Carolyn Stenhouse

International motivational speaker and master coach

S1 Finding Your Inspiring Leadership Mojo

Finding Our Inspiring Leadership Mojo

Let’s:

• Talk Turkey

• Tell Tales

• Learn from the best

• Take away some practical tips

• Remember that if we get this right – the bottom line improves & so does the happiness & wellbeing of you and your people.

Yay to that!

Finding Your Leadership Mojo in Times of Change

• Get excited about & buy-into the new (you can’t inspire others if you’re not inspired yourself)

• Know yourself as well as your people & address both your needs, including naming and dealing with your fears

• Walk the talk – be the behaviour you expect in others

• Know when to lead and when to manage

• Be super clear about the vision & have a plan to deliver

• Attract the right people onto the right seats on the bus

‘Faced with the choice

between changing one's mind

and proving that there is no need to,

almost everyone gets busy on the proof.’

JK Galbraith (Economist)

"Everyone thinks of changing the world,

but no one thinks of changing himself."

Tolstoy

"The most powerful leadership tool you have

is your own example."

John Wooden

“Don’t be your own saboteur”

Carolyn Stenhouse

Leading and Managing

SMPs

Need Both!

"The very essence of leadership

is that you have to have a vision.

It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly

and forcefully on every occasion.

You can't blow an uncertain trumpet."

Theodore M. Hesburgh

Leaders Influence - Managers Direct

Push

A bias to influencing by

inspiring and enabling

through advice and

counsel

Pull

A bias to command and control

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Leaders Influence - Managers Direct

Relies on trust

Focus on motivating

upskilling and

inspiring

people

Relies on control

Focus on tasks

systems structure

processes resources

compliance

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Expiring Leaders

1. Paint a vague or ever-changing picture of the future

2. Tell their teams how to achieve their goals & keep plans

close to their chest (to change things)

3. Leave the team in the dark about progress to maintain

control over consequences and rewards

4. Look for people doing something wrong and punish them

5. Create barriers to getting work done

Lee Colon Founder of the L Group

Expiring Leaders

6. Sweep performance issues under the rug if they’re tough to address

7. Talk more than listen

8. Talk about team values but make decisions using "real business

criteria"

9. Take credit for team success & view people as parts in the business

9. Care about results & profits more than on the people that deliver them

10. Communicate using the "no news is good news" philosophy

Lee Colon Founder of the L Group

Leading Through Change

If you could only have three things to remember….

1.Communicate

2.Communicate

3.Communicate

And remember…

Inspiring leadership can be trained

A 2013 Harvard Business School study proved it!

Inspiring Leaders1. Install a rigorous selection process to ensure they hire only the best and brightest

2. Set out a compelling vision, collaborate with their team on a plan for realising that & keep it visible

3. Keep score along the way to keep the team energised and accountable

4. Eliminate barriers to getting work done, look for people doing something right, recognise it & credit it

5. Address even minor performance issues with proactive coaching

6. Listen more than they talk

7. Uncompromisingly uphold the team's values by using them to make big and little decisions

8. Get to know the person behind the employee - care about their people not just performance

9. Focus on the organisation's purpose as much as (if not more) than profits

10. Consistently and frequently communicate even when there is apparently no news

Successful Inspiring Leaders Know…

1. To grow more leaders

2. To move/take action

3. To demonstrate behaviours that reveal their beliefs

4. That ideas are worthless without execution

5. To get committed to learning

Robin Sharma – Author of the Bestseller – The leader Who had no title

Successful Inspiring Leaders Know…

6. Taking care of relationships means the money takes care of itself

7. To show respect – it’s not granted it’s earned

8. Not to confuse movement with progress

9. That victims can’t do giant things

10. That life is short – so be of use

Robin Sharma – Author of the Bestseller – The leader Who had no title

Leadership Open Ended Questions

• How do you feel the project is going?

• Which projects risks do you worry about?

• Which part of your job do you enjoy the most?

• What suggestions do you have for how we can

improve the project?

• How can I better support you to do a good job?