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Microsoft Leadership Summit's key note presentation from Oxford Leadership Academy's CEO Cyril Legrand

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  • Leadership in a global context
  • Everything we hear is an option, NOT A FACT. Everything we see is a perspective, NOT THE TRUTH. Marcus Aurelius
  • When the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is in sight. Jack Welch
  • WINDS Strategies, Goals, Targets, KPIs
  • CURRENTS Culture, Values, Habits, Beliefs, Patterns, Traditions, Fears WINDS Strategies, Goals, Targets, KPIs
  • Leaders today face increasing complexity and uncertainty
  • the need to adapt to new realities
  • a capacity to innovate and transform Think Big Scale FastStart Small
  • and a change in mindset Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
  • LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT CONTEXT & CHOICES
  • WORRYING CIRCLE (VICTIM)
  • WORRYING CIRCLE (VICTIM) INFLUENCING CIRCLE (PROTAGONIST)
  • If you`re going through hell KEEP GOING Winston Churchill
  • What kind of system are our organizations?
  • Our organizations are living systems, not machines.
  • Complex Dynamic Non-linear ORDERCHAOS CONTROL Self-organizing Co-evolving Unpredictable
  • Self-organization
  • Self-organization Living systems are continuously self- organizing in response to inner and outer conditions
  • We do not really "organize" anything. We just influence the way things self-organize.
  • Microsoft 2008 30 billion instant messages 250 million people 6.6 degrees of separation Facebook 2011 721 million users 4.74 degrees of separation Connectivity
  • Everything is connected at some level. Sometimes the connections are hard to see.
  • Look for the connections.
  • Simple acts can have enormous consequences
  • Entropy Left to themselves, living systems disperse energy with time.
  • We need to inject new energy into a system periodically ideas, people, opportunities, etc...
  • Consciousness Our mindsets, beliefs, and values shape our reality.
  • Consciousness Our mindsets, beliefs, and values shape our reality.
  • Translating ideas into reality to improve human life
  • If you want to change a system, you have to change the thinking behind it. Albert Einstein
  • Four Lessons from Living Systems
  • Giving up the illusion that you can predict the future is a very liberating moment. All you can do is give yourself the capacity to respond the creating of that capacity is the purpose of strategy. Lord John Brown
  • LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT CONTEXT & CHOICES
  • Change drivers Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Change drivers Globally Connected World Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity & adaptability at the center of org. operations Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Change drivers Globally Connected World Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity & adaptability at the center of org. operations Extreme Longevity Increasing global lifespans change the nature of careers & learning Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Change drivers Globally Connected World Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity & adaptability at the center of org. operations Extreme Longevity Increasing global lifespans change the nature of careers & learning Rise of Smart Machines & Systems Workplace automation nudges human workers out of rote, repetitive tasks Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Change drivers Globally Connected World Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity & adaptability at the center of org. operations Extreme Longevity Increasing global lifespans change the nature of careers & learning Rise of Smart Machines & Systems Workplace automation nudges human workers out of rote, repetitive tasks Superstructed Organizations Social technologies drive new forms of production & values creation Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Change drivers Globally Connected World Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity & adaptability at the center of org. operations Extreme Longevity Increasing global lifespans change the nature of careers & learning Rise of Smart Machines & Systems Workplace automation nudges human workers out of rote, repetitive tasks Superstructed Organizations Social technologies drive new forms of production & values creation New Media Ecology New communication tools require new media literacies beyond text Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Change drivers Globally Connected World Increased global interconnectivity puts diversity & adaptability at the center of org. operations Extreme Longevity Increasing global lifespans change the nature of careers & learning Rise of Smart Machines & Systems Workplace automation nudges human workers out of rote, repetitive tasks Superstructed Organizations Social technologies drive new forms of production & values creation New Media Ecology New communication tools require new media literacies beyond text Computational World Massive increase in sensors & processing power make the world a programmable system Institute for the Future Palo Alto
  • Mega Shifts From Separateness to Connectedness From Fragmentation to Partnership From Competition to Collaboration From Trust in external authority to Trust in inner authority From a Feeling & Need to control to Empowerment & Response-ability
  • This is YOU This is your ORGANIZATION
  • This is YOU This is your ORGANIZATION
  • Perception Reality (?)
  • Being intentionally focused on the vital behaviors that will make the biggest difference Generating trust, teamwork, and commitment to excellence through shared purpose, values, and vision Developing collective organizational wisdom and capacity, with all stakeholders aligned, engaged, and accountable for performance Creating interconnected leadership communities aligned by a common purpose Developing leadership from the inside-out A need for more integrated & holistic approaches.
  • LEADERSHIP IS PERSONAL ITS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS is the relationship The conversation
  • LEADERSHIP IS NOT FOR YOU ITS FOR THOSE YOU LEAD
  • Mastering the CURRENTS (and the Winds)
  • The TOTAL INTELLIGENCE of the Leader Intuitive Intelligence
  • Leaders must expand their intuitive intelligence and develop greater trust in their 'flashes of insight Be present See the whole picture Clarify your intention Engage your value Fierce resolve Initiating Intuiting Interpreting Integrating Institutionalizing At Personal Level As a Collaborative Process
  • Collaborative actions based on collective wisdom Defines the framework for collaboration Creates a climate for discovery and emergence Encourages and honours diverse perspectives Asks powerful questions Suspends premature judgment Explores assumptions and beliefs Embraces ambiguity and not-knowing Articulates emergent solutions Act decisively
  • Towards a new operating system for leaders: from an EGO system to an ECO system about ME about US Top Down Control Influence Command Empowerment Independent Silos Aligned Agility Territoriality Partnership Power Struggles Mutual Support Limited Information Joint Knowledge Development Individual Responsibility Mutual Accountability Task Driven Strategic Thinking Functional Interaction Matricial Interaction Transactions Relationships
  • Or is it a different sport? Is it just about putting the bar higher?
  • Cultural Differences Competition Consensus Loyalty and hierarchy Loyalty, hierarchy and implicit order Hierarchy and impersonal bureaucracy Order Contest Network Family Pyramid Solar System Machine AUL, GBR, IRE, NZL, USA DEN, NET, NOR, SWE, FIN CHI,HOK,IND,IDO, MAL,PHI,SIN BRA,CHL,COL, ECA, SAL,GRE,GUA, ITA SOUTH, KOR,MEX,PER, POR,RUS,TAI,TH A TUR,URU,VEN BEL, FRA, ITA North SPA, SWI (FRENCH) AUT, CZE, HUN, GER, SWI (GERMAN)
  • Whats Not Different? Beneath the surface, were all the same.were human. Great leaders are first and foremost, great human beings
  • Whats Not Different? TRUST + RESPECT
  • High Performing Code of Conduct & Communication
  • sense of identity sense of direction sense of purpose WHO WHY WHERE Keeping Focus in Chaos & Complexity
  • Student: Why do I keep missing?
  • Student: Why do I keep missing? Master: Because you are focusing too much on the target and too little on your actions.
  • LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT FOCUS & EXECUTION Student: Why do I keep missing? Master: Because you are focusing too much on the target and too little on your actions.
  • Imperatives for Breakthrough FOCUS CAPABILITY WILL Do It Skills and Talents Aligned Resources Calibrated Targets Response-Ability Compelling Common Purpose Shared Vision Coherent Strategy Aligned Goals Motivated Teams Fierce Resolve Relentless Execution Absolute Personal Responsibility
  • F O C U S The Few Things that Make the Biggest Difference Organisational Alignment Coherent & Calibrated Agendas Consistency of Priorities. New Habits and Behaviours Unloading. Aggressive Pruning and De-Selecting Stay the Course. Relentless Monitoring. Fierce Resolve
  • Einsteins Formula Understand Whats REALLY Going on - Discover the Right Question - Co-create Visions of Possibility - Develop Workable Solutions
  • Napoleons Formula See the Big Picture - Study Lessons from History - Presence of mind - Coup dOeil (Flash of Insight) - Fierce Resolve
  • Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character, but
  • Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character, but if you have to be without one, be without the strategy General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
  • Great leaders help others to be MORE!
  • Think Big Scale FastStart Small