Leadership Retreat

1. Leadership Retreat “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths!” Allan J. Calarco, Faculty Center for Creative Leadership April 2015

2. The Center for Creative Leadership CCL serves 35,000+ leaders and 3,000+ organizations annually in 100+ countries from 10 offices and 12 affiliates. Top 10 Global Rankings in Financial Times and Bloomberg BusinessWeek and98% Client Satisfaction CCL empowers 10,000+ men, women and youth annually at the grassroots level through Leadership Beyond Boundaries.

3. Developing Leaders Worldwide Colorado Springs, Colorado Brussels, Belgium New Delhi - NCR, India Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Moscow, Russia Singapore Johannesburg, South Africa Shanghai, China San Diego, California Greensboro, North Carolina CCL has the largest managed network of leadership faculty and coaches in the world with nearly 1,000 professionals speaking 48 languages

4. YOU ?

5. Direction Alignment Commitment So how do you get people to work together willingly and effectively to produce transformational results? A C D LIGNMENT IRECTION OMMITMENT Agreement on collective aim, mission, vision, or goal Organization and coordination of work Willingness to place collective efforts and benefits above individual benefits

6. Types of Leadership Defined Process of engaging with others to create a connection that increases motivation in both the leader and the followers Focuses on the exchanges that occur between leaders and their followers Focuses on the leader’s own interests rather than the interests of their followers TRANSACTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL PSEUDOTRANSFORMATIONAL

7. The Leader is attentive to the needs and motives of followers and tries to help followers reach their fullest potential. Process of engaging with others to create a connection that increases Motivation in both the leader and the followers Mohandas Gandhi – raised the hopes and dreams of millions of people and in the process was changed himself TRANSFORMATIONAL

8. I would never require someone to do something that I wouldn't do myself. • My colleagues would say that they know what I stand for. • Inspiring others has always come easy to me. • My colleagues have told me that my enthusiasm and positive energy are infectious. • My colleagues would say that I am very attentive to their needs and concerns. • Even though I could easily do a task myself, I delegate it to expand my colleagues skills. • Innovation and creativity are the keys to success. • I encourage my colleagues to question their most basic way of thinking.

9. Direction Alignment Commitment How will we coordinate our work to fit together? How will we decide on a shared direction? How will we maintain commitment to the collective?

10. Direction Alignment Commitment Coordinated, facing same way but lacking momentum Willing cooperation but lacking purpose • Inertia • Running in circles • Team is going nowhere fast • Everyone heading in different directions • Promises without delivery • Nobody “walks the talk” • Only easier things get done • Failure to progress The “Sweet Spot” of Leadership • Buy-in but uncoordinated • Competing for resources • Failure to agree on key elements & ways of working

11. Leaders and Managers • Planning • Budgeting • Organizing • Controlling • Staffing • Problem solving • Within paradigms • Vision/Direction Setting • Aligning People • Motivating • Inspiring • Coping w/Change • Between paradigms • Trust Manager Leader

13. Remember…Dr. King never said…. I HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN....

14. Key Critical Questions for Leaders How High is Your Impact?How high do you want it to be? So what type of leadership is needed in your organization? Are you taking personal responsibility and holding people accountability? Do you have 20 years of experience…or 1 year of experience 20 times?

15. Questions/Discussion

16. “The way we get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney