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Becoming You
The Key to Becoming a Leader
Geoff McDonald @BookRapper BookRapper.com
The Book




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The Book
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Warren Bennis

The Author
Leadership = Side Effect

The BIG Idea
Know Thyself



Speed RAP
Am I being all I can be?
Your Challenge
Step Up!

Book Rapper Says...
Being a Leader




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Being a Learner
Being a Leader
Pursue a Worthy Goal
Leadership is a Side-Effect
Mastering Your Context




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Surrender or Master?

All born into circumstances...
Master Individual Context

Fully expressed or not. Choose!
Master Organisational Context

What’s required depends on the situation
The Leadership Switch




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Declaration of Leadership
True To Your Origins
Best Teacher

                         Responsibility

                         Learn Anything

                         Reflection

Four Lessons of Self Knowledge
Manager or Leader?
Which one are you - in your way of being?
Four Competencies




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Engage Others

Shared meaning around a common vision
Distinctive Voice

Strong, clear and decisive
Integrity

Often failures point to what is really required
Adaptive Capacity
Responding to relentless change
Learning to Lead




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Self-knowledge

                   Codify your Thoughts

                   Opportunities

                   Self-Invention
Four Lifelong Leadership Pursuits
Training             Education
                   Static       Dynamic
                   Facts        Ideas
                 Narrow         Broad
                 Surface        Deep
                    Rote        Experiential
                  Tactics       Strategy
                     Job        Life

Which one are you delivering? Receiving?
Promoting Leadership




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Leadership Tasks

   Connect                Study              Global


            Anticipate            Innovate            Network


    Mission          Environment         Culture

What is the Leader responsible for?
Opportunities for Leaders
Promote leadership by promoting leadership opportunities
Leading the Future




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Pygmalion

Expect great performance to get great performance
Gretzky

See where you need to be to grow capability
Encourage Dissent

Actively promote alternate thinking
More...




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Buy the Book!
Why Should Anyone Be Led By You?
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Who are you?
Who are you becoming?
Are you a leader in your own life?
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