1. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. Leadership Retreat Allan J. Calarco, Faculty Center for Creative Leadership April 2015 “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths!”

2. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. The Center for Creative Leadership CCL serves 35,000+ leaders and 3,000+ organizations annually in 100+ countries from 10 offices and 12 affiliates. CCL empowers 10,000+ men, women and youth annually at the grassroots level through Leadership Beyond Boundaries. Top 10 Global Rankings in Financial Times and Bloomberg BusinessWeek and 98% Client Satisfaction

3. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. Developing Leaders Worldwide Colorado Springs, ColoradoSan Diego, CaliforniaGreensboro, North CarolinaMoscow, RussiaBrussels, BelgiumNew Delhi - NCR, IndiaAddis Ababa, EthiopiaSingaporeJohannesburg, South AfricaShanghai, China CCL has the largest managed network of leadership faculty and coaches in the world with nearly 1,000 professionals speaking 48 languages

4. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. YOU ?

5. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. So how do you get people to work together willingly and effectively to produce transformational results? D A C Agreement on collective aim, mission, vision, or goal Organization and coordination of work Willingness to place collective efforts and benefits above individual benefits IRECTION LIGNMENT OMMITMENT Direction Alignment Commitment

6. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. Types of Leadership Defined TRANSACTIONAL Focuses on the exchanges that occur between leaders and their followers TRANSFORMATIONAL Process of engaging with others to create a connection that increases motivation in both the leader and the followers Focuses on the leader’s own interests rather than the interests of their followers PSEUDOTRANSFORMATIONAL

7. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. TRANSFORMATIONAL Process of engaging with others to create a connection that increases Motivation in both the leader and the followers  The Leader is attentive to the needs and motives of followers and tries to help followers reach their fullest potential. Mohandas Gandhi – raised the hopes and dreams of millions of people and in the process was changed himself

8. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. I would never require someone to do something that I wouldn't do myself. My colleagues would say that they know what I stand for. Inspiring others has always come easy to me. My colleagues have told me that my enthusiasm and positive energy are infectious. My colleagues would say that I am very attentive to their needs and concerns. Even though I could easily do a task myself, I delegate it to expand my colleagues skills. Innovation and creativity are the keys to success. I encourage my colleagues to question their most basic way of thinking.

9. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. How will we decide on a shared direction? How will we maintain commitment to the collective? How will we coordinate our work to fit together? Direction Alignment Commitment

10. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. The “Sweet Spot” of Leadership Coordinated, facing same way but lacking momentum Promises without delivery Nobody “walks the talk” Only easier things get done Failure to progress Willing cooperation but lacking purpose Inertia Running in circles Team is going nowhere fast Everyone heading in different directions Buy-in but uncoordinated Competing for resources Failure to agree on key elements & ways of working Direction Alignment Commitment

11. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. A CCL ® Definition of Leadership Development “Leadership development is the expansion of a person’s capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes. Leadership roles and processes are those that enable groups of people to work together in productive and meaningful ways.” - Handbook of Leadership Development Ellen VanVelsor, Cynthia D. McCauley, Russ S. Moxley

12. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. Leaders and Managers  Planning  Budgeting  Organizing  Controlling  Staffing  Problem solving  Within paradigms  Vision/Direction Setting  Aligning People  Motivating  Inspiring  Coping w/Change  Between paradigms  Trust Leader Manager

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14. Remember…Dr. King never said…. I HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN....

15. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. How High is Your Impact? How high do you want it to be? So what type of leadership is needed in your organization? Are you taking personal responsibility and holding people accountability? Do you have 20 years of experience…or 1 year of experience 20 times? Key Critical Questions for Leaders

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17. © 2015 Center for Creative Leadership. All Rights Reserved. “The way we get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney

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