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Leadership for Tomorrow:
Exploring New Approaches
April 30, 2009
Christopher Anderson, 4-H Youth Development SpecialistMaryland Cooperative Extension, College Park, MD
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To introduce (or review with) to you one of myfavorite resources on leadership.
To discuss how this resource might help you in
your work with advisory groups, councils,program committees, etc.
Personal Leadership Development
Individual Leadership Development of GroupMembers
Building Teamwork and Leadership Ability of theGroup
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Have you previously read the The 21 IrrefutableLaws of Leadership by John Maxwell?
Do you provide leadership to advisory groups,councils, boards, program committees or othersimilar groups?
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They want to repay an indebtedness or giveback.
They believe in the organization and share its
mission/values. They want to make connections.
They are looking for a place to use talents or
skills. They want to learn new skills or gain
experience.
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Clear sense of Goals
Clear Roles and Responsibilities
Open communication
Productive disagreement
Strong External Relationships
Agreement to Support Decisions
Routine Self-Assessment
Celebrate Successes
Effective Leadership
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Orientation is essential: covering topics such as jobduties, organizational mission, strategic plan,programs offered, etc.
Additionally, it is beneficial to go throughadditional training as a group Gives the group a common language
to communicate with,
to grow around,
to disagree around, to learn by teaching others
to have fun
Results in a group that more effectively plans, makesdecisions, and leads with one voice.
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Considered as one of the classics onleadership. More than 1 million copies sold.
First released in 1998.
Tenth Anniversary Edition - updated andrevised in 2007.
Easy to read and understand.
Contains insight and lessons to be learned fromhistoric and current leaders of business, sports,military, politics, and religion.
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Internationally recognized expert onleadership.
Has authored more than 40 books.
Has founded four companies.
Has served as Minister of some of the countryslargest church congregations.
Speaker to Fortune 500 companies,international government leaders, militaryacademies and sports organizations.
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The laws can be learned.
The laws can stand alone.
The laws carry consequences with them.
These laws are the foundation of leadership
Nobody does all the laws well, thats why youneed to build a team.
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Leadership Ability Determines aPersonsLevel of Effectiveness.
Leadership ability is alwaysthe lid on personal andorganizational effectiveness.Whatever you want to
accomplish is restricted byyour leadership ability.
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The True Measure of Leadership is InfluenceNothing More, Nothing Less.
If you dont have influenceyou will never lead others.To change organizationsyou need influence.
Leadership is not basedupon holding position,leadership is about yourability to influence.
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Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day.
Leadership is learned over time. Its theability to develop and improve ones skillsthat distinguishes leaders from their
followers. Successful leaders are learners.
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Anyone Can Steer the Ship, but It Takes aLeader to Chart the Course.
Leaders have a vision for theirdestination, they understandwhat it will take to get there,they know who theyll need
on the team to be successful,and they recognize theobstacles long before theyappear on the horizon.
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Leaders Add Value by Serving Others
The best place for a leader isntalways the top position. It isntthe most prominent orpowerful place. Its the place
where he or she can serve thebest and add the most value toother people.
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Trust is the Foundation of Leadership.
To build trust, a leader must exemplify thesequalities: competence, connection, and character.Character makes trust possible. And trust makesleadership possible.
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People Naturally Follow Leaders StrongerThan Themselves.
People dont follow othersby accident. They followindividuals whose
leadership they respect.Followers are attracted topeople who are betterleaders than themselves.
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Leaders Evaluate Everything With aLeadership Bias.
Leadership depends on more thanjust the facts. Leaders see trends,resources and problems, and canread people. The law of intuition is
based on factsplus instinct and otherintangible factors. A leader has toread the situation and knowinstinctively what play to call.
Leadership is more art than science.
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Who You Are Is Who You Attract.
Leaders are always on the look out for good
people. In most situations you draw people toyou who possess the same qualities you do. Thebetter leader you are, the better leaders you willattract.
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Leaders Touch a Heart Before They Ask for aHand.
Effective leaders know that you firsthave to touch peoples hearts beforeyou ask them for a hand. The heartcomes before the hand. People dont
care how much you know until theyknow how much you care. Toconnect with people in a group,relate to them as individuals.
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A Leaders Potential Is Determined by ThoseClosest to Him.
All great leadershave surroundedthemselves with a
strong inner circle.
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Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others.
The peoples capacity to achieve is determined by
their leaders ability to empower. The bestexecutive is the one who has the sense enough topick good men to do what he wants done, and theself-restraint enough to keep from meddling with
them while they do it - Theodore Roosevelt.
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People Do What People See
Good leaders are always
conscious of the fact they aresetting the example and othersare going to do what the y do,for better or for worse. In
general, the better the leadersactions the better theirpeoples.
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People Buy into the Leader, Then the Vision.
The leader finds the dream
and then the people. Thepeople find the leader, andthen the dream. People dontfirst follow worthy causes.
They follow worthy leaderswho promote worthwhilecauses.
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Leaders Find a Way For the Team to Win.
Leaders believe that anything less than successis unacceptable. And they have no Plan B. Thatkeeps them fighting.
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Momentum Is a Leaders Best Friend.
It takes a leader to create momentum.
Followers catch it. And managers areable to continue once it has begun. Butcreating it requires someone who canmotivate others, not someone whoneeds to be motivated. Getting startedis a struggle, but once youre movingforward, you can really start to dosome amazing things.
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Leaders Understand That Activity Is NotNecessarily Accomplishment.
Apply the Pareto Principle, if you
focus your attention on theactivities that rank in the top 20percent in terms of importance,you will have an 80 percent return
on your effort. As a leader, youshould spend most of your timeworking in your areas of greateststrength.
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A Leader Must Give Up To Go Up.
Sacrifice is a constant in leadership. Whenyou become a leader, you lose the right tothink about yourself. - Gerald Brooks
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When to Lead Is As Important As What to Doand Where To Go.
Only the right action at theright time will bring success. Ifa leader repeatedly shows poor
judgment, even in little things,
people start to think thathaving him as the leader is thereal mistake.
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To Add Growth, Lead Followers - To Multiply,Lead Leaders.
The key to growth isleadership. It is my job tobuild the people who aregoing to build the
company. - John Schnatter.To go to the highest level,you have to develop leadersof leaders.
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ALeadersLasting Value Is Measured bySuccession.
Just as in sports a coach needs a team of goodplayers to win, an organization needs a team ofgood leaders to succeed. A legacy is created onlywhen a person puts his organization into the
position to do great things without him.
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One of the most important truths Ive learned over theyears is this: Leadership is leadership, no matter whereyou go or what you do
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Times change. Technology marches forward.Cultures vary from place to place. But the trueprinciples of leadership are constantwhether yourelooking at the citizens of ancient Greece, the armies of
the last two hundred years, the rulers of modernEurope, the pastors in local churches, or the businesspeople of todays global economy. ..
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Leadership principles stand the test of time. Theyare irrefutable. (John C. Maxwell)
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C.Maxwell
The Practice of Leadership website: a Book
Review of John Maxwells The 21 IrrefutableLaws of Leadership by George Amblerhttp://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2006/09/17/book-review-the-21-irrefutable-laws-of-leadership/
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The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership,Revised Edition by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z.Posner
The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition by James M.Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
Leadership Theorieshttp://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/theories/leadership_theories.htm