The Life of Leadership Chelsea Gustafson, PharmD PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Northwestern Memorial Hospital October 16, 2014

Who is a Great Leader? What Characteristics Make a Leader Great?

What/Who we think of as great leaders Mahatma Gandhi Mia Hamm Peyton Manning Mother Teresa Oprah Winfrey

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Authentic leadership Making who you are into what strengthens you as a leader “Women don’t need to imitate men in order to be persuasive and authoritative, they simply need to be authentic.”

Integrating Life Bring together all elements of life  Work  Family  Community  Friends Key is to be the same person in every environment

Support Team Provides advice, feedback, affirmation and perspective Multifaceted  Significant others  Family  Close friends  Colleagues  Mentors

Factors Valuable to Career Success Leadership abilities Support from family members Networking within their organizations Having sponsors to endorse them Involvement in professional or community organizations Access to flexible work practices Women cited specific factors as more helpful to their careers than men did, including: 13

Journey to Authentic Leadership Step 1: Understand the story of your life Step 2: Work to understand and develop yourself  Devote yourself to a lifetime of realizing your potential Step 3: Find your motivations Step 4: Search out and receive honest feedback  Formal and informal support networks Step 5: Modify leadership style based on morals and feedback

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Redefining our “All” Does not mean that we do it all Accepting imperfections

Your All What is most important to you? What kind of crazy do you want in your life? What kind of crazy could you not live without? What is your perfect? How does we use this to make us great leaders?

The Life of Leadership Chelsea Gustafson, PharmD PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Northwestern Memorial Hospital October 16, 2014