Leadership Texas Hold'em Style

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Societal changes make effective leadership in the future a more challenging fast, requiring even greater sensitivity and flexibility than was ever needed before.

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Robert Tannenbaum and Warren H. Schmidt

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Leaders must first follow

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Leaders may have not learned how to lead, but then it is difficult to become a good leader without having mastered the art of following

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Leader requirements

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Leading requires sensitivity to the followers position and the knowledge, based on experience, of what motivates a person to follow a good leader.

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Challenges for leaders

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1) multiple priorities

2) balancing competing concerns

3) The demand to accomplish more with fewer resources

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President Dwight Eisenhower's demonstration

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He placed a short piece of string on a table and said "pull it, and it'll follow wherever you wish; push it, and it will go nowhere at all." This illustration showed the importance of "leading from the front".

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Pure positional authority example

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Using fear or negative reinforcement. If used as the only way that you can gain compliance, you will likely never reach the top mantle of leadership.

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Leadership definition

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The art of demonstrating to people that it is in their best interest to follow you, often times in directions to places they might not ordinarily be inclined to go.

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What is leadership?

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Persuading and influencing people to voluntarily change their direction based upon your skills and their trust in you.

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Poker player and leaders

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They share the same dilemma. They can't use the resources they were given, they have to play those cards.

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What is management?

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Management is the development of work through people.

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What is leadership?

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Leadership is the development of people through work.

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First responsibility of leaders is:

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To have a vision of where I want to take their organizations.

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A "tell" is:

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Any habit or behavior they gives other players more information about your hand and they would have simply from your play.

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you might on conspicuously play with your chips when you have a strong hand. Or perhaps you notice that another player blinks a lot whenever he has a strong hand.

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Vision as a leader

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Does not have to be too grand or lofty but it must be clear at least in your mind or where you perceive the destiny of the corporation to lie.

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Vision should be:

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Meaningful and concrete so that it is easy for people to rally behind. It must also be credible so that people believe it is possible to achieve.

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A vision statement

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Expresses the aspirations of the organization. It identifies the direction of the organization, what it hopes to become, and the principles it will follow to achieve its goals. It should also encompass the core believes and values of the organization.

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Vision should include a guide, such as:

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how customers will be served; how employees will be treated; how the organization will carry out its social or environmental responsibilities; and how the company will be structured

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Corporate vision

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Requires an assessment of the organizations history and culture: the expectation of the stockholders, employees, customers and suppliers; and, an appreciation of the place the organization occupies in the context of greater society

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Corporate vision

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Requires an assessment of the organizations history and culture: the expectation of the stockholders, employees, customers and suppliers; and, an appreciation of the place the organization occupies in the context of greater society

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A vision serves to:

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Unify the organization with a shared direction.

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A purposeful direction:

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Gives individuals confidence because they know where they're headed

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A strong vision statement can be used for?

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Planning and problem-solving by both employees and leaders. It lets every member know what the priorities of the organization are and what principles guide all decisions.

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What are multiple aspects that go into the vision?

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Well being of employees, and sustainable growth in a long term plan.

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What are multiple aspects that go into the vision?

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Well being of employees, and sustainable growth in a long term plan.

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Who can be used as a focus group for evolving vision of a company?

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Employees, officers, directors, advisors.

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A leader must do what with the vision of company before attempting to incorporate it into an organization?

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OWN IT!

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What comes after you have a clear vision for your company?

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Communicating it to the organization so that everyone understands it. The hard part.

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Examples used to provide further illustration of vision:

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Metaphors, analogies, models, or even humor help make vision more understandable.

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Part of managements responsibility is to constantly be aware of the vision.

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Leaders must restate, refresh, remind, and repeat the vision often.