the leadership challenge
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The leadership challengeMikael NygrenStefan Söderfjell
What do you look for and admire in a leader, someone whose direction you would willingly follow?
• Ambitious• Broad-minded• Caring • Competent• Cooperative• Courageous• Dependable• Determined• Fair-minded• Forward-looking
• Honest• Imaginative• Independent • Inspiring• Intelligent • Loyal• Mature• Self-controlled• Straightforward• Supportive
• Ambitious 21%• Broad-minded 40%• Caring 20%• Competent 66%• Cooperative 28%• Courageous 20%• Dependable 33%• Determined 24%• Fair-minded 42%• Forward-looking
71%
• Honest 88%• Imaginative 23%• Independent 6%• Inspiring 65%• Intelligent 47%• Loyal 14%• Mature 17%• Self-controlled 8%• Straightforward 34%• Supportive 35%
Source: Kouzes & Posner, 2003
The ideal leader?
Regardless of culture or workplace• Honest 88%• Forward-looking 71%• Competent 66%• Inspiring 65%
Credibility Trustworthiness
Credibility
If we do not believe in the messenger, we will not
believe the message.
The foundation of leadership
W = A
The foundation of leadership
Words = Actions
Words = Actions
Walk the talk
Practice what you preach
Do what you say you will do
The five practices of leadership
Analyzing leadership behaviour shows 5 practices of exemplary leadership
The leadership challenge is about how a leader could learn and develop these practices
These 5 challenges lead to transformation
The five practices of leadership
•Model the way• Ispire a shared visionIspire a shared vision• Challenge the processChallenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart
Clarify your values
If you stand for nothing you will fall for anything
Express your values
You can not believe in the messenger if you do not know what the messenger believes.
Live your values
Words = Actions
The five practices of leadership
• Model the wayModel the way
•Inspire a shared vision • Challenge the processChallenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart
Inspire a shared vision
Inspire a shared vision
You can not order commitment -You can only inspire to it
The five practices of leadership
• Model the wayModel the way• Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision
•Challenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart
Challenge the process
Are you doing your job in the same way today as you did 15 years ago? One year ago? Yesterday?
Will you do your job in the same way tomorrow as you do today? One year from now? 15 years from now?
Challenge the process…
…is about challenging the way things are done today in order to be
prepared for a different tomorrow
Challenge the process
ETDT
Challenge the process
Eliminate the dumb things
The five practices of leadership
• Model the wayModel the way• Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision• Challenge the processChallenge the process
•Enable others to act• Encourage the heartEncourage the heart
Enable others to act
Every individual holds a competence that is not always completely utilized
Groups have abilities and capacities to cooperate and perform that do not always develop in the best direction
Enable others to actObstacles on the way
Leadership
Group processesOrganization
Individual
Enable others to act Leadership
The five practices of leadership
• Model the wayModel the way• Inspire a shared visionInspire a shared vision• Challenge the processChallenge the process• Enable others to actEnable others to act
•Encourage the heart
Encourage the heart
”How do you feel when you are encouraged, recognized and valued
for the person you are and the things you have done?”
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