How to Lead Others

1. How to Lead Others College and Beyond

2. The key to success in an endeavor is the ability to lead others successfully.

3. Leadership can be taught. Leadership is not an exclusive club for those who were “born with it.”

4. Accomplishments of a Leader • Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor • Showing others is the accomplishment of a teacher • Making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of a manager • Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader

5. Management vs. Leadership • Management – the process of assuring the program and objectives of the organization are implemented • Leadership – casting vision and motivating people

6. The Definition of Leadership: INFLUENCE

7. Insights About Influence • Everyone influences someone • We never know who or how much we influence • The best investment in the future is a proper influence today • Influence is a skill that can be developed

8. Five Levels of Leadership • Position • Permission • Production • People Development • Personhood

9. The Five Levels of Leadership

10. The Higher You Go… • The longer it takes • The higher the level of commitment • The easier it is to lead • The greater the growth

11. The Key to Leadership: PRIORITIES

12. Priority Principles • Too many priorities paralyze us • When little priorities demand too much of us, problems arise • Time deadlines and emergencies force us to prioritize • Too often we learn too late what is really important

13. The Most Important Ingredient of Leadership: INTEGRITY

14. Why Integrity is Important • Integrity builds trust • Integrity has high influence value • Integrity facilitates high standards • Integrity results in a solid reputation, not just image

15. Why Integrity is Important • Integrity means living it myself before leading others • Integrity helps a leader be credible, not just clever • Integrity is a hard-won achievement

16. The Ultimate Test of Leadership: CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE

17. Why People Resist Change • The change isn’t self-initiated • Routine is disrupted • Change creates fear of the unknown • The purpose of the change is unclear

18. Why People Resist Change • Change creates fear of failure • The rewards for change don’t match the effort change requires • People are too satisfied with the way things are

19. Why People Resist Change • Change won’t happen when people engage in negative thinking • The followers lack respect for the leader • The leader is susceptible to feelings of personal criticism • Change may mean personal loss

20. The Quickest Way to Gain Leadership: PROBLEM-SOLVING

21. The Problem-Solving Process • Identify the problem • Prioritize the problem • Define the problem • Select people to help you in the problem-solving process

22. Defining the Problem • Ask the right questions • Talk to the right people • Get the hard facts • Get involved in the process

23. Successful Solutions • Collect problem-solving solutions • Prioritize and select the “best” solutions • Implement the best solution • Evaluate the solution

24. The Extra Plus in Leadership: ATTITUDE

25. Attitude is our Most Important Asset • It is improbable that a person with a bad attitude can continuously be a success • We are responsible for our attitudes • It’s not what happens to me that matters, but what happens in me • The leader’s attitude helps determine the attitudes of the followers

26. Developing Your Most Appreciable Asset: PEOPLE

27. Principles for People Development • Value of people • Commitment of people • Integrity with people • Standard for people • Influence over people

28. Assumptions About People • Everyone wants to feel worthwhile • Everyone needs and responds to encouragement • People “buy into” the leader before they “buy into” their leadership & vision • Most people do not know how to be successful • Most people are naturally motivated

29. What Motivates People? • Significant contributions • Goal participation • Positive dissatisfaction • Recognition • Clear expectations

30. What De-Motivates People? • Don’t belittle anyone • Don’t manipulate anyone • Don’t be insensitive • Don’t discourage personal growth

31. The Indispensable Quality of Leadership: VISION

32. Four Vision-Levels of People • Some people never see it (wanderers) • Some people see it but never pursue it on their own (followers) • Some people see it and pursue it (achievers) • Some people see it, pursue it, and help others see it (leaders)

33. Personal Ownership of a Vision • Look within you: What do you feel? • Look behind you: What have you learned? • Look around you: What is happening to others?

34. Personal Ownership of a Vision • Look ahead of you: What is the big picture? • Look above you: What is expected of you? • Look beside you: What resources are available to you?

35. A Successful Leader’s Vision • Perception: Seeing what is now with the eyes of reality • Probability: Seeing what will be with the eyes of discernment • Possibility: Seeing what can be with the eyes of vision

36. Successful Vision-Casting • Understanding what hinders a vision • Setting the proper environment • Opening your eyes to the possibilities

37. The Price Tag of Leadership: SELF-DISCIPLINE

38. Organize Your Life • Set your priorities • Place priorities in your calendar • Allow a little time for the unexpected • Do projects one at a time

39. Organize Your Life • Organize your work space • Work according to your temperament • Use your driving time for light work and growth

40. Organize Your Life • Develop systems that work for you • Always have a plan for those minutes between meetings • Focus on results, not the activity

41. Self-Disciplined Leaders… • Welcome responsibility • Accept accountability • Pay now, play later • Become character driven instead of emotion driven

42. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” Sir Winston Churchill

43. Welcome responsibility… • Be responsible for who you are • Be responsible for what you do • Be responsible for what you have received • Be responsible to those you lead

44. Developing Integrity • I will live what I teach • I will do what I say • I will be honest with others • I will put what is best for others ahead of what is best for me • I will be transparent and vulnerable

45. The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

46. How to Lead So People Will Follow

47. Jesus Invited Men to Follow Him • Matthew 4:18-20 “And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him.”

48. Jesus’ Leaders Need to Invite Others to Follow • 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” • Hebrews 13:7 “Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.”

49. Jesus’ Leaders Need to Invite Others to Follow • 1 Peter 5:1-3 “The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”

50. Jesus Was a Servant • John 16:4-5, 12-17 “So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”