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Jewel Daniels Radford

How to Become a Transformational Leader

How to Become a Transformational Leader

Understand how to adjust your leadership style How to get the best out of your team by working to meet their needs Leverage individual and team strengths to develop plans and reach strategic goals2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reserved

DEFINING LEADERSHIPSet goals, Light a path, and Persuade others to follow!

A Leader inspires, makes the most of their limited time, upholds the central mission and builds roads to precious resources. 2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reserved

DEFINING LEADERSHIPLeaders have their eyes on the horizon.A leader innovates.A leader is an original.A leader develops.A leader focuses on people.A leader inspires trust.A leader has a long-range perspective.A leader asks what and why.A leader challenges it.A leader does the right thing.2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reserved

MENTOR

COACH

VISIONARY

CHALLENGE

TRUST

EMPOWER

DEMONSTRATE

MOTIVATE

INSPIRE

VISIONARY2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reserved

P0LLWhich leadership characteristic do you find most challenging to practice?2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reservedText a CODE (see below) to 37607 Submit responses at pollev.com/DCGVisionary/Forecasting the Future 294564Mentoring/Building New Leaders 294565Empowering/ Letting Others Take Ownership 294566Motivating Others to Act 294573Demonstrating/Leading by Example 294574

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. ~Lewis H. Lapham

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Adjust Your Perspective Keep Your Hand Off the Panic Button Victim or Volunteer Call on Your SMEs A Seven Step Process

2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reservedThe Leadership Process

Subject Matter Experts

Get the best out of a team by working to meet their needs McClelland's Needs TheoryNeed for AchievementNeed for PowerNeed for AffiliationNeed to Avoid Failure2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reserved

Subject Matter Experts

Methods that build on individual and team strengths that help plan and prepare for weathering difficult storms Question: How could you use McClelland 's Needs Theory to create a positive motivational climate?Properly pair or realign team member skills with jobs/tasksBuild teams around internal and external challenges to formulate solutionsDevelop a plan that reflects team member ideas and perspectivesEmpower teams - allowing for ownership and rewardsTestMeasureShare Results!2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reserved

In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. ~Margaret Wheatly Leadership and the New Science

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The Leadership Process Remain Customer Focused Keep Your Finger on the Pulse Turn Crisis into Opportunity

A Seven Step Process

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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~John Quincy Adams

What goals do you have for becoming a stronger leader?Whats getting in your way?What are you going to do about it?When will you do it?How can I help?2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reservedBecoming a Transformational Leader

Please prepare an elevator pitch (30 second story) about yourself and your place in your companys history

It can include a particular accomplishment, your teams accomplishment, or your companys accomplishment where you had an impactIt can represent a time when you felt especially proud / good about being a part of your companyOther, you decide2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reservedBecoming a Transformational Leader

2011 Copyright Daniels Communications Group. All rights reservedThink of three people who are in need of development. Try to chose one Top Performer, one Solid Performer, and one Underperformer

Person One____________________

Are they top performer, a solid performer, or underperformer?

Where is their current skills and competency?

Do you have understanding of their career interests and objectives?

What types of development experience do you think could benefit them?

Becoming a Transformational Leader

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