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How Who I Am Affects How I Lead (and Follow)

Explore self-awareness and leadership with the H-Cubed Analogy through activities and discussions. Understand your dominant needs (nAch, nAff, nAut, nPow) and how they shape your leadership style. Dive into the Head, Heart, and Hands of leadership, and learn how to lead with knowledge, care, and action. Discover the importance of self-awareness, personal mission statements, and leadership philosophy. Engage in interactive discussions on preferred leadership styles and followers' basic needs of compassion, hope, stability, and trust. Improve your leadership skills and empower yourself to become a better leader through introspection and reflection.

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How Who I Am Affects How I Lead (and Follow)

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  1. How Who I Am Affects How I Lead (and Follow) C. Douglas Johnson, Ph.D. Georgia Gwinnett College Southeast EDPA Leadership and communications workshop april, 2017

  2. Session Objectives and Overview • Heighten self-awareness through self-assessment, discussion, and activities • Prompt self-reflection and introspection for later • Explain the H-Cubed Analogy of Leadership and its applications • Explore primary needs of followers

  3. Animal in You • Do You Know the “Animal in You”? • Complete Assessment • Activity • Debrief

  4. Dominant Needs • nAch – driven by the personal need to meet objectives and exceed expectations/standards • nAff – driven by the need to belong to a group or focus on interpersonal relationships • nAut – driven by the need to work independently, to shape direction of tasks • nPow – driven by the need to influence others for the good of the organization/group

  5. Self-Awareness • What is Self-Awareness? • Why is Self-Awareness Important to Leadership? • How Often Do you Engage in Activities to Increase Your Self-Awareness? • Do You Have a Personal Mission Statement? A Leadership Philosophy?

  6. Global Civic Engagement - Barcelona To Know. To Care. To Act. Head Heart Hands

  7. H3 Analogy of Leadership • Head • Leader, CEO, thinker/visionary • Expert Power – intelligence, education • Legitimate Power – formal, appointed position • Referent Power – trusted and respected • Visionary – directing/empowering people work with

  8. H3 Analogy of Leadership • Heart • Relationships • Power occurs in relationships (indirect or direct) • Courage to do the right thing (stand firm) • Controlling and problem solving • Referent Power – trusted and respected

  9. H3 Analogy of Leadership • Hands • Physically help accomplish task; hands on • Power/influence to do something practical • Trait leadership – personality with desire to help • Direct individuals to accomplish task • Referent Power – trusted and respected

  10. Head, Heart & Hand Leaders • Head – “To Know” • Heart – “To Care” • Hands – “To Act”

  11. To Know. To Care. To Act. • To Know • Informed • To Care • Compassion (care about what doing & the group; so motivated to achieve common goal) • Mgr doesn’t have to care; leader does • Influence group to go beyond expectation interaction – process • To Act • How to behave as a leader; suitable way to act

  12. What They Say or Is Said About Them • Actions Speak Louder Than Words • People (Followers) Don’t Care How Much You Know Until They Know How Much You Care • Employees are Our Greatest Assets • Better Leaders Make Better Decisions Analyzing Data • Bring Your Whole Person to Work

  13. What They Say or Is Said About Them • Walk the Talk • Talk the Talk • Never Ask You To Do Something They Wouldn’t Do • Think Outside the Box

  14. Interactive Discussion • How do you prefer to be led? • How do you lead? • Why is this important to understand?

  15. Circle of Leadership/Holistic Leadership

  16. Followers Four Basic Needs • Compassion • Hope • Stability • Trust

  17. Questions/Comments • Thank you for your time and attention. Any questions? Comments? • Please be sure to complete the session evaluation such that we can improve the session for future participants.

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