Mike Cardus

Mike Cardus

Our MissionTo strengthen regional leadership.

Our VisionWe are the premier leadership resource for our region.

Our Core Values- Visionary Leadership - Excellence- Regional Partnerships - Societal Responsibility- Diversity and Inclusion - Lifelong Learning

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Objectives: 1. Closing of Leadership Niagara Class of 20162. Processing and application of what was

learned? How does that learning matter? How did I, or can I, apply what was learned?

3. How can LN continue support LN’16 Leadership Community?

4. Connect personal learning and appreciation to other people within LN’16 __

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1.Significant learning experience? How did it happen? What motivated you?

2.Significant behavior change? How did it happen? What motivated you?

3.From both responses what makes you proud of your accomplishments?

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How do adults learn?

Adult education is concerned not with preparing people for life, but rather with helping people to live more successfully. Thus if there is to be an overarching function of the adult education enterprise, it is to assist adults to increase competence, or negotiate transitions, in their social roles (worker, parent, retiree etc.), to help them gain greater fulfilment in their personal lives, and to assist them in solving personal and community problems. (Darkenwald and Merriam 1982: 9)

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Leadership Niagara 2016 Year in Review

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JanuaryCommunity:

1. What is LN?2. Who are my classmates?

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JanuaryLeadership:

1. DiSC2. Supporting others to solve similar problems

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FebruaryCommunity:

1. Manufacturing in Niagara County

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FebruaryLeadership:

1. Strategic Planning ---- Change Planning2. Distinctive, Working Well, 100 Days Better

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MarchCommunity:

1. Bi-National Leadership Relationships

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MarchLeadership:

1. Decision Making in Ordered to Unordered Environments2. Paradoxes of Leadership

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AprilCommunity:

1. Niagara Falls Matters2. Niagara Economic Development

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AprilLeadership:

1. Team Performance Model

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MayCommunity:

1. Criminal Justice

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MayLeadership:

1. Communication & Leadership to Multiple Systems + Stakeholders

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JuneCommunity:

1. LN as a Process

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JuneLeadership:

1. Leadership Coaching (SOLVED)2. Understanding Levels of Complexity

Situation

Observer

Level

Validation

Exception

Decision & Direction

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JulyCommunity:

1. Poverty and Policy

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JulyLeadership:

1. Change Models2. ‘Individual: Group: System’ differentiation

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AugustCommunity:

1. WNY Regional Development

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AugustLeadership:

1. Thinking Outside of Self2. Supporting Others to Solve Problems

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SeptemberCommunity:

1. Agribusiness in Niagara County

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SeptemberLeadership:

1. Opportunity, Odds, Obstacles2. Making Products from Waste

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OctoberCommunity:

1. Diversity in Education2. Diversity in Leadership

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OctoberLeadership:

1. Understanding & doing something about leadership bias

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Rob R Tracy D Wendy S Lisa S Aaron C Scott D Melissa L Ang B Carole M

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DistinctiveWhat has stood out to you as distinctive this year? What made your experience special, unique, different than other leadership processes

Working WellWhat did we do that worked well? Meaning it does not require much change or improvement

ImprovementsWhat does better look like for other classes? How can we improve this process for future LN leaders

What impacts did LN have on you?Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to create or add is …

Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to preserve or enhance is …

Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to eliminate is …

Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to accept is …

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Mike Cardus

What impacts did LN have on you?Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to create or add is …

Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to preserve or enhance is …

Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to eliminate is …

Through LN’16 a behavior I choose to accept is …

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6 Personal Leadership Questionsto Ask Everyday

1.Did I do my best to set clear goals?2.Did I do my best to make progress towards

goal achievement?3.Did I do my best to find meaning?4.Did I do my best to be happy?5.Did I do my best to build positive

relationships?6.Did I do my best to be fully engaged?

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HOOPDOM! TEAMS!

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Leadership Coaching and Development1. People share their leadership

development plan2. Team coach each leader on how to best

achieve and keep the person accountable to their plan

3. Team develops a process for updating LN and the class of progress

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Person Person’s name

Questions Questions you have about their LDP

Impressed by List what impresses you about that person and their LDP

Concerned about

List what concerns you about the LDP

Follow up process

Identify how the person would like to be held accountable for progress on their LDP

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Leadership Development Is Not About You … It is about the organization and those you support and support you.

Most of what is written about leadership development is very introspective. Focusing on the individual. Trying to create the Übermensch through excessive self-discovery, assessments, journaling, therapy, emotional intelligence, etc.… Believing that if you can just know more about yourself you will become a mindful leader that others will openly follow.

Unfortunately, knowing yourself is half the battle

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Mike’s 6 Boundaries of Leadership

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Leadership is contextual = you need to understand the context you are being asked to exercise leadership accountability within and what clues or tools will allow you to best lead.

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My solution will not work for you =while many people have a close enough answer to leadership challenges. You need to frame the problem within your context and determine what capacity, skills and resources you have (or know) can make progress.

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The current environment is enough =where you are and what you know right now is sufficient. When challenged to make a leadership decision the more you understand the current environment and ask people to show you what is happening, the better you can lead.

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When something works take notice=leadership is creating awareness of the minute details and how those things happen. When something happens that the team would like to have happen more take notice, figure out with the team what happened and design an experiment to repeat what worked.

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The team will grow or wither based on the organizational system and your capacity = your accountability as a leader is to add value to the decision-making and problem-solving of the team and to supply resources to complete the work.

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You will be wrong > 50% of the time. When you are wrong admit it =nobody believes that leaders need to be superheroes. When you are wrong, make a bad decision, offend somebody, and fail to understand the environment tell the team, apologize and bring the team together to develop the next small experiment.

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As a leader finding solutions and making progress is not the absence of problems. Leadership is looking for what is happening when the problem is absent.

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Rob R Tracy D Wendy S Lisa S Aaron C Scott D Melissa L Ang B Carole M

Julie B John CKathleen

H Len T Mike G Andrea C Camille L Sheila K Nick G

Andrea K Jeff W Kory S Lisa H Ezra S Sara C Kevin K Melanie D Tom MCarolyn R Roscoe N Brian R

Strength Envelopes

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Our MissionTo strengthen regional leadership.

Our VisionWe are the premier leadership resource for our region.

Our Core Values- Visionary Leadership - Excellence- Regional Partnerships - Societal Responsibility- Diversity and Inclusion - Lifelong Learning