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Dr. Vanessa Weaver

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What’s Your Leadership Mindset?

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Presented by:

Dr. Vanessa Weaver

Alignment Strategies LLC

May 13th 2016

Leadership Defined

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"Leadership is a process of social

influence, which maximizes the

efforts of others, towards the

achievement of a goal[1]

It motivates your team to achieve the

highest levels of performance and

creates an extraordinary

organization in the process [2].”

1] Kevin Kruse. "What is Leadership?" Forbes.com,

[2] Peter Economy. "The 9 Traits That Define Great Leadership". Inc.com

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Do Women Make Better Business

Leaders?

Many Leaders Competent, Not Remarkable

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1. Self-Confidence

2. Positive Attitude &

Outlook

3. Emotional Intelligence

4. Transformative

Leadership

5. Compelling Vision of

Future

6. Motivating Others to

Deliver Vision

7. Being Good Role Model

8. Managing Performance

9. Provide Situational

leadership

10. Have A Life

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WHAT MAKES THEM EXCEPTIONAL

LEADERS?

Laura Chinchilla

Indra NooyiLori Robinson

Sonia Sotomayor

Yingluck Shinawatra

Ursula

BurnsHilary Clinton

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Hmmmmmmm!!!

!

If you do not intentionally, deliberately and proactively

self-assess, you will unintentionally derail yourself.

Lessons Learned:

My Leadership Evolution Story

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Share Your Leadership Lesson Story

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Step 1: Think of a time when your leadership

was challenged or waivered.

• Recall, how you handled that situation.

• Did it turn out as wanted?

• What you the MAJOR lesson learned?

• Have you benefitted from MAJOR

lesson?

Step 2: Pick Partner, Share Your Gift.

• Take only 2 minutes to Share.

• Partner takes 90 seconds, share

how they’ll benefit from your

lesson

• Partners Reverse and Complete

Process

Share Your Leadership Lesson Story

1. Shrink the change

2. Find a spot

3. Train the cycle

everyday

Create Leadership Habits: 3 Small

Steps

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14BJ Fogg, PH.D. Stanford University

3 Steps to New Habits

15BJ Fogg, PH.D. Stanford University

3 Steps to New Habits

16BJ Fogg, PH.D. Stanford University

3 Steps to New Habits

1. Access via

WMM website:

Mind Tools’

Leadership

Assessment (Its

FREE).

2. Commit to

Focus

3. Go Forward and

Lead

Homework:

Discover Your Leadership Acumen

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The challenge of Leadership

is to;

Be strong, but not rude;

Be kind, but not weak;

Be bold, but not bully;

Be thoughtful, but not lazy;

Be humble, but not timid;

Be proud, but not arrogant;

Have humor, but without folly.

Need Leadership Motivational Quote

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Jim Rohn