Leadership Presentation MMAA District Meetings – September 2012

1. Leadership Presentation MMAA District Meetings – September 2012 Laura Simmons, B.A., CHRP Sr. Principal Harris Consulting

2. Harris Consulting Services Leadership Development Organizational Strategy Career Management Executive Search Harris Consulting Award for Excellence in Professional Development

3. Laura Simmons • +25 years human resource professional • Last role: creating a human resource department for a national, mid-sized growing organization. HQ in Manitoba • Consulting practice: Leadership development and business/leadership coaching. Thank you for allowing me outside the perimeter!

4. Survey asked …. • Attracting and selecting staff the 1st time • Retention – tools to utilize in creating your plan • Creating a motivational environment • Staff Engagement – different strokes for different folks • Development – an introduction to coaching -------------------- • The Art of being the “Alpha” and keeping it fresh • Rising from the busy-ness to do visioning and planning • Succession Planning – what to do with a talented but inexperienced pool • Leadership vs Management and what it takes to be a leader

5. Suggestions from you… • Diverse Workforces - working with different cultures and generations. • How to get all the work done with limited staff. • None thanks. • Conflict resolution at the workplace. • The employee's annual review... what to include in the form, template examples, follow-up, etc.

6. Survey said …. 4. Staff Engagement – different strokes for different folks 3. Creating a motivational environment 2. Leadership vs. management and what it takes to be a leader 1. Rising from the busy-ness to do visioning and planning

7. A Trainer’s Dilemma Some Participants Reaction Time Management Tools & Techniques

8. Executive Coaching – Graduate Certificate Program Royal Roads University

9. A Coach’s Solution

10. A Coach’s Solution – 1. Tools & Techniques

11. Tools & Techniques What tools do you have in your tool-box already?

12. Tools & Techniques • Time Log • Importance/Urgent Grid • Don’t do it – delay doing it – do it! • Delegation • Break into ‘baby-steps’ • Warm up but don’t procrastinate • Identifying other roadblocks and removing • Identify your overused strengths / need to grow your skills

13. A. Time Log

14. B. Urgency Vs Important Grid IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT URGENT NOT URGENT

15. C. So What? Urgency Vs. Important Grid Important &UrgentNot important or Urgent Do it NOW! Don’t do it! The story of TROY 

16. D. Delegation

17. Delegation is hard work! • What • Who • Importance • Overview • Describe desired end result • Resources • Ensure understanding • Monitor – regular Feedback • Congratulate!

18. So What? • Current: 15 minutes per week = 13 hours per year your time • If you delegate: • ½ an hour of your time to train • ½ an hour of their time to learn • 20 minutes of their time to do each week • You save 13 hours (1.5 days) and they spend 17 hours doing the same work.

19. Annual Time Savings Examples • 15 minutes per week = 13 hours • 5 minutes per day = 22 hours • 2 hours per month = 24 hours 58 hours

20. E. Break into ‘baby-steps’ • It’s easier to tell yourself that today, you only need to spend 10 minutes: • exercising • or cleaning out the garage • or working on that ‘mountain’ of a project

21. F. Warm up - but don’t procrastinate • What is the ‘warm-up’ you can do to get you in the mood. • When is your best time of day to think?? don’t waste it.

22. G. Identifying other roadblocks and removing • Interruptions – people, email, your own thoughts • Clutter • Sheer work volume distracts you • Regular crisis's arises that legitimately need your attention. • Pulled in every direction

23. H. Overused strengths and underdeveloped skills • Look at the time log – what do you spend the most time on? • What important/urgent quadrant does your ‘overused’ strengths get used the most? • What skills could be developed for the important / non-urgent quadrant?

24. So What? Strengthen skills needed here IMPORTANT Q: do spend time here because of my strengths? NOT IMPORTANT URGENT NOT URGENT

25. If you understand/ know about all these techniques … … Why aren’t you using them?

26. A Coach’s Solution - 2.Beliefs

27. What does success look like for you?

28. Questions for you • What prevents you from obtaining success? • If you were guaranteed success what would you do? • What resources can you tap into?

29. A Coach’s Solution – 3.Who do you need to be ?

30. Thank you • I look forward to the conversations • Draw for 3 coaching sessions at the end of the District tour ….