The Four Factors of Effective Leadership

Introduction Questions What is Leadership? “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.” Peter Drucker

Inside-Out Me-First Who will people follow? Honest 88% Forward-Looking 71% Competent 66% Inspiring 65% - Kouzes & Posner

Inside-Out Me-First Everyone can be a leader “Effective leadership starts on the inside and moves out.” - Blanchard & Tracy Leadership begins with you

Three Circles change the world influence others control self

The Four Factors Model Factor 1: Influence Factor 2: Integrity Trust Self Discipline Credibility Personal Growth Personal Mission Developing Others Shared Vision Factor 4: Improvement Factor 3: Inspiration

Factor 1 Influence “Sure I'm sore. Sure it hurts. But how can I complain about having sore knees when Ron Santo doesn't even have any legs?” - “Wild” Bill Holden

Factor 1 Influence Internal: Self-Discipline Interpersonal: Influence People “who do not manage themselves for effectiveness cannot possibly expect to manage their associates and subordinates.” Peter Drucker Interpersonal: Influence

Factor 1 Influence Factor Fiction: Power “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” - Victor Frankl

Factor 2 Integrity Internal: Credibility “If people anywhere are to willingly follow someone . . . They want to assure themselves that the person is worthy of their trust.” Kouzes & Posner

Factor 2 Integrity Interpersonal: Trust Leadership is a relationship “Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together. . . It cannot be mandated or purchased. It must be earned.” Bennis & Nanus Leadership is a relationship

Factor 2 Integrity Factor Fiction: Personality “The secret to life is honesty and fair play. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” - Groucho Marx

Factor 3 Inspiration Internal: Personal Mission Interpersonal: Shared Vision “Influence works by attracting and energizing people to an exciting vision of the future.” Bennis & Nanus

Factor 3 Inspiration Factor Fiction: Position “Leadership is not about the prestige of your title but the quality of your character. Real leadership is not about position, it’s about action.” - Robin Sharma

Factor 4 Improvement Internal: Self-Development “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Gandhi

Factor 4 Improvement “Continual learning is the key to effective leadership . . . We have to think of ways to learn and grow every day because when you stop growing you start to decay.” - Mike Krzyzewski

Factor 4 Improvement Interpersonal: Developing Others “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” Ralph Nader

Factor 4 Improvement Factor Fiction: Popularity “Celebrity is inversely correlated with leadership success.” - Jim Collins

Impact Positive Change Leadership produces positive change Within yourself In the lives of others In the world

Impact Positive Change “Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the truly great make you feel that you too can become great.” - Mark Twain

Impact Positive Change “Creating positive change is the ultimate test of leadership.” - John Maxwell

Impact Positive Change “This is the true joy in life, The being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish, little clod of ailments. . . I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.” - George Bernard Shaw

Impact Positive Change Great ambition and conquest, without contribution, are without significance. What will your contribution be? How will history remember you? - The Emperor’s Club

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