1. Class 2: February 1, 2017 4 Types of Courage
Jo Miller CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching
Transforming yourself from a high-performing employee into an emerging leader can be a challenge. It takes strength, moxie, resilience and courage. Learn how to carve out a unique and valuable leadership niche, transition from doing to leading, influence upward and prepare to take career risks.

2. 4 Types of Courage for Emerging Leaders
Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc. and Founding Editor of BeLeaderly.com

3. Jo Miller
Founding Editor of BeLeaderly.com and CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc.
Helps emerging women leaders create a roadmap for their career advancement.
Has traveled widely in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East to deliver keynotes and teach workshops for conferences, professional associations, and corporate women’s initiatives.
A leading authority on women’s leadership, Jo delivers more than 60 speaking presentations annually to audiences of up to 1,200.

4. I HAVE SOME UNIQUE
KOALAFICATIONS

5. You can’t afford to wait…
Don’t wait for permission or an invitation to lead.
Don’t wait for someone to promote you.
Take the lead! Take charge of your career.

6. Are you the best kept secret in the organization?
You must take risks!
Are you the best kept secret in the organization?
Are you the best kept secret in your organization?

7. 4 Types of Courage for Emerging Leaders
Identify your leadership niche
Transition from doing to leading
Influence upward
Take career risks

8. Grab a copy of this presentation at www.BeLeaderly.com/newcourage

9. Identify Your Leadership Niche
Transition from doing to leading

10. “Be famous for something! Know what is your claim to fame.”
— General Manager, Software Industry

11. Who do you know who has carved out a strong personal brand?

12. What’s your career superpower?

13. Your leadership niche What are you passionate about?
What does your company/ industry need and value?
What are your skills and talents?

14. Financial analyst
The change agent

15. Say “yes” to any project, role, opportunity or assignment that…
Aligns with and showcases your niche
Allows you to deliver valuable, measurable business results

16. No

17. Transition From Doing to Leading

18. — Lisa Walsh, VP, PepsiCo Sales
You have probably built success as a specialist who is adept at knowing your topic or your area of the business. It is one of the reasons you have gotten promoted. As you go higher, you will be valued for understanding the business and how various pieces of the business integrate into the whole.
— Lisa Walsh, VP, PepsiCo Sales

19. Transitioning from Doing to Leading
Executing
Subject matter expert
Tactician
Your success
Leading
Envisioning
Thought leader
Strategist
Team’s success

20. — Dona Munsch, VP Cloud Operations, NetApp
My ‘get ‘er done’ mentality—as the go-to person, and the only one who knew how to do certain things—got in my way of moving ahead. I couldn’t step out of my own role to take on new opportunities.
— Dona Munsch, VP Cloud Operations, NetApp

21. Your time portfolio:
Analyze your calendar
Take a look at the last month
Color code activities: are they strategic or tactical?
— Dona Munsch

22. 1. What do you need to let go of?
2. What will you do more of?

23. Influence Upward

24. To be an effective leader, you have to be a strong communicator.
One of the most important areas of leading and communicating is with your own management.
— Lori Carlin Proctor, Senior Retail Supply Leader, Procter & Gamble

25. 1. Understand your leaders and their goals.

26. 1. Understand your leaders and their goals.
2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive.

27. 1. Understand your leaders and their goals.
2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive.
3. Pre-sell your big ideas.

28. Never underestimate the power of the “meeting before the meeting.”

29. 3. Pre-sell your big ideas
Does this make sense to you?
Do you agree with this?
Do you think this is a smart way for us to be investing our time and money?
Does this align with the initiatives in your area?
And if it does, will you back me up when I give my presentation?
— VP, Corporate Communications, Medical Devices

30. 1. Understand your leaders and their goals.
2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive.
3. Pre-sell your big ideas.

31. 1. Understand your leaders and their goals.
2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive.
3. Pre-sell your big ideas.
4. Know when and how to challenge your leaders.

32. 4. Know when and how to challenge your leaders
It’s all about consistently delivering good results — and having credibility
Make sure it’s the right time
Have all your facts together and present a good case
The more solid your facts, the better your chances
Speak high level about the situation but answer detailed questions
Be politely persistent. Know when to pick battles and when to let go.
— Kim Brown Strickland

33. — Linda Nordgren, President and CEO, Encore Associates
Take time to understand your leader and their preferred communication style. Observe how others communicate effectively with them.
— Linda Nordgren, President and CEO, Encore Associates

34. 1. Understand your leaders and their goals.
2. Communicate in a style that they find persuasive.
3. Pre-sell your big ideas.
4. Know when and how to challenge your leaders.

35. Take Career Risks

36. If you’re not taking risks in your career, you might actually be creating more risk for yourself.
— Valerie Oswalt, Vice President of Sales, West Area for Mondelēz International.

37. Take purposeful risks. Reflect on your niche and career goals.
Negotiate assignments that align with where you want to go next in your career.
Accept assignments that are linked to your passion, because you’ll make a bigger difference.
Be highly selective in what you take on, so that you’re not stretching yourself too thin.
Be bold.
— Angie Hemmelgarn, Chief People Officer, Everything But The House.

38. Be bold! Push yourself, and get comfortable being uncomfortable.
— Angie Hemmelgarn, Chief People Officer Everything But The House.

39. 4 Types of Courage for Emerging Leaders
1. Identify your leadership niche
2. Transition from doing to leading
3. Influence upward
4. Take career risks

40. Grab a copy of this presentation at www.BeLeaderly.com/newcourage

41. Opportunity does not come gift-wrapped. You must take risks.
— Nina Bhatti, Founder and CEO of Kokko, Inc.