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Kristin Anderson, RPR, 2013-2015 NCSA Chair Linda McSwain, RPR, 2013-2015 NCSA Vice-Chair 1:30-2:30 Recruiting Committee Members and Cultivating New Leaders

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Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership 1) Model the way, 2) Inspire a shared vision, 3) Challenge the process, 4) Enable others to act, and 5) Encourage the heart. Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2007). The leadership Challenge (4th ed.), San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Responsible Leadership One key element to successful leadership is having a core language that sets the culture within the organization. Having this core language instills value in coaching, giving feedback, and resolving conflicts. This culture is one of respecting others opinions, listening and acknowledging others, sharing mutual trust, promoting responsibility awareness, and supporting one another to achieve goals Concelman, J., & Phelps, M. (2014). Lost in translation. T+D, 68(3), 40-45.

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So what is involved for instituting creative and innovative leadership in the future? Different types of teams. There will be strengths and weaknesses with any unit which makes them stronger together. The principles for responsible management education (PRME) help spread the word about new values and ideas. These principles are purpose, values, method, research, partnership, and dialogue (Prandini, Vervoort Isler, & Barthelmess, 2012, p. 17) Knowledge, skills, and attitudes are the key components of the framework for creating sustainable leadership. These behaviors themselves define the core elements of responsible leadership: Acting with integrity, caring for people, demonstrating ethical behavior, communicating with others, taking a long-term perspective, being open- minded, and managing responsibly outside the organization (Prandini et al., 2012, p. 19).

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21 st Century Successful Leaders Credibility is the foundation of leadership. When researchers assess the believability of sources, there are three criteria evaluated: perceived trustworthiness, expertise, and dynamism. (Kouzes & Posner, 2007) Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Bill Gates, Microsoft Steve Jobs, Apple Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Elon Musk, PayPal, Tesla Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Company. Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Howard Schultz, Starbucks Mark Zuckerberg and Cheryl Sandberg, Facebook, (Strock, 2010)

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Unique to every new leader is a personal vision. For motivation, it is important to incorporate dreams and passions. A leader should be true and anchored in who he or she is as a person. This will reflect the values placed on his or her leadership. Leadership should not be static and continue to evolve. Successful leaders look for patterns and trends from their life experiences (King, Altman, & Lee, 2011). Creative involvement tells a lot about a leaders passions and interests, which help form a vision. Leaders must follow their intuition and look beyond themselves. Leadership is a collective activity that brings the head of an organization together with its constituents to have a common vision and goal (King et al., 2011).

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First seek to understand then to be understood. Habit number five of Stephen Coveys work entitled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is to first seek to understand then to be understood. To master this task requires practice by implementation over and over again with feedback from others. A successful leader must communicate well and listen and see things from other points of view, realize the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, then seek for understanding from his or her point of view (Covey, 2004).

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Charismatic and engaged leaders ignite the energy, passions, and talents in others around them. Leaders like this are successful in organizations because they understand that people commit to causes and not plans. This transformational leadership style enlists people to infuse their energy into strategies. Taking leadership ideas to the next level of implementation requires forward-looking and thinking in times of rapid change. Shared visions have the power to sustain commitment. Creative leaders picture what is to be done next, the unique image of what the future holds for themselves and the organization as a whole. The constituents of an organization should be surveyed though to account that everyone has the same path and goal (Kouzes, 2007).

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HAVE FUN! HAVE FUN!! Values essential for leadership are having creativity and realizing while tradition may be respected there may often be a better ways to accomplish common goals. Equality enables everyone to feel important and part of a cause. Everyone needs to feel what they are setting out to accomplish has meaning and is worthwhile (King et al., 2011, p. 89).

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