Discover the Top 5 characteristics leaders need to thrive in the workplace.

1. How to Lead with C.L.A.S.S.
FACILITATOR: MARCIA BENNETT, M.ED., CIPM

2. ❖Introduction
❖Credibility Factor
❖Why are we here?
❖Leadership DNA
❖The Top 5
❖The power of compassion
❖Useful Words Test
❖Post It Exercise
❖The Secret
❖Values
❖Board of Directors
Presentation RoadMap “Execution is the key to accomplishment.”

3. What makes you a great leader? "To add value to others, one must first value
others."

4. The Top 5
Compassion
Listening
Acceptance
Support
Strength
"There are no office hours for leaders."

5. Compassion “Discipline does not equal limitations.”

6. Listening
“Clarity comes from action not from thought.”
Useful Words Test
Which of the following words would you consider useful in explaining
something to another person?
Precisely Exactly Unequal Angry
Level About Something like that Thing-a-majig
Watch-ya-ma-call-it Certain Deadline Unsure
Empty Requirements Facts Sequence
Contingency Critical Late Delivery
Pretty Near Partially Full

7. Acceptance
Post It!
Write down on 5 post its, 5 things
that come to mind when you think
about the word:
Acceptance
Let’s
Discuss
"Leadership is an action, not a position."

8. We could learn a lot from crayons:
Some are sharp,
Some are pretty,
Some are dull,
Some have weird names,
and are all different colors,
But they all have to live in the same
box.

9. Acceptance- “Thinking Out Loud”
★ Appreciating diversity is valuing what makes us similar as well as different.
★ How are people similar to a box of crayons?
★ Have you met people who have distinct names or talk differently than you do?
★ How did you react when you first met them?
★ How did they react to you?
★ Do the ways people look indicate their level of intelligence?
★ How can people with varying traditions, beliefs, and values learn to live together
in the same community?
★ What would you expect to be the positive and negative about that type of
situation?
★ What if everyone in the world was exactly the same?
★ If they all looked the same, talked the same, shared the same views, practices,
and traditions, what kind of world would it be?
★ Do you think this would be a place you’d want to live? Why or why not? Explain.
“There is no failure. Only feedback.”

12. The secret to being an
effective leader is....
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

13. Strength
Strengths Vs. Weaknesses
CREATIVE ------------------------ DISORGANIZED
ORGANIZED ------------------------ INFLEXIBLE
DEDICATED ------------------------ STUBBORN
CLAM ------------------------
EMOTIONLESS
REFLECTIVE ------------------------ SHY
ADVENTUROUS ------------------------ IRRESPONSIBLE
ASSERTIVE ------------------------ INTIMIDATING
SELF-CONFIDENT ------------------------ ARROGANT
PATIENT ------------------------ INDECISIVE
PASSIONATE ------------------------ IMPATIENT
“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

14. Leadership Strengths
Achiever
Activator
Adaptability
Analytical
Arranger
Belief
Command
Communication
Competition
Connectedness
Consistency
Context
Deliberative
Developer
Discipline
Empathy
Focus
Futuristic
Harmony
Ideation
Includer
Individualization
Input
Intellection
Learner
Maximizer
Positivity
Relator
Responsibility
Restorative
Self Assurance
Significance
Strategic
Woo
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

15. Support
Board of Directors Values of Board
Accomplishment
Creativity
Freedom
Humor
Influence
Peace
Integrity
Learning/Curious
Order
Personal Growth and Development
Simplicity
Justice
Winning
Wisdom
“To add value to others, one must first value others.”

16. Who is on your Board? “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there
is.”

17. JUST ONE MORE THING!
1. Place contact card into fish
bowl.
2. Write on the back of the card
how many easter eggs are in
the bowl.
3. The Winner will receive a
$20 Amazon Gift Card!
Index Cards:
● Name
● E-mail Address
● Phone Number
● Write down 2 things you learned
Write down 1 thing you would like
to focus on improving over the
next 90 days

18. Certificate of Completion
Make sure to receive a
Certificate of completion before leaving.

19. Resources for Conference Attendees
Visit: www.marcia-bennett.com to access the following:
● Useful Words Test
● Strengths vs. Weaknesses
● Leadership Quotes
● Access Virtual Success Library
○ Personal & Professional
Development Resource Center

20. LEADERSHIP READING SUGGESTIONS

21. Q&A