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The Future of Public Leadership on Aruba

Key Note Speaker: mr. Roy MezasDiscussant: dr. Juliet Chieuw

5LevelsofLeadership

InspiredbyJohnMaxwell

JohnCalvinMaxwellisanAmericanauthorandspeakerwhohaswrittenmanybooks,primarilyfocusingonleadership.TitlesincludeThe21IrrefutableLawsofLeadershipandThe21IndispensableQualitiesofaLeader.

VincentThomasLombardiwasanAmericanfootballplayer,coach,andexecutiveintheNationalFootballLeague

ColinLutherPowellisanAmericanstatesmanandaretiredfour-stargeneralintheUnitedStatesArmy.

Level1:Position

• Beginningofleadershipjourney• Peoplefollowyoubecauseyouaretheboss,becauseofyour“position”

• Butthepositiondoesn't’tmakeyouagreatleader

• Peoplewhofollowyouwillgiveyoutheleastamountoftheirenergyandeffort

• Peoplefollowyoubecausetheyhaveto

Level2:Permission

• Peoplebegintofollowyoubecausetheywantto

• Leadersstarttoconnecttopeople• Relationshipswithpeoplearethefoundationofleadership

• Leadersvaluetheirpeople• Leadersbegintodeveloprelationalskills–theylistenwell,theyobserve,theyarelearning(servanthood)

Level3:Production

• Youbecomeeffectiveasaleaderbecauseyouproduce– producebyexample,rolemodelfortheotherpeopletofollowyouhowtobeproductiveandeffective

• Leadershipbeginstogaincredibility• Lawofmagnetism– weattractwhowearenotwhowewant

• Leadersstarttocreatemomentum–importanttoproblem-solving

Level4:PeopleDevelopment

• People– themostimportantassetinanorganization

• Leadersgrowacompanybygrowinganddevelopingpeople

• Thekeytodevelopinggoodpeople– recruit,position,equip

• Equipmentprocess– Idoit,Idoitandyouarewithme,YoudoitandI’mwithyou,Youjustdoit,Youdoitandsomebodyiswithyou

Level5:Pinnacle

• Peoplefollowyoubecauseofwhoyouare,whatyouhavedone

CaseStudyQuestions

1. DescribeWelch’sleadershipstyle2. AssessWelch’sleadershipeffectiveness3. WouldyoudescribeJackWelchasa

successfulleaderatGE?Explain.4. HowwouldyouratetheethicsofWelch’s

leadership?5. WouldyouhavewantedtoworkforJack

Welch?Whyorwhynot?