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ECE 514: Leadership in ECE
Chapter 1: Five Essential Leadership
Competencies“Know yourself inside and out”
Bryant’s Five Traits of Successful Leaders
• Passionate Curiosity
• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened
confidence
• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened
confidence• Team Smarts
• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened
confidence• Team Smarts• Simple mindset
• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened
confidence• Team Smarts• Simple mindset• Fearlessness
Passionate Curiosity
• Do you love learning more than you fear failing?
• Do you love learning more than you fear failing?
• Listen to: “The 5 Traits of Successful Education Leaders” Interview with Adam Bryant on Heart to Heart Conversations on Leadership - http://bamradionetwork.com
Battle-hardened confidence
• “Great leaders have a track record of overcoming adversity, of failing and getting up off the mat to get the job done.”
• “Great leaders have a track record of overcoming adversity, of failing and getting up off the mat to get the job done.”• List 3 Great Leaders
How do you respond to a
crisis?
“ There are some people, who, in the face of adversity, become more calm.”
– Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder of Nvidia
Mindset
• The internal locus of control, and the instinct to stay optimistic in the face of a challenge.
Courage• The ability to identify
your highest possible moral action, and then to do it without worrying about risk to self.
Leaders vs. Managers
• “Once we decide holding our job is our top priority, we sacrifice courage.”
How do you make decisions?
• Do you tend to make decisions from your intuition, or do you analyze?
What’s the most selfish thing I can do?
3 Part Decision Making Process
What’s the most selfish thing I can do?
What is the most pragmatic thing I can do,
that would solve the problem and in the
process make me look good?
3 Part Decision Making Process
What’s the most selfish thing I can
do?
What is the most pragmatic thing I
can do, that would solve the problem and in the process
make me look good?
What’s my highest possible moral act?
What’s my purpose, my
highest goal, and what must I do
regardless of fear?
3 Part Decision Making Process
Diminishers vs. Multiplier• 48 % of leaders fail to bring
out the best in their employees.
Diminishers vs. Multiplier• 48 % of leaders fail to bring
out the best in their employees.
• These leaders assume that employees cannot accomplish difficult tasks on their own.
Diminishers vs. Multiplier
• In contrast, the leader with team smarts and EO brings out the best in their employees.
• Go to http://multipliersbook.com/accidental-diminisher
• http://www.multipliersbooks.com/multiplier-effect-book/take-the-quiz/#.UyjEz6WtjFI
Simple Mindset
Simple Mindset
• TMI
Simple Mindset
• TMI• The value of brevity
Simple Mindset
• TMI• The value of brevity• STOP using
unnecessary words
Simple Mindset
• TMI• The value of brevity• STOP using
unnecessary words• Can you explain what
your work is in 1 minute?
Fearlessness
• Are you comfortable being uncomfortable?
• Do you get bored when things are too settled?
• Do you like situations when there’s no road map or compass?
• Do you start twitching when things are operating smoothly, and want to shake things up?
• Are you willing to make surprising career moves to learn new skills?
• Is discomfort your comfort zone?
The time is always right to do what’s
right.- Martin Luther King
• Let go of the belief that security is more important than truth.
• Let go of the belief that security is more important than truth.
• Most leaders have embarrassing or flawed histories.
• Let go of the belief that security is more important than truth.
• Most leaders have embarrassing or flawed histories.
• BE YOURSELF!
Bam!radio
• Listen and reflect on the Discussion Board.