Inspirational Leadership Symposium

Michael Netzley, PhD

Michael Netzley
Daddy with three daughters PhD, University of Minnesota At SMU since 2002 Research Fellow, Society for New Communication Research 2011 recipient of Champions Award, Innovative Course Design & Execution, CEEMAN accreditation body Visiting positions in Argentina, Berlin, Finland, Slovenia, and Japan Clients include IBM, IHG, 3M, Singhealth, Mastercard, MFA, CPF, IE Singapore

Whats the Problem?

Heads Up Tuesday

Imagine the Possibilities

Table Discussion:

How many of you genuinely embrace Heads Up Tuesday and use this as an opportunity to embrace possibilities? Why or why not? What could make this more effective?

Have you used the Fast Forward Card?

Traditional View
Influence is the mark of leadership; a leader gets people to accept his vision, and the communities address problems by looking to him.
Heifetz, Leadership Without Easy Answers, PP 14-15

People-centered View
Progress on problems is the measure of leadership; leaders mobilize people to face problems, and communities make progress on problems because leaders challenge them to do so.
Heifetz, Leadership Without Easy Answers, PP 14-15

Enable Others to Act

Teach a Person to Fish

Foster Collaboration

Strengthen Others

Enabling Action

Taran Swan: Strengthen Others

Kouzes: Enabling Others to Act

Foster Collaboration
In todays virtual organization, cooperation cannot be restricted to a small group of loyalists; it must include peers, managers, customers, clients, suppliers, citizensall those with a stake in the vision. You have to involve everyonewho must live with the results, and you must make it possible for others to do good work.
- Kouzes & Posner

Leadership Challenge Workbook: Exercise 1

Develop Competence & Confidence: page 85

Individually: Review the examples

When does the person feel powerful? What can you do to increase that persons ability to act powerfully?

Individually: complete exercise on next page Table: Discuss & craft a shared list of what makes people feel powerful

Encourage the Heart

Reward Excellence

Celebrate Values/Victory

Encouraging the Heart

Taran Swan: Recognizing Success

Daniel Pink

Autonomy

Mastery
Purpose

Kouzes: Encourage the Heart

Celebrations
Celebrations are not about fun and games.neither are they about pretentious ceremonies designed to create a phony sense of camaraderie. When people observe a charlatan making a lot of noisy affections, they turn away in disgust. Encouragement is curiously serious business.
- Kouzes & Posner

Leadership Challenge Workbook: Exercise 2

Kudos for a colleague: page 98

Individually: Identify a colleague to recognize and complete the exercise Table: Discuss how you elected to recognize a colleague

Are there differences in how you go about giving recognition? Be specific. Form a list at your table of the different types or styles of recognition.

What is the most personally significant corporate celebrationbe it a project milestone or whatever that you can remember? Why has this celebration remained significant in your mind?

Build Star Teams, Not Just Star Players