Leadership Concepts EPO #1

Identify and/or apply the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership.

The 5 practices of exemplary leadership 

• Model the Way 

• Inspire a Shared Vision 

• Challenge the Process 

• Enable Others to Act

• Encourage the Heart

Model the Way 

Lead by example

clarify values and guiding shared values

Know yourself

Set the example

Align actions with your values

leading by example is more effective than leading by command

Inspire a Shared Vision

Think and envision the future of the team

Enlist others in a common vision

know your people and seek their language

Passion + Pride = Performance

Paint the big picture of what we aspire to accomplish

Challenge the Process 

Seek opportunities to innovate ways to improve/grow

leadership is learning by doing and adapting

learn by successes and mistakes

celebrate small wins to build confidence

Experiment and take risk

Build confidence

Ask: what can we learn?

Enable Others to Act

Leadership is a TEAM effort

Solid trust builds strong relationships and confidence

“We” instead of “I”

Empower your people to make decisions

Leaders work to make their people strong, committed, and capable

Encourage the Heart

Everyone is important

Recognize contributions by showing appreciation for individuals excellence

Link rewards with performance

Leadership is a relationship

Be involved and have fun

Say thank you to people and mean it

What is leadership?

The process of influencing people towards the achievements of a shared goal

Position Authority

Hierarchal fashion, heavily reliant on chain of command

Power granted to them by the organization and derive their influence from formal authority

Only use their authority “down” the organizational ladder to direct subordinates

Leader

leads people

Does the right thing

Inspires trust

Originates

innovates

Drives influence from people

Goals are to develop employees and align them with organized goals

Gets people to do things bc they want to

Manager

Manages things, actives, processes

Focus on doing things right

Relies on control

Administrates

Drives influence from formal authority

Goals are to get results

Gets people to do things

4 Characteristics/Qualities of leadership

• Honest

• Forward looking

• Inspiring

• Competency

Honest

Lays the foundation for trust

Forward Looking

Implies that the leader has scanned and analyzed the environment and knows where they are going

Inspiring

Implies that leader is sincere and committed to the direction they are leading

Competency

Implies leader has social skills, political savvy and emotional intelligence to lead safety and effectively.