4 Types of Courage for Emerging Leaders Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc. and Founding Editor of BeLeaderly.com

Jo Miller Founding Editor of BeLeaderly.com and CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc. Helps emerging women leaders create a roadmap for their career advancement. Has traveled widely in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East to deliver keynotes and teach workshops for conferences, professional associations, and corporate women’s initiatives. A leading authority on women’s leadership, Jo delivers more than 60 speaking presentations annually to audiences of up to 1,200.

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You can’t afford to wait… Don’t wait for permission or an invitation to lead. Don’t wait for someone to promote you. Take the lead! Take charge of your career.

Are you the best kept secret in the organization? Are you the best kept secret in your organization? You must take risks!

4 Types of Courage for Emerging Leaders 1.Identify your leadership niche 2.Transition from doing to leading 3.Influence upward 4.Take career risks

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Identify Your Leadership Niche

“Be famous for something! Know what is your claim to fame.” — General Manager, Software Industry

Who do you know who has carved out a strong personal brand?

What’s your career superpower?

Your leadership niche What are you passionate about? What does your company/ industry need and value? What are your skills and talents?

Financial analyst The change agent

“Make your personal brand scalable.” — Krista Thomas, VP of Marketing, The Rubicon Project

Ask yourself Where do I want to be in 3 years? What do I need to become known for now, in order to get there?

Your niche must evolve as you develop your career Entry-level Valuable contributor. Team-player. Specialist. Go-to person. Gets it done. Mid-level Strategist. Innovator. Subject matter expert. Change agent. People motivator. Project leader. Fixer. Builds things that work. Turnaround architect. Intrapreneur. Senior-level Visionary. Thought leader. Leader who develops leaders. Charismatic leader. Rainmaker. Quiet Leader. Delivers results.

Communicate your niche

Say “yes” to any project, role, opportunity or assignment that… Aligns with and showcases your niche Allows you to deliver valuable, measurable business results

No

Transition From Doing to Leading

You have probably built success as a specialist who is adept at knowing your topic or your area of the business. It is one of the reasons you have gotten promoted. As you go higher, you will be valued for understanding the business and how various pieces of the business integrate into the whole. — Lisa Walsh, VP, PepsiCo Sales

Transitioning from Doing to Leading Doing Executing Subject matter expert Tactician Your success Leading Envisioning Thought leader Strategist Team’s success

My ‘get ‘er 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 Munsch, VP Cloud Operations, NetApp

Your time portfolio: Analyze your calendar Take a look at the last month Color code activities: are they strategic or tactical? — Dona Munsch

1. What do you need to let go of? 2. What will you do more of?

Influence Upward

— Lori Carlin Proctor, Senior Retail Supply Leader, Procter & Gamble To be an effective leader, you have to be a strong communicator. One of the most important areas of leading and communicating is with your own management.

1. Understand your leaders and their goals.

2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive.

1. Understand your leaders and their goals. 2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive. 3. Pre-sell your big ideas.

Never underestimate the power of the “meeting before the meeting.”

3. Pre-sell your big ideas 1)Does this make sense to you? 2)Do you agree with this? 3)Do you think this is a smart way for us to be investing our time and money? 4)Does this align with the initiatives in your area? 5)And if it does, will you back me up when I give my presentation? — VP, Corporate Communications, Medical Devices

1. Understand your leaders and their goals. 2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive. 3. Pre-sell your big ideas.

1. Understand your leaders and their goals. 2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive. 3. Pre-sell your big ideas. 4. Know when and how to challenge your leaders.

4. Know when and how to challenge your leaders It’s all about consistently delivering good results — and having credibility Make sure it’s the right time Have all your facts together and present a good case The more solid your facts, the better your chances Speak high level about the situation but answer detailed questions Be politely persistent Know when to pick battles and when to let go. — Kim Brown Strickland

— Linda Nordgren, President and CEO, Encore Associates Take time to understand your leader and their preferred communication style. Observe how others communicate effectively with them.

1. Understand your leaders and their goals. 2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive. 3. Pre-sell your big ideas. 4. Know when and how to challenge your leaders.

Take Career Risks

If you’re not taking risks in your career, you might actually be creating more risk for yourself. — Valerie Oswalt, Vice President of Sales, West Area for Mondelēz International.

Take purposeful risks. 1.Reflect on your niche and career goals. 2.Negotiate assignments that align with where you want to go next in your career. 3.Accept assignments that are linked to your passion, because you’ll make a bigger difference. 4.Be highly selective in what you take on, so that you’re not stretching yourself too thin. 5.Be bold. — Angie Gels, Chief People Officer, Everything But The House.

Be bold! Push yourself, and get comfortable being uncomfortable. — Angie Gels, Chief People Officer, Everything But The House.

4 Types of Courage for Emerging Leaders 1. Identify your leadership niche 2. Transition from doing to leading 3. Influence upward 4. Take career risks

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Opportunity does not come gift-wrapped. You must take risks. — Nina Bhatti, Founder and CEO of Kokko, Inc.