desired
Results
2. FOCUS ON THE DESIRED
FUTURE STATE
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18. Alignment: Establishing Direction and
Creating Clear Priorities
Engagement: Enlisting Cooperation and
Commitment From People
Execution: Ensuring Efficient and High
Quality Work Processes
Adaptation: Enabling Proactive and
Flexible Responses to External
Demands
Effective Leaders Continually Strive to
Achieve These
FOUR KINDS OF DESIRED
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19. Purposeful Leadership Relies on the Use of
Formal Organizational Tools to Exercise
Authority, Power and Influence.
The Most Useful of These Levers Can be
Organized into Four Categories
3. IDENTIFYING ORGANIZATIONAL
LEVERS
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20. Goals and
Objectives
Policies and
Practices
Roles and
Responsibilities
Staffing and
Resources
IDENTIFYING ORGANIZATIONAL
LEVERS
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21. The Most Useful Means of Exercising Authority and
Influence to Achieve Desired Results Through the Formal
Organization Involve:
• Establishing Goals and Objectives that Communicate
Expectations about Desired Results
• Instituting Policies and Procedures That Make Clear Means
and Methods for Achieving Desired Results
• Creating Roles and Assigning Responsibilities to Structure
Activities Needed to Attain Desired Results.
• Providing People and Other Resources That Reflect the
Priority of the Desired Results.
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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP LEVERAGES
THE FORMAL ORGANIZATION

22. Using Organizational Levers Creates
Circumstances That Support the Desired
Future State by Communicating and
Creating Expectations for Changes in
Behavior.
Identifying How to Move Specific
Stakeholders in the Desired Direction is a
Critical Next Step.
4. PINPOINTING STAKEHOLDER
LEVERS
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23. Leaders Can More Effectively Produce Desired
Action by Leveraging:
• Needs / Interests That Motivate Stakeholders
• Power / Influence Stakeholders Have
• Trusting / Cooperative Relations With Stakeholders
• The Assistance / Resources Stakeholders Offer
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
ASSESSES STAKEHOLDERS
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24. Interests and
Needs
Power and
Influence
Trust and
Cooperation
Contributions and
Resources
IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDER
LEVERS
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25. The Purposeful Leadership Process
Progresses From Understanding What
Changes are Needed and Possible, to
What Changes Are Best and Should be
Made, and Completes the Cycle by
Explaining How Changes Can be
Accomplished.
PURPOSEFUL LEADERS PROCEED
FROM BROAD TO SPECIFIC EFFORTS
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26. Leadership Activities Are Based Upon the
Preceding Steps in the Purposeful
Leadership Process.
They Involve Using Organizational and
Stakeholder Levers in Directing and
Energizing Efforts Toward the Desired
Future.
5. USING LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
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27. FOUR TYPES OF LEADERSHIP
ACTIVITIES ARE POSSIBLE
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Raising
Awareness
Focusing
Attention
Changing
Attitudes
Taking
Action
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28. Purposeful Leaders Understand That Four Kinds
of Activities are Useful for Changing Behavior:
1. Raising Awareness of Behaviors that Support Desired
Changes
2. Focusing Attention on Behaviors that Support Desired
Changes
3. Countering Unproductive or Supporting Productive
Attitudes Through Persuasion and Consequences
4. Taking Symbolic or Direct Actions Whose Effects
Have a Positive Impact on Desired Changes
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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
FACILITATES BEHAVIOR CHANGE

29. SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS
Developing Purposeful Leadership
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30. 1. Context 2. Desired
Future
3. Organizational
Levers
4. Stakeholder
Levers
5. Activities
Organizational
Circumstances
Adaptation Goals & Purposes Interests &
Needs
Raising
Awareness
Organizational
Capabilities
Execution Policies & Practices Power &
Influence
Directing
Attention
Individual
Circumstances
Alignment Roles &
Responsibility
Trust &
Cooperation
Changing
Attitudes
Individual
Capabilities
Engagement Staffing &
Resources
Contributions &
Resources
Taking Action
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP
MATRIX
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31. Leadership Challenges Don’t Arise
in Orderly and Predicable Ways.
Leaders May Be Engaged in
Purposeful Leadership at Various
Steps Simultaneously.
Each Leadership Challenge is an
Opportunity to Apply the Purposeful
Leadership Process in a Different
Way.
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP CHANGES
WITH SHIFTING CONDITIONS
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32. Purposeful
Leadership
Enables
Leaders to
Cope
Effectively
with Complex,
Changing
Circumstances
by
Specifying a
Set of
Competencies
That Can be
Flexibly Applied
Across
Situations.
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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP REQUIRES
AGILITY TO MEET NEW CHALLENGES

33. 1. What provides
the context for
and
constrains the
actions
of the
enterprise?
Analyzing
present
circumstances
and capabilities
2. What is the
best way for the
enterprise to
survive and
thrive into the
future?
Envisioning and
planning a viable
future
3. What
elements of the
enterprise can
leverage
changes
in the desired
direction?
Identifying
formal,
enterprise
processes that
produce change
4. What
stakeholder
characteristics
must be
considered to
positively effect
change?
Pinpointing
stakeholders’
role in effecting
change
5. What activities
are effective for
bringing about
desired
changes?
Focusing on
activities that
support the
anticipated
future
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON FIVE
AREAS
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34. 1. Understanding the Context and Constraints for Leadership
Requires Skills in Analyzing and Assessing Organization and
Individual Factors.
2. Focusing on the Desired Future Specifies Skills Associated with
Adaptation, Alignment, Engagement and Execution.
3. Identifying Organizational Levers Indicates the Need for
Understanding the Formal Mechanisms for Exerting Power and
Influence in the Enterprise.
4. Pinpointing Stakeholder Levers Requires Skills in Organizational
Behavior and Motivation.
5. Using Leadership Activities Includes Conceptual and Behavioral
Skills to Communicate and Carry Out Necessary Actions.
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP OFFERS A
FRAMEWORK FOR LEADERSHIP
SKILLS
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35. 1. Context
2. Desired
Future
3. Organizational
Levers
4. Stakeholder
Levers
5. Activities
Regulations &
Social
Responsibility
Business
Acumen: What
Matters?
Dashboards &
Metrics
Persuasion,
Influence
& Negotiation
Personal
Management
Ethics &
Standards
Envisioning and
Strategizing
Performance
Management
Setting Climate for
Engagement
Emotional Acumen
Managing
Diversity
Managing
Stakeholders
Organization/Job
Design
Conflict,
Competition &
Collaboration
Self-Awareness &
Insight
Fairness & Justice
Agility &
Innovation
Continuous
Improvement
Delegation &
Decision-Making
Balance
S.W.O.T.+
Change
Readiness &
Preparation
Planning Tools,
Process, Systems
Developing Others
Professional
Development
PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING EXAMPLE
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