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Increase Influence: Eight Attributes of Successful Leaders. Dean Savoca, M.Ed., BCC Performance Consultant, Facilitator, Sales Trainer , Executive Coach & Keynote Speaker. Outcome.
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Increase Influence:Eight Attributes of Successful Leaders Dean Savoca, M.Ed., BCC Performance Consultant, Facilitator, Sales Trainer, Executive Coach & Keynote Speaker
Outcome Create your Wheel of Influence based on the 8 attributes and identify strategies of how to be a more successful leader.
Definition • SUCCESS – achieving and fulfillment in all areas of life • LEADERSHIP– ability to influence yourself and others to get results
Wheel of Influence Responsibility Vision 4 3 Balance Appreciation 2 1 Strengths Success Team Courage Action Plan
Responsibility Strategies • Stop the blame game • Focus on what you can control • Manage emotions The only thing keeping us from what we want is our excuse we have of why we can’t have it.
Take 100% Responsibility • Results: EMPOWERMENT & TRUST • Questions: • Are you making excuses or taking 100% responsibility? • Are you managing your emotional state?
Vision Strategies • Know what you want – clarity is key! • Write it down • Know your Real Reason – when connected to a big enough reason why, we figure out the how to • Create S.M.A.R.T. goals • Visualize
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Have a Clear Vision • Results: FOCUS & MOTIVATION • Questions: • Do you know what you want for 2014? • Is it clear and written down? • Are you visualizing it and who you need to be to achieve it?
Balance Strategies • Slow down in order to speed up • Challenge “rules” • Identify success habits We are what we repeatedly do -Aristotle
Demonstrate Balance • Result: ENERGY • Questions: • Do you know your success habits? • Are you building a foundation of health and wellness?
Strength Strategies • Grow strengths vs. weaknesses • Contribute with strengths – success to significance • Transfer strengths
Focus on Strengths • Results: FULFILLMENT & PERFORMANCE • Questions: • Do you know your strengths? • Are your contributions aligned with your strengths? • Have you transferred your strengths from successful areas of your life?
Action Planning Strategies • Schedule time to think and plan • Outcome focused • Practice 80/20 rule - prioritize & calendarize • Focus on “Quadrant II” • Action = Momentum • Slow is fast with people
Do Action Planning • Result: FREEDOM • Questions: • Do you schedule time to prioritize, think, and plan? • Are you outcomes-focused or “to-do list”-focused? • How often do you function in Quadrant II?
Courage Strategies • Persevere - learn from “failures” • Challenge self & think big = belief in self • Commit to continuous growth What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
Emotional Courage • Result: GROWTH • Questions: • Are you committed to continuous growth? • Do you learn from your “failures”? • Do you believe in yourself to persevere?
Success Team Strategies • Find partners • Identify mentors • Get a coach • Have a mastermind group • Do what do best, outsource the rest
Build a Success Team • Result: EFFICIENCY • Questions: • Do you have a success team? • Who do you need to add to your success team?
Appreciation Strategies • What we appreciate and focus on grows • Focus outside ourselves, appreciate others • Gratitude removes fear • Being present • Have perspective How to get everything you want in life, help enough other people get what they want - Zig Ziglar
Appreciate • Result: HAPPINESS • Questions: • Do you demonstrate gratitude? • How do you remain present? • How do you keep perspective?
Action Planning With a partner: • Review your Wheel of Influence and share your strong areas where you have successful strategies that you want to continue. • Identify an area for improvement and discuss potential growth strategies. • Commit to an Action Step(s) that will have an immediate positive impact on your Leadership Success.
Dean Savoca, M.Ed., BCC Performance Consultant, Facilitator, Sales Trainer, Executive Coach & Keynote Speaker