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Learning and practising Leadership

Learning and practising Leadership. breakthrough. breakdown. Popular myths about leadership. Leadership is the superior position Leaders are charismatic, they possess some special gift. 3. Leaders can separate emotion from work; they ought to be cool, aloof, and analytical

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Learning and practising Leadership

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  1. Learning and practising Leadership breakthrough breakdown

  2. Popular myths about leadership • Leadership is the superior position • Leaders are charismatic, they possess some special gift 3. Leaders can separate emotion from work; they ought to be cool, aloof, and analytical 4. Leadership is reserved for only a very few of us 5. The leader is a renegade who magnetises a band of followers with courageous acts

  3. Popular myths about leadership 6. Leaders are visionaries with Merlin-like power 7. The job of leadership is primarily one of control; the control of resources, including time, money, materials or people 8. The job of leaders is to detach themselves from mundane, day-to-day work and invent a grand strategic plan 9. Companies should hire outside CEOs to stimulate fundamental change 10. It’s lonely at the top

  4. The leadership challenge: “Just about every popular notion about leadership is a myth. Our first leadership challenge is to rid ourselves of these traditions and myths. They foster a model of leadership antithetical to the way real-life leaders operate.” Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge

  5. . The law of balance between continuity and change What never changes Our purpose Our values Our vision People Structures Projects What always changes

  6. Learning does not equal knowing Not safe safe

  7. The power in our stories: + POWERFUL + RESULT: VISION FOR 2020 SEE DO BE - LIMITING - STORY Interpretation Explanation Conclusion SOMETHING HAPPENS

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