leading yourself so you can lead others

Nick Mandel

Leading Yourself So You Can Lead Others

Leading Ourselves so We Can Lead Others

• How can we better lead ourselves

• How can we influence others so they want to be lead by us

• Putting First Things First in Leading Ourselves

• Why Should Anyone Want to be Led by You?

How Can We Better Lead Ourselves?

Family & Friends

Health & Fitness

Personal Self Growth

Career and Education Budget & Finance

Other?

Your Life

Your Name

Spouse

Son or daughter

Parents or Close Friends

Promotion or New Position

Upgrade in Training/ Certification

Spiritual/ Religious

New Hobby

Vacation Time

Too Much Debt

Volunteer / Community

Holiday & Entertainment Expenses

Exercise

Diet

How Can We Better Lead Ourselves?

Family & Friends

Health & Fitness

Personal Self Growth

Career and Education

Budget & FinanceNick’s Life

Daughter – Out of State / Recent College GradDifficulty finding suitable employment

Brother-in-Law, Health Concerns & Surgery

Update Resume

Prepare proposals for SFCC & Other Organizations

Goal Planning 2009

Increase Savings

Finish reading book

Budget for upcoming Holiday & Entertainment Expenses

Annual Physical

Diet & Exercise- exceeding idea weightTwo Runs before end of year

Create Website/Blogging Page

New Training Courses

Wife- more time

Our Circle of Influence……….

My LifeCircle of Control

Circle of Concern

Circle of Influence

•Family•Direct Reports•Co-workers •Church or Civic

•Global Warming•Financial Credit Crisis•New Director / Supervisor

If we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of

Influence to shape much of our lives by default~Stephen R. Covey

Our Circle of Influence……….

My Life- What I Control

Circle of Concern- What you care about

Circle of Influence- What you can do something about

FamilyDirect ReportsCo-workers Church or Civic

New Boss/ Personnel ChangesNational Economy & Impact on your FinancesPresidential / Local Elections

I -Urgent/Important II- Not Urgent/ Important

III-Urgent/Not Important IV-Not Urgent/Not Important

Leading Yourself to Lead Others

Put First Things First

I -Urgent/Important II- Not Urgent/ Important

III-Urgent/Not Important IV-Not Urgent/Not Important

Leading Yourself to Lead Others

Put First Things First

Report due to Supervisor-today

Child Sick – needs attention

Upcoming Family Issues

End of the year closeouts

Alarm Clocking Ringing

Meeting You Don’t need to Attend

Dancing w/ the Stars

Opening Junk Mail

Watching NFL Football

Planning & Preparation for 2009

Leading Yourself to Lead Others

YOUR LIFE

OTHER VALUES IMPORTANT TO YOUR LIFE

PERSONAL SELF-ESTEEM & DEVELOPMENT

SPIRITUALFINANCES & BUDGET

HEALTH & FITNESS

FAMILY & FRIENDS

Source- Jim Rohn & Dr. Charles Maxwell

JOB & CAREER

Leading Yourself to Lead Others

YOUR LIFE

SPIRITUALFINANCES & BUDGET

HEALTH & FITNESS

FAMILY & FRIENDS

JOB & CAREER

OTHER VALUES IMPORTANT TO YOUR LIFE

PERSONAL SELF-ESTEEM & DEVELOPMENT

Circle of Influence

Circle of Concern

Leading Yourself to Lead Others

YOUR LIFE

SPIRITUALFINANCES & BUDGET

HEALTH & FITNESS

FAMILY & FRIENDS

JOB & CAREER

OTHER VALUES IMPORTANT TO YOUR LIFE

PERSONAL SELF-ESTEEM & DEVELOPMENT

Urgent/Important

Not UrgentImportant

Urgent/Not Important

Not Urgent/Not Important

Goal #1

Goal #2

Goal #3

A leader is...A leader is...

someone you choose to follow to a place you wouldn’t go

by yourself.

Why Should Anyone be Led by You?

Why Should Anyone be Led by You?

Level 5 Leadership

Jim Collins,

“Good to Great”

Level 5 Leadership

•Personal Humility but Professional Will,

•Ambitious, for the organization Foremost, •Set up successors for greater success, •Driven to produce sustained results

Characteristics of a Characteristics of a leaderleader

Loyalty Compassion

Communication

Courage

Commitment

Trust IntegrityInspiratio

n

Why Should Anyone be Led by You?

Leading Ourselves so We Can Lead Others

• How can we better lead ourselves

• How can we influence others so they want to be lead by us

• Putting First Things First in Leading Ourselves

• Why Should Anyone Want to be Led by You?

Leading Ourselves so We Can Lead Others

Be Better Leader of Ourselves to be Leader of Others

Consider Our Circle of Influence so we can Better Influence Those we Care About

Put Our First Things First in Leading Ourselves to Lead Others

Be a Leader of Integrity so Others will Willingly Follow