The five levels of leadership

1. The five levels of leadership • Position • People follow because they have to • Permission • People follow because they want to • Production • People follow because of what you have done for the organization • People development • People follow because of what you have done for them • Personhood • People follow because of who you are and what you represent

2. 5 levels of leadership

3. Influence • Integrity – builds relationships on trust • Nurturing – cares about people as individuals • Faith – believes in people • Listening – values what others have to say • Understanding – sees from their point of view • Enlarging – helps others become bigger • Navigating – assists others through difficulties • Connecting – initiates positive relationships • Empowering – gives them the power to lead

4. Influence • Leadership is the ability to obtain followers • Leadership is influence • If you have neither position nor influence, people will not follow you • Everyone is a leader, because everyone influences someone • He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk

5. Integrity • A person of integrity is one who has established a system of values against which all of life is judged. • Integrity is not what we do so much as who we are. And who we are, in turn, determines what we do.

6. Integrity • Builds trust • High influence value • Facilitates high standards • Results in a solid reputation, not just an image • Means living it yourself before leading others • Credible not just clever • Hard-won achievement

7. Vision • Some people never see it (wanderers) • Some people see it but never pursue it on their own (followers) • Some people see it and pursue it (achievers) • Some people see it and pursue it and help others see it (leaders)

8. Vision • Understand your vision • Embrace the vision • Convey the vision to others

9. The leadership loop

10. caring • Take an interest in people • Look for value in every person • Put yourself in others’ shoes • You won’t take an interest in people if deep down you care nothing about them

11. learning • Get to know people • Take time to talk to your peers • Hear their stories • Discover their best skills • Appreciate their differences • Ask for their opinions

12. appreciating • Respect people • See others’ unique experiences and skills as a resource and try to learn from them • Appreciate people for who they are

13. contributing • Add value to people • Don’t keep your best stuff to yourself • Fill in their gaps • Invest in growth • Take them along

14. verbalizing • Affirm People • Become your peers’ best cheerleader • Praise their strengths • Acknowledge their accomplishments • Say positive things about them to your peers • Sincerely compliment them at every opportunity

15. leading • Influence people • Past 5 steps have led to relationships, credibility and proof of genuine motives • You have earned the opportunity to influence your peers

16. Succeeding • Win with people • Leaders balance two important motivations • Fulfill a vision • Seeing others succeed • Great leaders don’t use people so that they can win. They lead people so that they all can win together.