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Leader/Follower Alignment
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Leader/Follower Alignment
•Today’s Agenda
•Definitions•Four Key Questions•The End Result•Transformation
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• A Few Definitions
– Leadership• A Process
– Followership• Fresh Perspective• Five Dimensions
Reciprocal Influence
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• Four Key Questions for Alignment– Who– What– Why– How?
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• Who– A Partnership.
• Not Leader Subordinate or even leader, employee - rather leader/follower
– Leaders (Provides the Vision, Ensures Trust is Developed, Committed to the Relationship, Removes Obstacles to Motivation)
– Followers (Seeks work that has Meaning, Contributes Ideas, Willingly Endorses the Vision, Assumes Responsibility)
Intimate Allies
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• Who– A Partnership.
• Not Leader Subordinate or even leader, employee - rather leader/follower
– Leaders (Provides the Vision, Ensures Trust is Developed, Committed to the Relationship, Removes Obstacles to Motivation)
– Followers (Seeks work that has Meaning, Contributes Ideas, Willingly Endorses the Vision, Assumes Responsibility)
Create
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Inter-ConnectedConsulting
• Who– A Partnership.
• Not Leader Subordinate or even leader, employee - rather leader/follower
– Leaders (Provides the Vision, Ensures Trust is Developed, Committed to the Relationship, Removes Obstacles to Motivation)
– Followers (Seeks work that has Meaning, Contributes Ideas, Willingly Endorses the Vision, Assumes Responsibility)
Courage
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• What– Vision
• “Followers and Leaders Orbit around the purpose – Followers do not Orbit around the Leader.” (Ira Challeff)
– Goals• “Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing.” (Stephen Covey)
– Behaviors • Back to the Vision
It’s Not About You!
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• What– Vision
• “Followers and Leaders Orbit around the purpose – Followers do not Orbit around the Leader.” (Ira Challeff)
– Goals• “Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing.” (Stephen Covey)
– Behaviors • Back to the Vision
The Main Thing
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• What– Vision
• “Followers and Leaders Orbit around the purpose – Followers do not Orbit around the Leader.” (Ira Challeff)
– Goals• “Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing.” (Stephen Covey)
– Behaviors • Back to the Vision
Model the Way
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• Why– It is the Right thing to do.
– No one Person has the Skill Set(s) Required to do Everything Well. (The Superhero Leader – does not Exist)
– It allows both the leader and the follower to do what they do best (whatever that is)
Seek What is Right
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• Why– It is the Right thing to do.
– No one Person has the Skill Set(s) Required to do Everything Well. (The Superhero Leader – does not Exist)
– It allows both the leader and the follower to do what they do best (whatever that is)
Leaders Can’t Do it All
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• Why– It is the Right thing to do.
– No one Person has the Skill Set(s) Required to do Everything Well. (The Superhero Leader – does not Exist)
– It allows both the leader and the follower to do what they do best (whatever that is)
Who has the Expertise?
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• How
– Leader (Decision Making, Kindness and Compassion, Commitment to Followers, Provide Feedback, Mentorship, Agape Love)
– Follower (Decision Making, Trustworthiness, Full Cooperation, Candid Feedback, )
Getting Decisions Made
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• The End Result
– Leadership is the Compass• Power of Appreciation• Reminds Everyone of What is Important• Generates and Sustains Trust• Intimate Allies
A Compass Not a Map
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• The End Result
– Leadership is the Compass• Power of Appreciation• Reminds Everyone of What is Important• Generates and Sustains Trust• Intimate Allies
Ribbons on a Uniform
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• The End Result
– Leadership is the Compass• Power of Appreciation• Reminds Everyone of What is Important• Generates and Sustains Trust• Intimate Allies
Always the Vision
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• The End Result
– Leadership is the Compass• Power of Appreciation• Reminds Everyone of What is Important• Generates and Sustains Trust• Intimate Allies
Emotional Glue
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• The End Result
– Leadership is the Compass• Power of Appreciation• Reminds Everyone of What is Important• Generates and Sustains Trust• Intimate Allies
Together
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• Transformation
– Movement from the Undesirable State• Vision
– Reciprocal Influence• Leader and Follower Together
Vision + Alignment = Transformation
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• Action Plan for Alignment
– It’s a Partnership and/or Team Endeavor• Relationships Matter; Encourage, Develop, Learn, Grow
– Everything Revolves around the Vision• Keep that in Mind when Developing Goals and Tasks
– Communication• All in the Organization should have access to the same
information
Three Keys
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Thoughts?
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Inter-ConnectedConsulting REFERENCES
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