EVERETT WINN Course Director Wood Badge S7-602-17 Leaving a Legacy EVERETT WINN Course Director Wood Badge S7-602-17 prynhawn Da or Good afternoon. I guess I don’t need to tell you we’re about to wrap up this Wood Badge course and conclude our six-day study of leadership. Your’re probably thinking there isn’t much more than can be said about leadership, but there is one thing left we want to share with you: “The Greatest Leadership Secret.” I want to share with you some clues about the Greatest Leadership Secret. CLICK

Clue #1 It’s a palindrome… Sort of! Who Knows what a palindrone is? CLICK

A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA GO HANG A SALAMI, I’M A LASAGNA HOG Palindromes EYE HANNAH MADAM DAD RACECAR A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA GO HANG A SALAMI, I’M A LASAGNA HOG Aren’t they great, Each is a palindrone, and so it the Greatest Leadership Secret – sort of. CLICK

Clue #2 Lead From the Inside Out Jar How does this relate to the Greatest Leadership Secret BIG ROCKS represent important things in life like FAITH, FAMILY HEALTH, WORK, and SERVICE TO OTHERS GRAVEL represents other less important things- going to meetings, going to a conference, or doing yard work SAND represents the minor things in life, shopping, surfing the internet or watching Television This exercise teaches us that if you do not take care of the important things (the big rocks) in life first, you’ll never get them done. Think about what your Big Rocks are! The best leaders lead from the inside out. Lead yourself first before you lead others. Accept responsibility for your own growth and progress – your own rocks – and take care of them first. Realize, too, that after you have taken care of your big rocks, there will still be room for more. There will still be space in your life for you to lead and service to others. And you’ll be better at leading other because you’ve practiced leading yourself first. CLICK

Clue #3 Great Leaders are Great Teachers The Third Clue to the the Greatest Leadership Secret is also another quality of leadership – the fact that great Leaders are also great teachers.   CLICK

Mr. Holland’s Opus   I’d like to illustrate this with several video clips. The first is of a leader-teacher in his first day on the job. And as you’ll see he hasn’t yet developed greatness. CLICK

Great Leaders are Great Teachers Great Leaders Develop Other Leaders Great Leaders are Great Students Great Leaders learn from what they do Great leaders are great teachers. Unlike this guy, they develop their people. Great leaders develop other leaders, Leaders who can lead themselves, The ultimate test for a leader is not wheter he or she can make smart decisions, but whether he or she can teach others to be leaders, It’s whether that person can build an organization that succeds when the original leader is not around. A key ability of a great Scout leader is to create an atmosphere in which young people can learn to lead their own Scout units. Good Leaders help others learn to think, to judge, to act, and to motivate. If you are not teaching while you are leading, you and not doing your job as a leader. There are a couple of other dimensions to this that are important to talk about as well. Great leaders are great students too. They realize that learning is a lifelong process. They never stop learning – they have a passion for it. Great leaders learn from what they do. They analyze, try new things. Through lifelong learning, they continually grow and improve. Business sometimes refers to this process of lifelong learning as “continuous quality improvement” or “total quality management.” Use whatever works for you but know that with continuous , careful analysis, everything can alway be improved. Just about everthing we do, individually or as a team, we can learn to do better. CLICK  

Mr. Holland’s Opus Lets Take another look at our teacher to see if he has done any assessment and improved himself as a teacher CLICK

Clue #4 Build Heart Connections What I want to focus on now has to do with communication, with caring for and about others. I want to talk about respecting and valuing people—even the ones with whom we disagree. Building heart connections is about communicating genuine care and respect for our fellow human beings—those we lead and those we don’t. It’s about reaching out and touching people, connecting with them at a very simple human level. Respect, like love, has value only when it is given freely and is genuine. People can see through counterfeit respect, caring, and love. You may have noticed in the film clips from Mr. Holland’s opus that Mr. Holland’s son is deaf. Look for the use of American Sign Language in some of the scenes. Do you know the ASL sign for management? It’s this. (Make a gesture as if you were holding the reins of a horse.) That’s a fairly controlling image, if you think about it. Now, how about the ASL sign for leadership? Any ideas? It’s this. (Make this gesture: one hand pulls the other forward, guides the other.) That’s a very nurturing, caring image, isn’t it? (Now slowly extend your arms outward to the audience.) This is not part of the ASL sign for leadership, but it does help demonstrate what great leaders do in addition to caring and nurturing—they get out of the way. Think of how a parent holds a child, cares for that child, and nurtures that child. But at some point, to be good parents, we must also let go. We need to get out of the way and allow our children to succeed on their own. It’s the same way with leadership. We nurture, we encourage, we care for others. Build heart connections. Lead by caring for others and developing genuine respect for them.

Clue #5 It’s In Every One of Us Taking Charge of your own Life – Self Leadership is the first step toward the kind of personal empowerment that will allow you to lead others. Accept responsibility for your own growth and progress. Realize your own personal power. As you give yourself the directions and support you need and begin to empower those you lead. Authority is 20% given and 80% taken. Free those you lead to realize and utilize their own their own abilities. Help them develop self confidence. All people have untapped leadership potential, Just as all people have untapped athletic ability. With coaching and practice, they can all get better at it. Its in everyone of us. As a leader you must find it in yourself, and you must help others find it in themselves. The most effective leaders empower themselves and other bringing out the best in everyone. CLICK

Clue #6 Leave a Legacy To get a sense of what this means to leadership, lets check in again on Mr. Holland, Twenty five years have passed since we last saw him. He has been laid off, his positions eliminated. He is retiring before his time, and seriously questions whether his contributions have had worth. CLICK

Mr. Holland’s Opus The great thing about leadership is that it can be studied and practiced. We can all get better. We can all win the game of life, and we can all leave legacies that bring us satisfaction and pride. What will your legacy be? What impact will you have upon others? How will you bring leadership to Scouting and America? CLICK

In a not-so-simple way, we will leave our footprints on the lives of each and every one we meet. Like walking in the snow we will have a deeper impact on some than on others Remember that everyone we meet has something to teach us. As Lord Robert Baden Powell Said CLICK

“No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.”  -Robert Baden-Powell So What is the Greatest Leadership Secret? CLICK

The Greatest Leadership Secret Lead from the inside out Great leaders make great teachers Build heart connections It’s in every one of us Leave a legacy It a palindrome of sorts

The Greatest Leadership Secret “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do unto others” Confucius What you hate, do not do to others” Judasim “Hurt not others that which pains thyself” Buddhism “Do not wrong or hurt your neighbor, for it is not he who you wrong, but yourself” Pima Indian Proverb See Slide Or as my father would say and lived his life CLICK “The real way to happiness is by giving out happiness to others” Lord Robert Baden Powell

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The Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Simple isn’t it The Greatest Leadership Secret presents us with all we need to know As leaders, as Scouters, as human beings, we can all strive to meet this challenge of a lifetime. In doing so we will find our lifetimes enriched with the knowledge that we are doing our best! CLICK

American clergyman and journalist, The Golden Rule The Golden Rule is of no use to you whatever unless you realize it’s your move Dr. Frank Crane, American clergyman and journalist, 1861-1928 The Golden Rule The Golden rule is of no use to you to you whatever Unless you realize it is your move CLICK

What will your legacy be? All of you have the knowledge to be great leaders. All of you will find opportunities to changes lives. Each one of you can leave a legacy, But none of that will happen unless you take action. What will your legacy be? You need to See it, Feel it and Trust it

Now, it’s your move! Now it’s your Move! CLICK