october 2020 - 5 ways to shift from doing to leading

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Get Your Shift Together:5 Ways to Shift From Doing to Leading

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Jo MillerCEO, Be Leaderly

• Globally renowned authority on women’s leadership.

• Has dedicated two decades to helping women advance into positions of influence by leveraging their leadership strengths.

• Award-winning speaker and researcher.• Author of #1 Amazon bestselling new

release Woman of Influence: 9 Steps to Build your Brand, Establish your Legacy, and Thrive (McGraw-Hill) which has now sold 9,000 copies!


Don’t become indispensable for doing work that downplays your

potential.


There’s never been a more important time

to ask, “Who am I as a leader, really?”

Copyright Be Leaderly 2020Copyright Be Leaderly 2020Source: “Revisiting the Matrix Organization,” McKinsey & Company, 2016

??? percent of U.S. employees are ‘matrixed’ to some extent today – meaning, they work on multiple teams every day.

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• Strategist

The Shift List

• Tactician


“You need to be more strategic.”


Ellie HumphreyVP, Enterprise Excellence & Business Transformation at Medtronic

“Strategy is a fancy word for coming up with a long-term plan

and putting it into action.”


“My ‘get it done’ mentality—as the go-to person, and the only

one who knew how to do certain things—got in my way

of moving ahead.

I couldn’t step out of my own role to take on new

opportunities.”

Dona MunschFormer VP, Cloud Operations at NetApp


Your time portfolio• Analyze 1 month on your

calendar• Color code your activities:

are they tactical or strategic?


Your Time Portfolio

1. Which tactical activities will you let go of?

2. Which strategic activities will you do more of?


3 questions strategic leaders ask themselves


1) What’s my time horizon?

Shift your attention away from what’s in front of you, to focus on the longer term.


2) What’s the scope of my influence?

Expand your scope of influence beyond your immediate role and team.


3) What’s the extent of the change I’m driving?

Are you maintaining the status quo or causing transformational change?


“You can’t do that with T-Rex arms.”


3 Question Asked by Strategic Leaders

1) What’s my time horizon?2) What’s the scope of my influence?3) What’s the extent of the change I’m driving?

Write it down:

What are you

most concerned

with?


Give yourself time to think


• Strategist

•Delegating

The Shift List

• Tactician

•Doing


Successful leaders don’t try to do it all.


Leadership is not about doing more. It’s about

shifting from doing to leading.

From this point forward,the tasks you let go of can define you more as a leader than what

you take on.


Admit that you need to let go


Invest time in

delegating

Show people you believe

in them

1

“Develegate”

2

Listen to what inspires

people

3


• Strategist

•Delegating

• Transformer

The Shift List

• Tactician

•Doing

•Optimizer


Lead change that can’t be easily undone


Leila PourhashemiVP of Business Operations, Blackhawk

1. First, agree on the problem

2. Find people who care as much as you do

3. Show conviction, passion, and empathy


• Strategist

•Delegating

• Transformer

• Rule-breaker

The Shift List

• Tactician

•Doing

•Optimizer

•Order-taker


Holly MeidlVP of Risk Services, Ascension

“In our current global economy, companies need

risk takers and rule breakers.”


3 rules forrule-breakers

1. Don’t risk a lot for a little.2. Don’t risk more than you

can afford to lose.3. Consider the odds (or

potential consequences.)


• Strategist

•Delegating

• Transformer

• Rule-breaker

•WE

The Shift List

• Tactician

•Doing

•Optimizer

•Order-taker

•ME


Pamela StewartSVP Retail Sales, The Coca-Cola Company

“When you move your mindset from ‘me’ to ‘we’

everything changes.

If you aspire to lead boldly and courageously, this is the most powerful shift

you can make.”


Q&A


Recommended Reading

Chapter 5 of Woman of Influence: 9 Steps to Build Your Brand, Establish Your Legacy, and Thrive (McGraw-Hill)

100 Leadership Qualities: Which Do You Recognize in Yourself?


Let’s stay connected!

@jomillerauthor


Lift Others as You RiseTuesday, December 8, 2020

Do you want to leave a lasting leadership legacy? As you become more empowered, look for opportunities to empower others. Our panel will discuss ways to lead by example, use your voice to stand up for people who aren’t being heard, and be a role model, culture shifter, and bias buster. Don’t just kick open doors. Hold them open and invite others to step through. (Panel)


The world needs your leadership now—more than ever.But the tactical skills that have served you well thus far won’t

get you to your next leadership milestone.

To expand your impact beyond what you can accomplish as a solo performer, rethink where you focus your attention.

Do less.Lead more.

Engage, inspire, and influence others to collaborate with you.

And become the powerhouse leaderyou were meant to be.


Discussion Questions

1. Which tactical activities will you let go and which strategic activities will you do more of?

2. Which of the 3 Questions Asked by Strategic Leaderswill you focus on?

3. What’s your #1 tip for effective delegation?4. Name one change you’re leading or would like to

lead. Which will you work on: (a) First agree on the problem, (b) Find people who care as much as you do, or (c) Show conviction, passion, and empathy?

5. Name one rule you’d like to break.6. Which shift will you focus on (and what’s 1 action

you’ll take?)

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