From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership | Webinar 03.03.15

From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition

to Remarkable Leadership

Presented by:

Kevin Eikenberry

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Kevin Eikenberry

Leadership Expert and Chief Potential

Officer

The Kevin Eikenberry Group

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Which best describes me…

a. I’m an HR professional thinking about this organizationally

b. I lead new supervisors and what to help them succeed.

c. I am a new supervisor/leader – and have been in the role less than 6 months

d. I am a new supervisor/leader – and have been for longer than 6 months

e. Other – note it in the chat if you’d like!

Our Goals Today

The 4 Changes a New Leader Faces

Your Impact as a Leader

Common New Leader Mistakes

11 Components of the Supervisor Role

Transition Conversations You Need to Have

Better Performance Reviews

Your Questions



What is the most important thing, idea, or concept that you want to get from our time together?

What Changes?

Relationships change

Expectations change

Needed skills change

Perspective changes


Relationship Changes

With your team

With former peers

With other leaders

With your leader


Transition Conversations

Your Team

Your Friends

Your New Boss

Your New Peers

Your Former Boss

Others?


Transition Conversations

Make them intentional

Goals Set expectations – both directions

Establish relationship boundaries

Understand communication preferences


Your Dual Responsibility

Represent the organization to the

team

Represent the team to the

organization


A Picture of Your World


Management Leadership

Your Work

Skill Changes – the First Five

Change

Communication

Coaching

Collaboration and Teamwork

Commitment to Success (Goals)



Results AND Relationships

not

Results OR Relationships


Roles, Results and Relationships

• Helping people decide to change/make changes

• Coaching team members

• Delegating tasks

• Getting things done/creating results

• Inspiring people to action

• Setting goals

• Communicating up, down and across the

organization

• Developing others

• Building a team

• Resolving conflicts

• Holding people accountable


Common New Leader Mistakes

Usually Caused by Imbalance(Not understanding where to “draw the line”)


Four Examples

The delegation balance

The “rules” balance

The relationship balance

The change balance


Excited about doing

performance reviews?


A Behavior Focus

Not:

Attitude

Intentions

Why they did what they did

What they were thinking


A Behavior Focus

Do talk about:

Actions

Words

Accomplishments

Results


Positive or Negative?

Focus on the positive and confront

the negative

Bridge with “and” not “but”

4:1 Rule

Pygmalion Effect


Make it Ongoing

You can do more than the minimum

Keep track of both good and bad

No surprises


Reduce Anxiety

Acknowledge the stress

Make it a safe place

Pick a good time

Invite carefully

More frequency = less stress

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The “Form”

The form is an outcome, not the

reason

Relationship over process

Documentation

Records/Legal requirements

Past vs. future focus

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HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE AS

A NEW SUPERVISOR

From Bud to

Boss:

20 Course Video

Series

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Getting The Most

Think and reflect

Teach someone else

Questions for me? Ask!

Decide and act


For More Information

To learn more about Kevin and The Kevin Eikenberry Group . . .

http://KevinEikenberry.com

Kevin’s blog - http://blog.KevinEikenberry.com

LinkedIn / Facebook / Twitter (@KevinEikenberry)

The Bud to Boss Community – free resources for leaders

http://BudtoBossCommunity.com

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inquiries, contact [email protected]


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