10 Insights on Modern Leadership — Alan Foster

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This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,

founder & host of 33voices®.

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Alan Foster helps leaders deliver results as a leadership advisor and public speaker. He’s also the co-author of Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success.

Alan Foster@alanvfoster

Alan Foster is a consultant at ghSMART

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The modern leader’s Power Score = Priorities x Who x Relationships.

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The modern leader’s Power Score = Priorities x Who x Relationships. Crystalize your top 5 Priorities

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The modern leader’s Power Score = Priorities x Who x Relationships.

Make attracting and developing the right Who your foremost responsibility

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The modern leader’s Power Score = Priorities x Who x Relationships.

Never downplay the value of a Relationship

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It’s a distinguished leader who recognizes that all ‘What’ & ‘How’ problems are actually ‘Who’ problems in disguise.

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The more successful you are as a leader, the less priorities that you’ll have, for the diffusion of energy caused by not establishing priorities

will drag you down to mediocrity.

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Don’t confuse a goal with a priority, for the correct priorities describe a specific outcome

and include some goals and timelines that help describe it. Limit it to no more than 5.

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The best leaders are obsessed with sourcing and hiring the best talent. They hardly hire generic, high caliber individuals. Rather, they

clearly define the success criteria of the role and interview against it.

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The leader who’s skilled at attracting A-players understands that removing non-performers and

aligning the strengths of his team is the prelude to hiring that superstar.

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A-players are attracted to the company that will take the time to explore the depth of who they are, for they know that unless their values are

aligned, their tenure will be short-lived.

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The successful leader doesn’t set out to practice his leadership skills in a vacuum,

rather, he fosters relationships that achieves goals and produce meaningful results.

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No relationship can endure a lack of trust, and the best leaders keep these words by Ernest Hemingway top of mind, “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

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To gauge your leadership effectiveness, answer these three questions and calculate

your Power Score. On a scale of 1-10:

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To gauge your leadership effectiveness, answer these three questions and calculate

your Power Score. On a scale of 1-10:To what extend are you setting

the right priorities?

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To gauge your leadership effectiveness, answer these three questions and calculate

your Power Score. On a scale of 1-10:To what extend do you have the right people in the right roles?

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To gauge your leadership effectiveness, answer these three questions and calculate

your Power Score. On a scale of 1-10:To what extend do your relationships

produce results?

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Insight #10

To gauge your leadership effectiveness, answer these three questions and calculate

your Power Score. On a scale of 1-10:

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Reflect: Do your priorities align with your results?

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