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Leading Change

Leading Change. Jim Lightfoot (TJG) Jim Engelkes (TJG) Lloyd Hasche (MTC). How do you respond to change?. An Exercise about change based on a Ken Blanchard /seminar. The Seven Dynamics of Change. Feeling awkward Thinking about what they have to give up Feeling alone

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Leading Change

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  1. Leading Change Jim Lightfoot (TJG) Jim Engelkes (TJG) Lloyd Hasche (MTC)

  2. How do you respond to change? An Exercise about change based on a Ken Blanchard /seminar

  3. The Seven Dynamics of Change • Feeling awkward • Thinking about what they have to give up • Feeling alone • Can handle only so much change • Different levels of readiness • Concern over resources • Reverting back to old behavior

  4. Value-Based Leadership From the Book Leading Change Overcoming the Ideology of Comfort and the Tyranny of Custom by James O'Toole Jossey-Bass Publishers

  5. Christ’s Entry Into Brussels in 1889 by James Ensore The Challenge: Can anyone lead from the middle of an inattentive crowd of individualists, each a political and social equal, and every last one bent on demonstrating that fact?

  6. Where and How Can We Begin to Lead Effectively? • Three possible answers • Command • Manipulate • Paternalize

  7. Can Change Be Commanded? • No • Imposing will on another heightens resistance to change

  8. Can Leaders Achieve Change by Manipulating Followers? • No • It often succeeds in the short term, but ultimately fails. • Expediency cannot be concealed forever

  9. Can Change Be Shepherded? • No • Leaders are not shepherds because followers don’t respond like sheep • Herding cats maybe easier • Few people tolerate being paternalized

  10. Is Contingency or Situational Leadership Effective? • “It all depends” is used in many businesses today • Leaders assume that chaos requires toughness • Perception of “Men on White Horses” who promise to bring order out of chaos • Ineffective in the long term • Acting tough even once will be seen as inconsistent, destroying the trust that is essential

  11. The Fallacy of Tough Leadership • The tough-guy actions of most leaders are often signs of: • Their own past failures • The failures of their predecessors • Their current leadership shortcomings • Tough guys don’t lighten up when the crisis has passed • In the long run, strongmen are ineffective

  12. A Values-based Alternative • Ask questions to the people closest to you about themselves • Listen carefully to what potential followers say they need and want • Respond thoughtfully • As followers become engaged in the process they receive what they all crave: Respect

  13. The Rushmoreans Four leaders who practiced value-based leadership George Washington Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln

  14. The Rushmoreans Differences • Social origin • Educational and professional backgrounds • Personal interests and style • Different challenges met varying success

  15. The Rushmoreans Similarities • Flawed (like ourselves) • Similar styles of leadership • Dedicated to democratic change through values-based leadership • Described as having: courage, authenticity, integrity, vision, passion, conviction and persistence

  16. Rushmorean Leadership • Listened • Encouraged dissenting opinion • Granted ample authority to subordinates • Led by example--rather than by power, manipulation or coercion. • Masterful teachers who inspired trust and hope • Followers became encouraged to serve, to sacrifice, to persevere and to lead change

  17. The Rushmoreans • Not always popular • Lengthy periods out of power, out of favor, and out of the public eye. • Responded humanly: depressed • The morality of their leadership was rooted in: • Goals they pursed • Nature of their relationship with those they served • Built a vision that followers were able to adopt as their own because it is their own

  18. Rushmorean Leaders • Avoid crisis • Keep unavoidable crisis to manageable proportions • Deal with crisis in a constructive way laying the groundwork for future healthy growth • Involve affected parties at all stages, getting them to find ways to the items above

  19. Integrity • Never lose sight of your goals or compromise your principles • Be both principled and pragmatic. • Give people hope • People who do not think well of themselves do not act to change their condition • That is why it is important to remind the followers of all that is good in them, and the tremendous power latent within them

  20. Trust • Leadership means responsibilities, not privileges. • Lead to achieve the ends of the people you lead. • You earn trust by serving them. • Constantly attempt to expand their tolerance for change. • Challenge the prevailing ideology of comfort • Get them to think in terms of their long-term self-interest.

  21. Listening • Listen to the people you serve • But, do not become prisoners of public opinion • Refine and enlarge the public view • Listen to followers and encourage dissenting opinion • Listening to their petitions, complaints, grievances, and ideas will help keep your finger on the pulse of the public

  22. Listening (Con’t.) • Surround yourself with people who are more brilliant than yourself and loyal to your causes and values • Keep from meddling with them while they do the work

  23. Respect for Followers • Set your ambition in the cause of idealism • Bring forth change by pursuing moral ends that your followers will ultimately adopt as their own, • Ends that derive from the real needs of the followers

  24. Why Amoral Leadership Doesn’t Work • Slavery is never justifiable • Torture is never justifiable • Any violation of natural rights is wrong

  25. Chinese Philosopher Lao-tzu A leader is best When people barely know that he exists, Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worst when they despise him. “Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you;” But of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will all say, “We did this ourselves.” 600 B.C.

  26. The Lesson • Without despotic power--which no one has these days--no leader can command or compel change. • Change comes about when followers themselves desire it and seek it. • The role of the leader is to enlist the participation of others as leaders of the effort. • That is the sum and essence not only of leading change but also of good management in general.

  27. The Challenge • Can anyone lead from the middle of an inattentive crowd of individualists, each a political and social equal, and every last one bent on demonstrating that fact? • The answer is yes we can--through values based leadership

  28. How would you apply to • Balance internet security “restrictions/protections” without lengthy and detailed rules  • Modify behavior to get employees to enthusiastically employ internet security practices and processes • Apply social “re-engineering” to overcome the social engineering of the hacker mentality • Get staff members to employ professional codes of conduct • Create and deploy policies that are empowering and enable employees to make good decisions regarding personal security practices

  29. Questions?

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