Dispelling the Myths and Conveying the Truth about Leadership
- Leadership can only be learned, not taught.
- Leading is about your heart.
- Managing is about your head.
History of Leadership
- History of Superior/Subordinate Relationships
- The Managerial “Bossing” Cycle
- What does a Leader have to have to be a Leader?
Leadership
- A leader must have followers to become a leader.
- Leadership is given to you from your followers, whereas your title is given to you by the organization.
- A leader must serve his/her followers.
- Leadership is Servanthood not Servitude.
- A manager operates from control. A leader operates from service.
DISCovering Yourself and Connecting with Others
(to unleash your Peer Leader Potential)
- Exploration of your own DISC and PVA Results.
- Application to connecting with Others, as a Peer Leader.
Peer Leader-Follower Model
- Internal Accountability vs. External Accountability.
- Making the Paradigm Shift from Subordinate to Peer Leader.
- Before you can lead, you have to learn to follow.
- Able leaders emerge from the ranks of followers.
- What’s in it for me?
Full Exploration of the Core Skills to be a Peer Leader
- Helpfulness
- Ability to shift your paradigm from Management [control] to Leadership [service]
- Ability to forgive and forget
- Internally Motivated
- Adult-Adult Communication Style
- Ownership of what is yours
- Honest/Trustworthy
- Emotionally Mature
- Flexible
- Willingness to team with others
Radiant Leadership Model
(Balancing People/Relationships and Tasks/Results, Tradition and Change)
- The model consists of fifteen core competency areas.
Peer Leadership Tools
- Adult-to-Adult Communication Style
- Feedback - 7-10 Rule
- Communication Focus Zones - Having your communication zones dialed in properly and aligned with others allow you to connect more easily. Connection builds trust.
Transactional Analysis - Effective Communications
- Parent Mode: Patronizing, authoritarian, blaming, controlling
- Child Mode: Rebellious, evasive, self-excusing, sulking, whining, mocking, victim.
- Adult Mode: Solution oriented, information-centered, mature emotions, non-accusatory, objective
Give Feedback to Those You are “Peer Leading”
- You can expect what you inspect.
- You get the behavior you reward.
- You become what you think about.
A positive Peer Leader (follower) evolves into an excellent Leader.
