1. Leadership Nuggets Fon R. Holloway
Good Morning All, as stated in the introduction I am Fon and I want to say right up front that I am a work in progress. What you received from me today will not be absolute and all cases and I am no expert on the topic of leadership. What I can tell you is a believe that I am growing each and every day as a leader and the things that I am going to talk about are things that I subscribed to and believe are true. My only goal to today is to get each of you to either learn something new OR more likely hear something that you have heard before in a different kind of way and commit to either putting it in use or teaching or sharing the concept with someone us that you influence. Is that fair enough. Lastly, while I am the designated speaker for this time period it is not my intention to speak for the whole time but to spark some conversation among all of you so that some of the expertise in the group is shared

2. One of the things that I didn't mention in my bio is that 20 years ago I was introduced to a book called the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership written by John Maxwell. That was my introduction to John Maxwell, who is known around the world as one of the #1 experts in the area of leadership. I have been reading his material, books, and receiving a daily message from him every since then. He has been my mentor for all of those years and I just got to meet him in August when I completed his certification program. Most of what I share today are snippets from 2 titles I am showing on this slide.

3. INFLUENCE Leadership is…
The true meaning of leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.
Every thing rises and/or falls on leadership.
Law of EF Hutton – when the real leader speaks, people listen
INFLUENCE

4. Goal is to INCREASE influence
LEADERSHIP
The more you increase your influence, the more you increase your leadership

5. Influence Inventory WHO do you influence?
Principle – as a leader “attract who you are, not who you want”
List top 3 characteristics of who you want on your team… Do you possess those characteristics?

6. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
FORCE
Principle – how you influence people will determine how many, how long, and how effectively you influence them.
Force – no choice in the decision

7. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
INTIMIDATION
Intimidation – my way or the highway

8. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
MANIPULATION
Manipulation – there’s a winner and a loser

9. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
POSITION
Positional – we follow because we have to

10. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
EXCHANGE
Exchange – we both win something

11. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
PERSUASION
Persuasion – we follow because we want to

12. How do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
How do you influence others?
RESPECT
Respect – we follow because of the request and respect for the influencer

13. How MANY do you influence?
Influence Inventory
How MANY do you influence?
Everyone influences someone, few people influence a lot of people

14. WHEN do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
WHEN do you influence others?
Leaders sense:
LEADERS ARE READERS
Teachable Moments

15. WHEN do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
WHEN do you influence others?
Leaders sense:
Hurt enough to have to change
Learn enough to want to change
Receive enough to be able to change
Breakthrough Places

16. WHEN do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
WHEN do you influence others?
Leaders sense:
Catalyst times

17. WHY do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
WHY do you influence others?
Principle – why you do something will ultimately determine what you do
Right motives are crucial to people because leadership functions on the basis of trust
Continual wrong motives are a result of bad character

18. WHERE do you influence others?
Influence Inventory
WHERE do you influence others?
Mistake – if I’m not on top, I can’t lead. Leadership is influence not position
When I get to the top, then I will learn to lead
If I were on top, everyone would follow – if people don’t follow you now, they won’t follow you then
When I get to the top I will be able to do anything – when you get to the top you have to practice servant leadership

19. Insights into influence
Leadership is INFLUENCE
Our influence with others is usually not in ALL AREAS
With influence comes RESPONSIBILITY
My influence with others is either POSITIVE or NEGATIVE
Our influence can GROW
People of positive influence ADD VALUE to others

20. The toughest person to lead is yourself
Only leaders who have followed well know how to lead others well.
Learn Followership

21. Defining Moments Define Your Leadership
Ground breakers
Heart breakers
Cloud breakers
Chart breakers
Ground breakers take you into an area you haven’t been before
Heart breakers are when you realize things are going very well
Cloud breakers let you soar like you’ve never soared before
Chart breakers take you beyond your expectations
Experience is no teacher unless you learn from it. Focus not on what happens to you but on what happens in you during the process of the experience.
At every defining moment, ask yourself one question:
What did you learn?

22. When You Get Kicked in the Rear, You Know You’re Out in Front
How to hold up against Criticism…

23. WHO ARE YOU Know YOURSELF Step One: who
Know Yourself – this is a reality issue. Know what you do well and what you don’t do well. Be prepared to be criticized – you cannot impart what you do not possess.
Know YOURSELF

24. Change YOURSELF Step Two:
Change Yourself – this is a responsibility issue. Leaders change first. Maintain the right attitude when criticized by not being defensive, looking for the grain of truth, making the necessary changes and taking the high road.
Change YOURSELF

25. Forget YOURSELF Step Three:
Forget Yourself – this is a security issue. Stop focusing on yourself. No one else is paying much attention to you. We all need grace and forgiveness
Forget YOURSELF

26. Never Work a Day In Your Life
Accomplish
Attempt
Meet
Feel
Motivate
Believe
Lead
Passion separates the extraordinary from the ordinary. Passion enables you to:
Believe things you would not have believed
Feel think you would not have felt
Attempt things you would not attempted
Accomplish things you would not have accomplished
Met people you would not have met
Motivate people you would not have motivated
Lead people you would not have led
Passion is the key to Potential

27. The Best Leaders Are Listeners
Listening is the best way to learn
Listening can keep problems from escalating
Listening can improve the organization

28. Get In the Zone and Stay There
Ask yourself, “What do you do well?”
Get specific
Find your strength zone

29. A Leader’s First Responsibility Is to:
According to Jack Welch, the CEO of all CEOS…
Six Rules for Leadership:
#1: Control your destiny; or someone else will
#2: Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it were
#3: Be candid with everyone
#4: Don’t manage; lead
#5: Change before you have to
#6: If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete
Define Reality

30. To See How the Leader Is Doing
Are the people…
FOLLOWING
CHANGING
Q1 – all leaders have two common characteristics – first they are going somewhere and second, they are able to persuade people to follow
Q2 – Are the people willing to make a change for the sake of progress
Q3 – The best leaders help people with more than their jobs, they help with their lives
Q4 – Leadership is meant to lift others and help others succeed
GROWING
SUCCEEDING
Look at the People

31. Don’t Send Your Ducks to Eagle School
You will frustrate the EAGLES
You will frustrate the DUCKS
You will frustrate YOURSELF

32. Your Biggest Mistake is…
Not Asking What Mistake You’re Making
Ask: “What Are We Missing?”
Admit Your Own Mistakes and Weaknesses
Accept Mistakes as the Price of Progress
Give Permission to Push Back

33. Keep Learning to Keep Leading
All great leaders invest themselves in a personal growth plan
Invest In Yourself First

34. Keep Learning to Keep Leading
To progress as a leader is to transition from being a person of answers to a person of lessons.
Be a Continual Learner

35. Leaders Distinguish Themselves During Tough Times
Leaders have to be willing to do things others are unwilling to do. They have to put themselves on the line.
The Tough Call Demands Risk

36. Leaders Distinguish Themselves During Tough Times
Difficult times faced by leaders begins within them, not with others.
Doing the right thing isn’t always easy, but it is necessary if a leader wants to maintain integrity and remain effective.
The Tough Call Brings With It an Inward Battle

37. Experience Alone Is Not the Best Teacher
Our attitude toward unplanned and unpleasant experiences determines our growth
Lack of experience is costly
Experience is also costly
Evaluated experience lifts a person above the crowd

38. Be a Connector, Not Just a Climber
Think Horizontal
Focus on Relationships
Value Cooperation
Seek Partnerships
Build Consensus
Think Vertical
Focus on Position
Value Competition
Seek Power
Build Their Image
If you climb without connecting you may gain authority but you won’t have many friends
If you connect well but possess little desire to climb, you may end up with many friends but not much authority to accomplish anything
Climbing and Connecting are not an either/or but a both/and.

39. The Choices You Make, Make You
Standards for yourself will be higher than what others might set for you
Helping people is more important than making them happy
Your focus is on the present

40. Few Leaders Are Successful Unless a Lot of People Want Them to Be
Mentors draw you up to them
Supporters lift you up to a better you

41. You Only Get Answers to the Questions You Ask
Some people see questions as a sign of ignorance. Leaders see them as a sign of engagement, curiosity, and the desire to improve.

42. Summary Leadership is all about influence
Knowing who you influence really matters
Leaders have to continually grow themselves
Leaders have to genuine care about and grow their people.
The greater the leader’s influence and growth the greater the team’s success

43. Sources Leadership Gold, John Maxwell
Becoming a Person of Influence, John Maxwell

44. Thank You Very Much!