Self-Leadership chp 1 The Journey

Look into the mirror Self-Leadership: The leadership we exercise over ourselves If we ever hope to become leaders of others, we need first to be able to lead ourselves effectively

Leadership ”A process af influence” First step in the journey toward achievement of an understanding and improvement of our own self- lesdership Leadership is not just an outward process – we can and do lead ourselves

Sources of leadership External leadership  Giving of orders  Rewards and punishments Participative leadership  Goals are set jointly by a manager and a subordinate Self-Leadership  Self-imposed processe at the others

Next step of the journey A boss who gives orders to you, but  The method in which you complete tasks is left to you  What you think about while you work is up to you  You can set a higher or lower goal to yourself – that is up to you  You can feel good about your progress or be tough on yourself The point is that you are your own leader much of the time Even if you are faced with influential external leaders

Who is in charge? In leaders absence:  You are of course in charge of yourself If leaders are present:  They cannot look in to your mind! In fact we are our own ultimate leaders! From Boss: ”Your loafing and making a poor quality” To self: ”I am the best in the department – the boss is unreasonable today!”

We all lead ourselves! But: We are not all effective self- leaders We alle have weaknesses in our self- leadership process Some give their self-leadership potential to others and are lead into equally negative conditions

Your own leader The point is that you are your own leader, and You can be a good leader, or You can be a bad leader The ideas you choose to adopt for yourself, are up to you – after all you are your own leader

The concept of Self- Leadership Social cognitive theory  Human behaviour is a complex process with many parts  The human ability to learn by observing  We have a perception of ourselves as effective Intrinsic motivation theory  ”Natural” rewards – we enjoy doing things we like