Creative and innovative minds Leadership Discourse 23 May, True North Discover Your Authentic Leadership

Creative and innovative minds HBS Authentic Development Leadership William W. George Robert Steven Kaplan Joshua D. Margolis Nitin Nohria. Scott A. Snook

Creative and innovative minds Objectives ● Lead with integrity through difficult and pressure-filled challenges ● Understand the impact of your life story and your crucibles on your leadership ● Recognize and address your blind spots as a leader ● Develop your self-awareness and emotional intelligence ● Learn from feedback and daily challenges you encounter ● Balance your intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to find the "sweet spot" of your capabilities ● Adapt your leadership style to different scenarios, while remaining true to your values and purpose ● Be a more effective leader by developing greater confidence in your capabilities ● Become an empowering leader that fosters effective teamwork ● Lead an integrated life that enables you to balance your work and home life

Creative and innovative minds Key Amal Indicators (KAI) Tangible KAIs ● Publications ● Research ● PG programs ● Education ● Intellectual property ● RU-compliance etc Intangible KAIs ● Teamwork, ukhuwah ● Knowledge culture ● Integrity, passion ● Entrepreneurship ● Taqwa, amal soleh etc World class university Barakah Synergy Happiness Jannah

Creative and innovative minds 5 Becoming leader Critical Thinking Developing skill Leading Knowledge

Creative and innovative minds 6 20th Century Leadership – Determine objectives based on established guideline and rules Leadership 21st Century Leadership – Authentic leaders align people around shared mission and values and empower than to lead while serving all stakeholders, and collaborating with others.

Creative and innovative minds 7 Leadership style and power grid pp 195 Leader’s styleUse of powerTeammates’ styleRelationship DirectiveDominating, positionalObedientDependent EngagedPersuadingEmpoweredInterdependent CoachingCounselingReceptiveInterdependent ConsensusGaining agreementEqualityInterdependent AffiliativeEmpathyTeam-orientedInterdependent ExpertKnowledgeAutonomousIndependent

Creative and innovative minds Great leaders? “What ultimately distinguishes the great leaders from the mediocre are the personal, inner qualities - qualities that are hard to define but are essential for success, qualities that each of us must develop for ourselves …” Foreword by David Gergen Cambridge MA

Creative and innovative minds True North? “True North is the internal compass that guides you successfully through life.” “It represents who you are as a human being at your deepest level.” “It is your orienting point – your fixed point in a spinning world – that helps you stay on track as a leader”

Creative and innovative minds True North? “… the real me...” Bill George

Creative and innovative minds True North? “… no one can be authentic by trying to be like someone else...” Bill George

Creative and innovative minds True North? “… leadership emerged from their life story. By constantly testing themselves their life stories to understand who they are, these leaders unleashed their passions and discovered the purpose of their leadership...” Bill George, pp xxviii

Creative and innovative minds True North? “… authentic leader brings people together around a shared purposes and empowers them to set up and lead authentically in order to create value for all stakeholders...” Bill George, pp xxxi

Creative and innovative minds Authentic leader ● Pursuing purpose with passion ● Practicing solid values ● Leading with heart ● Establishing enduring relationships ● Demonstrating self-discipline

Creative and innovative minds Authentic leader “the test of authentic leaders’ values is not what they say but the values they practice under pressure.” “If leaders are not true to the values they profess, people quickly lose confidence in their leadership”

Creative and innovative minds Defining values, principles, ethical boundaries Values The relative importance of the things that matter in your life Leadership principles A set of standards used in leading others, derived from your values. Principles are values translated into action Ethical boundaries The limits placed on your action, based on your standards of ethical behaviour

Creative and innovative minds Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations Extrinsic motivations Monetary compensation Having power Having a title Public recognition Social status Winning over others Intrinsic motivations Personal growth Satisfaction of doing a good job Helping others develop Finding meaning from efforts Being true to one’s beliefs Making a difference in the world

Creative and innovative minds Intrinsic motivations Extrinsic motivations Strengths Weaknesses Motivations Capabilities Sweet spots Sweet spot of your motivated capabilities

Creative and innovative minds Discovering your authentic leadership ● Understand yourself ● Take responsibility for your own development ● Support team ● Refine, reframe, review, reflect …

Creative and innovative minds Authentic self Shades side vulnerabilities values Life story Blind spot motivation Strength, weakness needs desires Attire Body language Appearance Leadership style Peeling back the Onion

Creative and innovative minds 21 “The story of your life is not your life. It is your story” John Barth “Your are the author of your life”. Warren Dennis

Creative and innovative minds Your story Self- awareness Values & principles Motivations Support team Integrated life LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Purpose AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP Values Heart Relationship Self-discipline Transfor mation from “I” to “we” EMPOWERING OTHER LEADERS Finding your purpose & align with it Empowering other leaders Honing style and use of power GREAT IMPACT, RESULTS

Creative and innovative minds Empowering people to lead ● Showing up ● Engaging people ● Helping team mates ● Challenging leaders ● Stretching people ● Aligning everyone around a mission

Creative and innovative minds Q&A

Creative and innovative minds UTM authentic leader development ● Your story Today ● Johari’s window Today ● Crucibles, blind spot, sweet spot Today ● Core value statement Today ● Support team Today and 8 weeks to come ● Authentic leaders Today and 8 weeks to come ● Developing others Today and 8 weeks to come

Creative and innovative minds 26 Your story? Assignment 1

Creative and innovative minds 27 ● For each member of your LDG, select 6 adjectives from this list that you think best describe that person (how you experience that person). Write those adjectives down on the worksheet. ● Then select 6 adjectives from this list that you think best describe yourself (how you experience yourself). Write those down on the worksheet. Johari’s Window Assignment 2

Creative and innovative minds 28  able  dependable  intelligent  patient  sensible  accepting  dignified  introverted  powerful  sentimental  adaptable  energetic  kind  Proud  shy  bold  extroverted  knowledgeable  Quiet  silly  brave  friendly  logical  reflective  spontaneous  calm  giving  loving  relaxed  sympathetic  caring  happy  mature  religious  tense  cheerful  helpful  modest  responsive  trustworthy  clever  idealistic  nervous  searching  warm  complex  independent  observant  self-assertive  wise  confident  ingenious  organized  self-conscious  witty Johari’s Window Assignment 2

Creative and innovative minds 29 Johari’s Window Worksheet ME In each column:  Put the name of each LDG member in the top row  In the column under each name, list the 6 adjectives you selected for that person  In the last column, list the 6 adjectives you selected for yourself Assignment 2

Creative and innovative minds 30 Known to SelfNot Known to Self Known to Others Not Known to Others My Window Assignment 2

Creative and innovative minds 31 “I empower people to know themselves and make their life more meaningful with great love and passion” Assignment 3 Core value statement

Creative and innovative minds 32 “My core values are integrity, knowledge-based value creation and service to the people. I will NOT exploit people, neglect family; offer or receive bribes and being individualistic” Core value statement Assignment 3

Creative and innovative minds Intrinsic motivations Extrinsic motivations Strengths Weaknesses Motivations Capabilities Sweet spots Find your sweet spot Assignment 4

Creative and innovative minds Inspiring Creative & Innovative Minds 34 Support Team Map Ask everyone to take 5-10 minute to draw a diagram on a piece of paper: ● Everyone should draw a circle in the middle of their blank piece of paper and put their name in that circle ● Have them then think of two difficult situations within the last 3 years, one professional and one personal, in which they sought out help, support, and advice. These could be difficult predicaments they faced, though decisions or choices, or general turning points in their lives. ● For each situation, everyone should do three things: i.Write three bullet points to capture the situation ii.Identify all the people you turned to for support, help, and advice. Add these people to the diagram, connected to you in the middle with spokes. The people in both situations should be in this single diagram. iii.For each person in the diagram (in or next to each circle), write down first name, relationship (e.g., family, friend, co-worker, superior, client, direct report, teacher, coach, etc.) and what sort of support, help, advice was received form that person. You can also use the length of the spoke to designate how close your relationship was to that person when you sought support. Assignment 5

Creative and innovative minds 35 YOU Assignment 5

Creative and innovative minds 36 LDG Discussion 1.Go around the group and have everyone share i.The situation (in brief) ii.Who was turned to for support, help, and advice iii.Observations and surprises from looking at their diagram 2.After everyone has shared, work together to discuss two questions: i.Where do you need to expand and deepen your support relationships over the next 5 years to get the support, help, and advice you are likely to need? ii.How do you go about augmenting your support relationship – that is, how do you (1) expand the number of relationships and (2) strengthen existing ones? Assignment 5

Creative and innovative minds 37 Team project 1 1.Find a common issues, problems eg how to motivate young staff with high qualifications but less productive 2.Outline the plan 3.Outline the leadership skills require to execute 4.Execute 5.Report and discuss on weekly basis to the team 6.Outline the learning experience and way forward to achieve the targets 7.Report to the whole Management Team in Kluang Assignment 6

Creative and innovative minds 38 Team project 2 1.Find a management topic for empowerment at Faculty or other PTJ 2.Outline the plan of empowerment 3.Outline the requirements eg management policy, limit of authority to execute 4.Execute 5.Report and discuss on weekly basis to the team 6.Outline the learning experience and way forward to achieve the targets 7.Report to the whole Management Team in Kluang Assignment 7

Creative and innovative minds Teladani lebah dan semut 39 Sifat Semut ● Tekun berkerja ● Bersatu laksana tugas ● Sinergi Sifat Lebah ● Makan yang terbaik ● Hasil yang terbaik ● Sumbang yang terbaik