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Living LeadershipLiving Leadership

Developing the leader within you

George Binney

Developing the leader within you

George Binney

• Who was involved and what happened?

• What did you do and how did you behave – that caused others to follow you?

You as a leader – tell the story of when you have led well

• Coming alongside leaders and their teams over 12 to 24 months

• Observing people in action• Reflecting together on what’s

happening

Our method – Action Research

‘The lengthened shadow of one great person’

- Warren Bennis

Heroic LeadershipHeroic Leadership

-exists as aspiration, not reality

What we found

What we found

• What is effective leading? - It depends!

• Leaders have to be highly adaptable

• Many people, at many levels, lead at different moments

There is no recipe

Living Leadership

• Leadership is not just about what a leader does or how he/she is

• The followers choose who to give authority to

• It is a two-way process

1. Leading happens between people in the moment

Living Leadership

• Leading is shaped by context• Effective leaders see potential in the

context, however difficult• The art of the possible

2. Context, context, context

Living leadership

• It is not about being perfect• What makes you a good leader

are your imperfections• You are on a stage• Bringing yourself with skill takes

years of practice – and a willingness to keep learning

3. People lead well when they bring themselves – with skill – to their leading

Living Leadership: A different idea of leading

TO: Someone who

Adapts to different situations

Embodies values and goals that followers attach to

Demonstrates character (not charisma)

Copes with uncertainty, contradictions, mess and helps people to stop and think

Enables others to achieve results

FROM:

The leader as transforming hero

What you can do as a leader

• Get real

• Get connected

• Get help

• Taking responsibility for the

organisation as a whole• Lack of emotional intelligence• Failing to act on judgement • Battling not collaborating

Common challenges for doctors

Living leadership

(sometimes) power without responsibility

Living Leadership

• You can’t download leadership• Development requires personal

discovery• People develop as they lead on

critical tasks and reflect on their experience

How do you develop it?

Living Leadership

• Individual support and validation• Helping connect about what matters• Helping people join up their

experience

How do you develop it?

A different relationship: not participant and tutor but consultant and client learning together

Conclusion

Be the leader you can be

And don’t try to be the leader you think you ought to be

What we found

• You need all your faculties to work out what’s needed

• You can’t “bring yourself with skill” if you are stressed and tired

• Nor if you are doing what is against your values

The critical importance of self preservation

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