The Choices of Leadership

Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D.Presentation for TMCC

May 2, 2014

Agenda

• Introductions• Tell me what you know• The process of leadership• Exercise on choices• My thoughts on choices• Your questions

Introductions • Name• Three words

1. Professional ($$)2. Personal (how you describe yourself)3. Relational (how others describe you)

Let’s Talk Leadership

• What are you absolutely certain about?

• What are still uncertain about?

The Process of Leadership

Assume responsibility for the choice to engage with others and use your influence

to pursue substantive changes that advance a shared purpose

Assume responsibility for the choice to engage with others and use your influence to pursue substantive changes that advance a shared

purpose

List the choices you have to make when you participate in this process?

Assume responsibility for the choice to engage with others and use your influence to pursue substantive changes that advance a shared

purpose

What is the hardest choice you have to make when you participate in this process?

Integrity

Reciprocity StyleTaker, Matcher, or Giver

Takers view success as attaining results that are superior to others

Matchers see success in terms of balancing individual accomplishments

with fairness to others

Givers characterize success as individual achievements that have a

positive impact on others

How you give determines if you will achieve long term success or languish at the bottom

Concern for Other’s Interests

LOW HIGH

Concern for Self-Interest

LOW Apathetic Selfless: Self-sacrificinggivers

HIGH Selfish:Takers

Otherish:Successful Givers

RelationshipsMotivationLearning

The Choices of Leadership

Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D.Presentation for TMCC

May 2, 2015