LEADERSHIP
CHARACTERISTICS
Michelle Braden

Overview 1. Introduction
2. Defining leadership – group activity
3. Characteristics of great leaders
4. Why do leaders derail?
5. Difference between management and
leadership
6. Management myths
7. 12 Elements of Great Management
8. Leadership legacy
9. What now – individual activity
10.Your leadership credo
11.Review
12.Take Away

WHO IS THE BEST LEADER YOU
KNOW AND WHY?

1.Introduce yourself
2.Who is the best leader
you know and why
3.What do you hope to
learn today?

DIVIDE INTO 3 GROUPS
 Group 1: Identify the characteristics
of a great leader
 Group 2: Identify what causes a
leader to derail
 Group3: Identify the difference
between a manager and a leader

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GREAT LEADER:
 Interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and the
ability to quickly transform a group into a vision
driven team.
 Credibility, influence, compassion, understanding,
patience and integrity
 Courage to stand for what is right
 Introspective – know your intrinsic and extrinsic
motivations, your vulnerabilities and what triggers
negative emotions
 Authentic and teachable
 Know how and when to be quiet
 Create an environment for growth and creativity
 Approachable
 Lead by influence
 Empower those around you – Great Leaders build
more leaders not more followers
 Visionary
 Set an example of excellence not perfection

Seventy-five percent of
Stanford Graduate
School of Business
Advisory Council
recommends self-
awareness as the most
important asset for a
leader to develop.

LEADERSHIP DERAILMENT
9% Technical Ability
59% Unable to work in teams 55% Unclear vision
73% Lack of clarity in communicating with others

On Becoming a Leader
Warren Bennis
List of the differences between management and leadership:
 – The manager administers; the leader innovates.
 – The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
 – The manager maintains; the leader develops.
 – The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader
focuses on people.
 – The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
 – The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-
range perspective.
 – The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and
why.
 – The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; the
leader’s eye is on the horizon.
 – The manager imitates; the leader originates.
 – The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
 – The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or
her own person.
 – The manager does things right; the leader does the right
thing.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
 Leadership and management must go hand in hand.
 Workers need their managers not just to assign
tasks but to define purpose.
 Managers must organize workers, not just to
maximize efficiency, but to nurture skills, develop
talent and inspire results.
http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-leadership-style/what-is-the-difference-between-management-and-
leadership/

LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP

“The task is to lead
people. And the goal is
to make productive the
specific strengths and
knowledge of every
individual.”
Peter Drucker

7 MANAGEMENT MYTHS:
 Once you become the leader everyone
will listen and obey
 The leader calls all the shots
 You can not trust anyone
 A leader must be objective at all times
 A leader can not back down no matter
what
 You are the leader and the best teacher
 You must defend your staff at all times

PEOPLE NEED CLEAR EXPECTATIONS:

Write your Leadership Credo:
 Set of beliefs
 Define what you want to
achieve
 Define how you want to be
perceived as a boss
 Identify goals and what you
are committed to for the next
year of leadership

LEADERSHIP LEGACY

ACTIVITY:
 How are you doing as a leader?
 What are you doing well?
 Where can you improve?
 Where will you begin?
 How will you be accountable?
 What characteristics to you admire
in another leader and want to
incorporate into your leadership?
 What difference will this make?

LAST THOUGHTS ON BECOMING
A GREAT MANAGER/LEADER:
 Have a mentor, coach or role model
 Guard against micromanaging
 Stimulate creativity
 Allow for mistakes
 Guard against managing everyone
the same way
 Guard against the favorites game
 Speak and carry yourself with proper
confidence
 Be the leader people want and need

REVIEW:
1. Introduction
2. Defining leadership – group
activity
3. Characteristics of great leaders
4. Why do leaders derail?
5. Difference between management
and leadership
6. Management myths
7. 12 Elements of Great Management
8. Leadership legacy
9. What now – individual activity
10.Your leadership credo

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