business leadership a vanguard style
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A changed society requires new leadership styles. And yet many of the fundamentals remain the same.TRANSCRIPT
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Business LeadershipA Vanguard Style
By Alan K. Rudi
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Social Changes
Agricultural Age
LaborAndTools
Industrial Revolution
Machines And
Migration
Services Economy
InternetAnd
Globalization
Knowledge Age
InnovationAnd
Socialization
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Imagine You Are… How? Look to…
Visionary w/Social Purpose
“Conscious Capitalism” Mackey and Sisodia
Self-Aware “Leadership & Self-Deception” Arbinger Inst.
A Teacher and Servant Jesus Christ
An Innovator Jobs and Drucker
Achieving Results “American Icon” Hoffman
Changes Leadership
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Vision & Purpose
“Business is good because it creates value,
it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange,
it is noble because it can elevate our existence,
it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.”
Conscious Capitalism
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Why Do We Exist?
PurposeEmployeesCustomersCommunity
ProfitInvestorsPartnersSuppliers
Society/EnvironmentHealth
Safety and SecuritySustainability/Green
Your Intent?Your Impact?
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Self-AwarenessDetermines Culture
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Emotions, Thoughts
Choice to?
Honor“Should do”
Betray“I need”
See Our Self?
See Others?
VictimHardworkingImportantFairSensitiveGood
LazyInconsiderateUnappreciativeInsensitiveFakerLousy
“Into our box”
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Out of the Box?Honor Others
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Teacher
Challenge
High Expectation
s
Servant
Encourage
LoveFun
Feast
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InnovationPrinciples Design first, then engineer
Own, control primary technologies
Simplicity - less is more
Trust intuition, customer not always right
Well-run company more innovative than 1 highly creative person
Collaborate simultaneously, creativity from random discussions
Cannibalize yourself
See big picture, master details
Marketing based on empathy, focus, impression
And execution is everything
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Drucker – Sources of Innovation
Unexpected outcome • Learn from failure. Tolerate it.
Incongruities• Test assumptions vs. reality
Process Needs• Apply existing methods to a new
problem
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Industry Changes• Competitor growing more than industry
signals market change (>40%)
Demographics• Highly predictive, study long term trends
New Knowledge• Discovery, trial and error
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Build Trust for
Teamwork
Assess Strateg
y Quarterly
Execute Weekly
Business Review
Achieving ResultsCash & data are king
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You People
Vision + Purpose Motivated by “why we exist”
Self-AwareCulture depends on everyone’s behavior
Teacher and Servant Develop their talent
Innovator Build great products
Achieving Results Strategy, execution needs trust
“Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.”
Lead a Movement of…
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Who is Alan?
VP Marketing (growth)2x recipient Chairman’s Innovation Award
SVP Marketing, Product Development (growth)
Master’s Technology Management
GM – Web E-Learning (startup). OC ACG 2012 Finalist for Technology Innovation.
Chief Business Officer (turnaround + growth)
Economics Adjunct Professor