1. © 2013 RYR Your Leadership Story? Jenny Garrett Executive coach, founder Reflexion Associates & author ‘Rocking Your Role’ Twitter @jennifergarrett

3. Would You Follow You? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbmTlvfuHlo Nic Askew – Soul Biographies

4. “Leadership has many voices. You need to be who you are, not try to emulate somebody else” Kevin Sharer – worked as Jack Welsh’s assistant at GE in 1980’s

5. What makes a good leader Leadership emerges from your life story Authentic charisma Vision Support Empathy Direction Clarity

6. Demonstrate a passion for your purpose Practice your values consistently Lead with your heart, your head and your gut Establish long term, meaningful relationships and have the self-discipline to get results When you are leading from your life story, you…. Know who you are

7. All of us have the spark of Leadership within us, whether it is business, in government, or as a non profit volunteer. The challenge is to understand ourselves well enough to discover where we can use our leadership gifts to serve others Young & Rubicam chairman and CEO Ann Fudge

8. My Leadership Story

9. Walk Tall

10. Vision

11. Embrace your difference

12. Be Vulnerable

13. Take leaps of faith

14. Make exquisite connections

15. What’s your life story? ‘Every idea you hold passionately has a background in your personal experience’ How have I become a leader? Why have I become a leader? 1.Natural 2.Struggle 3.Finding a cause 4.Learning from experience Authentic Leaders create their own legends and become authors of their lives in the sense of creating new and improved versions of themselves

16. Your Story 1.I have always led….. 2.The struggle that revealed my leadership was…. 3.Finding a cause helped me to become a leader by……… 4.Learning from experience has developed me as a leader….. Choose one that you think you could comfortably write a few words about. (that no one will read but you)

17. Your Story Start with one of the following 1.I have always led….. 2.The struggle that revealed my leadership was…. 3.Finding a cause helped me to become a leader by……… 4.Learning from experience has developed me as a leader….. Tips keep the hand moving don’t cross out don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, grammar go where the energy is *no one will read this but you* 5 Minutes

18. Reflection 1.Read your story 2.Reflect individually on these questions How did you find the process of writing? What surprised you about what you had written? What themes emerged? What’s the learning in your story? What would be the benefit of doing this exercise again? 3. Share your reflections with the group

19. What feels important to share from the exercise? How will this help? What next?

20. 8 Questions to hold 1.Which people and experiences in your early life had the greatest impact on you? 2.What are the moments when you say to yourself, this is the real me? 3.What are your most deeply held values? 4.How do you balance your extrinsic and intrinsic motivation? 5.What kind of support team do you have? 6.Are you able to be the same person in all aspects of your life? 7.Are you more effective as a leader when you behave authentically? 8.What steps can you take today, tomorrow, and over the next year to develop your authentic leadership? From George, Sims, McLean & Mayer, HBR, Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

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