EMERGENT LEADERSHIPSANDRA WATSON, M.B.A.

COLUMBUS IIBA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY 2014

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP

Agenda

Introduction & updates

Goal

Traditional leadership

Emergent leadership

Reflection & closing thoughts

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Sandra Watson, M.B.A

What is traditional leadership?

tra·di·tion noun \trə-ˈdi-shən\: a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family, society, etc., for a long time

lead·er·ship noun \ˈlē-dər-ˌship\: a position as a leader of a group, organization, etc.: the time when a person holds the position of leader: the power or ability to lead other people

TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP

Traditional Leaders Need Not Apply.

THE INTERNSHIP

First Choice:http

://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/theinternship/Second Choice:http://www.theinternshipmovie.com/

PERKS

2014

Fortune Magazine

“Best Company to Work For”

Free cafes Funky offices Game play Free massages Onsite medical & wellness

facilities Education benefits

What does it take to get a job

at Google?

LASZLO BOCK

SR. Vice President People Operations, Google

LASZLO BOCK

“is leadership – in particular emergent leadership as opposed to traditional leadership”

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP

Is Not:

Based on your G.P.A.

Contingent on where you matriculated from as a undergraduate or graduate student

HR/ brainteaser performance

A job title

Is:

A product of Big Data

What is emergent leadership?

Emergent leadership is a type of leadership in which a group member is not appointed or elected to the leadership role; rather, leadership develops over time as a result of the group's interaction. The most successful companies are focused on this new type of leader to add value to their organizations.

http://www.cutimes.com/2014/04/20/the-skills-required-for-emergent-leadership 8/27/14

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP

MARCUS LUTRELL

Ready to Lead, Ready to Follow, Never Quit

MARCUS LUTRELL

PST Event Minimum Standards Competitive Standards

500 Yard Swim 12:30 8 Minutes

Pushups 42 80-100

Sit-ups 50 80-100

Pull-ups 6 15-20

1.5 Mile Timed Run 11:30 9-10 Minutes

Pelé

A Sports Legend:

• Scored 1281 goals in 1363 games• 4 World Cups: 1958,

1962,1966,1970• Guinness World Record

Holder

Pelé

But you were never a team captain.

“Listen, I don’t need to be captain. If we have another player as captain, then there are two leaders in the game.”

-Interview with Harvard Business Review, 2014

ED CATMULL

A computer science genius:

• Hand, 1973• Ph.D.1974• Invented “Z-Buffer”

ED CATMULL

Ed’s Goal:

• Create the 1st computer animated film

ED CATMULL

“But we want you to teach computer science,” my interviewers would say.

No companies or universities shared Ed’s goal.

ED CATMULL

What if Ed just taught computer science?

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP

So what are the common

characteristics?

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP

Emergent Leader’s

utilize the following characteristics:

1. Be passionate

2. Embrace learning

3. Connect the dots

4. Create value

5. Communicate

1.) BE PASSIONATE

“For people who are successful, the job is never done. Everyday you wake up and think ‘I CAN DO BETTER.’ Evaluating where you are, where you’re going. And the problem is you are never where you want to be.” Mickey Drexler, CEO

2.) EMBRACE LEARNING

Institute of Medicine (2010) Calling for 80% of the nursing

workforce to hold a bachelor’s degree by 2020

1. Better patient outcomes

2. Lower mortality rates

3. Reduced failure to rescue

Source: AACN, 2011

3.) CONNECT THE DOTS

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward: you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” Steve Jobs

4.) CREATE VALUE

Bob Gore

W.L. Gore & Company

Providing high-value products that enhance the quality of life.

5.) COMMUNICATE

“Larry, now that you’re CEO will you start wearing a suit?”

Default to open.

Emergent Leadership Reflection

Emergent leadership is a type of leadership in which a group member is not appointed or elected to the leadership role; rather, leadership develops over time as a result of the group's interaction. The most successful companies are focused on this new type of leader to add value to their organizations.

http://www.cutimes.com/2014/04/20/the-skills-required-for-emergent-leadership 8/27/14

What is emergent leadership?French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry:

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/02/24/emergent-leadership-the-trait-that-smart-innovative-companies-seek-out-in-employees/

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP

Thank You!

Contact Information:Sandra Watson, M.B.A.PH: 614.286.7895Email:

Sandraw@Muskingum.edu