1. Four Leadership Lessons PACRAO 2018 Sacramento, CA October, 2018

2. As You Are Settling In
Sit nearby at least one person you don’t know well.
Take a couple of deep centering breaths and set a clear intention for today.
Think about the following questions: as a leader, I am most challenged by… I am most energized by…

3. Four Leadership Lessons James Miller Director of Admissions UW Bothell

4. Our Goals Today Connect new colleagues.
React to ideas presented through a stimulating dialog about the work of Leadership.
Think about taking away something you can implement that will make your and your team’s daily work better.

5. Leadership is WORK Story about growing up on a farm, in farm life.
Never thought that the world of the farm would translate to the world of work.
Working on a farm is:
A mixture of ongoing maintenance and effort with new projects.
Never ending, never slowing.
Requires consistent effort
Leadership is work.

6. Four Leadership Lessons
The Most Important Thing
Candor
Start With Why
Do The Thing

7. Connect
Partner up with someone in the room who you do not know well, or at all.
Introductions
Share: what aspects of leadership are most draining? Most energizing?
The problem I am trying to solve right now is…

8. Discussion

9. The Most Important Thing

10. The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. - Stephen Covey

11. As a new leader, one of the first lessons you learn is that your schedule is no longer your own.

12. But what did I ACCOMPLISH?

13. Productive > Busy

14. Your mind is precious real estate.
Guard it.

15. Most Important Things Turn off notifications on all devices.
Especially those Outlook popups!
Answer in purposeful shifts rather than constant responding.
Take breaks

16. Reflection

17. Most Important Things
Prior to starting the day, ask yourself: what is the thing that must be accomplished to make today successful?
Write it down.
Eliminate obstacles.

18. Most Important Things

19. Most Important Things Jesuit Examen
Set an intention for “light” to be cast upon the events of the day.
Give thanks (be specific)
Review the events of the day
Acknowledge where you came up short
Plan for tomorrow

20. Most Important Things Staff meetings using MIT
Work to eliminate meetings that have no purpose.
Do we need to gather for updates?
Encourage mindfulness on your team

21. Candor

22. Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.  --The Buddha

23. Complete this sentence: If you can’t say anything nice…

24. Radical Candor

25. Radical Candor

26. Radical Candor

27. The Power of Feedback Good feedback is: Timely and specific
Candid and from a place of personal care
Free of generalities or platitudes
Three positive for every one negative
Focused on improvement

28. Start with “Why?”

29. Start with Why

30. Start with Why

31. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.  -Sydney J. Harris

32. Do the Thing.

33. A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.  -Simon Sinek

34. Do The Thing Don’t delegate. Empower.
Use a strengths based approach to put team members into roles that fit their skills and create permission to produce.
Remember Leadership IS work

35. Live and breathe by the Rule of The 80%

36. Create a culture of action.

37. Don’t let the great be the enemy of the good.

38. Take care of yourself.

39. Thank you! James Miller Director of Admissions – UW Bothell
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