The Heart and Soul of Leadership West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership Stonewall Resort November 2009

What is the mindset, skillset and toolset of the 21st century leader?

Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves. Stephen Covey Stephen Covey

Leadership is about change. It’s about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be.

Model the Way Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Encourage the Heart

Model the Way

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams

If people do not believe in the messenger, they will not believe in the message.

People commit to causes, not to plans.

What Do We Expect From Our Leaders? Ambitious Ambitious Broad-minded Broad-minded Caring Caring Competent Competent Cooperative Cooperative Courageous Courageous Dependable Dependable Determined Determined Fair- Minded Fair- Minded Visionary Visionary Honest Imaginative Independent Inspiring Intelligent Loyal Mature Self-controlled Straightforward Supportive

Great Leaders Turn… Obstacles into innovations Obstacles into innovations Risks into rewards Risks into rewards Visions into realities Visions into realities Values into actions Values into actions

A leader’s deeds are far more important than their words.

Inspire a Shared Vision

Leadership is about vision. But leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted. Jim Collins

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Peter Drucker

Challenge the Process

In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer

Every organization is perfectly aligned to get the results it gets. Edwards Deming

Alignment Disconnected Improvements Vision: Every Student Achieving No Excuses GOALS Process =

People never do their best when they keep things the same.

Alignment Connected Improvements Vision: Every Student Achieving No Excuses GOALS Process =

Courageous leaders breathe life into the hopes and dreams of others and enable them to see the exciting possibilities that the future holds..

Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Emerson

Enable Others to Act

Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being. We all have reservoirs of energy and genius to draw upon of which we do not dream. William James, 1899

Leaders foster collaboration and build trust and make it possible for others to do great work.

We must let go of our power to empower others.

The Power of We!

The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point they surpass him or her in knowledge and ability. Fred A. Manske

Encourage the Heart

Leaders focus on the soft stuff. People. Values. Character. Commitment. A cause. All of the stuff that was supposed to be too goo-goo to count in business. Yet it is the stuff that real leaders take care of first. And forever. That is why leadership is an art, not a science. Tom Peters

We must celebrate victories and honor the work of others.

Every significant relationship should be treated as if it’ll last a lifetime.

Relationships are EVERYTHING!

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.

Mt. Everest

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.

It’s not enough to be busy; the question is, what are we busy about?

Creating Greatness

We must become the change we wish to see---it starts with YOU!