Making Your Making Your Mark as a Mark as a Leader!Leader!

Warm Up…Just Like Me!Warm Up…Just Like Me!Stand up and say, “Just like me!” if these statements Stand up and say, “Just like me!” if these statements reflect your thinking.reflect your thinking.

I’ve been married for less than a year and my I’ve been married for less than a year and my husband is still perfect!husband is still perfect!

I’ve been married for over ten years and I’ve been married for over ten years and recognize he’ll never put the seat down!recognize he’ll never put the seat down!

I have a new baby and celebrate that she/he is I have a new baby and celebrate that she/he is a total joy.a total joy.

I have a teenager and look forward to I have a teenager and look forward to celebrating when he/she leaves home!celebrating when he/she leaves home!

I’m a grandma/pa…want to see pictures?I’m a grandma/pa…want to see pictures?

Warm Up…Just Like Me!- con’t.Warm Up…Just Like Me!- con’t.

I wish caffeine were available in intravenous I wish caffeine were available in intravenous form.form.

I wish I could clone myself so I could actually I wish I could clone myself so I could actually get my job done!get my job done!

I know I’m in for it when my boss calls me and I know I’m in for it when my boss calls me and says, “I have a great idea for us to try! It will says, “I have a great idea for us to try! It will be such fun!”be such fun!”

I believe working to ensure that there are high I believe working to ensure that there are high quality programs for young children is some of quality programs for young children is some of the most important work one can do.the most important work one can do.

What makes a leader?What makes a leader?

Look around the room and identify Look around the room and identify someone you consider a leader.someone you consider a leader.

When we count to three, be When we count to three, be prepared to point to that person.prepared to point to that person.

Leadership is closer Leadership is closer than you think…than you think…

It’s everyone in this It’s everyone in this room!room!

Leadership happens…Leadership happens…

At the At the toptop of an organization of an organization In the In the middlemiddle of an organization of an organization At the At the bottombottom of an organization of an organization

Good to Great Good to Great PrinciplesPrinciples

Get the right people on your Get the right people on your bus!bus!

FirstFirst whowho…getting the right people …getting the right people on the bus on the bus

ThenThen whatwhat – figuring out where to drive – figuring out where to drive itit

People are not your most important People are not your most important asset…the RIGHT people are!asset…the RIGHT people are!

Whether someone is the Whether someone is the right right person person has more to do with character traits and has more to do with character traits and innate capabilities than with specific innate capabilities than with specific knowledge, background, or skills.knowledge, background, or skills.

Character is not what you’re doing Character is not what you’re doing when you think others are looking; when you think others are looking; it’s what you’re doing when no one it’s what you’re doing when no one

is watching.is watching.

Think about a person you know who has Think about a person you know who has had a huge impact (positive or had a huge impact (positive or negative) on your life and why.negative) on your life and why.

Share why you would or Share why you would or

would not want this person would not want this person

to be on your bus.to be on your bus.

Are you a fox…Are you a fox…

or a hedgehog?

Let us tell you a little story…Let us tell you a little story…

The fox knows many things, but

the hedgehog knows one big

thing. Ancient Greek parable

The fox is a cunning creature, able to devise a variety of complex strategies for sneak attacks upon the hedgehog.

Day in and day out, the fox circles around the hedgehog’s den, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. Fast, sleek, beautiful, fleet of foot and crafty – the fox looks like the sure winner.

The hedgehog, on the other hand, is a dowdier creature. He waddles along, searching for lunch and taking care of his home.

The fox waits in silence at the juncture in the trail. The hedgehog, minding his own business, wanders right into the path of the fox. The fox leaps out, bounding across the ground, lightning fast. The little hedgehog, sensing danger, looks up and rolls into a perfect little ball and becomes a sphere of sharp spikes, pointing outward in all directions.

The fox sees the hedgehog’s defense and calls off the attack. Retreating back into the forest, the fox begins to calculate a new line of attack.

Each day, some version of this battle between the hedgehog and the fox takes place and despite the greater cunning of the fox, the hedgehog always wins!

Foxes pursue many ends at the same time and see the world in all its complexity. They are scattered or diffused, moving on many levels, never integrating their thinking into one overall concept or unifying vision. Hedgehogs simplify a

complex world into a single organizing idea, a basic principle or concept that unifies and guides everything.

Why hedgehogs?Why hedgehogs?

Hedgehogs understand that the essence of Hedgehogs understand that the essence of profound insight is profound insight is simplicitysimplicity..

Hedgehogs Hedgehogs simplify a complex worldsimplify a complex world into a into a single organizing idea, a basic principle or single organizing idea, a basic principle or concept that unifies and guides everything.concept that unifies and guides everything.

Hedgehogs Hedgehogs see what is essentialsee what is essential and ignore and ignore the rest.the rest.

Sometimes simple is best! – Occam’s RazorSometimes simple is best! – Occam’s Razor

NOW…are you a fox…NOW…are you a fox…

or a hedgehog?

Be a Hedgehog!Be a Hedgehog!

The moral of the story is…focus, The moral of the story is…focus, focus, focus!focus, focus!

It’s a good thing!It’s a good thing!

Windows and MirrorsWindows and Mirrors

Being accountable as a leader Being accountable as a leader Being reflective when things go Being reflective when things go

awryawry Giving credit to others when things Giving credit to others when things

go rightgo right

Windows and MirrorsWindows and Mirrors

When things are wonderful…When things are wonderful… Great leaders Great leaders look out the windowlook out the window and and

give credit to those around him/her give credit to those around him/her

When things go awry…When things go awry… Great leaders Great leaders look in the mirrorlook in the mirror and ask, and ask,

“What could I have done differently?”“What could I have done differently?”

Ineffective leaders do just the Ineffective leaders do just the oppositeopposite

You can accomplish anything in life You can accomplish anything in life provided that you do not mind who provided that you do not mind who

gets the credit.gets the credit. Harry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman

When to look in a mirror; when When to look in a mirror; when to look out a window…to look out a window…

Look in your mirror and talk about Look in your mirror and talk about a time when things went awry and a time when things went awry and you were self-reflective.you were self-reflective.

Look out your window and talk Look out your window and talk about a time when you gave credit about a time when you gave credit to someone else when things when to someone else when things when well.well.

Putting it all together…Putting it all together…

The The DotDot

by Peter Reynoldsby Peter Reynolds

 

Now it’s time for you to Now it’s time for you to make your mark…make your mark…

Based on what you heard today, Based on what you heard today, think about a change you want to think about a change you want to make that will make you a better make that will make you a better leader.leader.

Write it down on the paper.Write it down on the paper. Now…sign it!Now…sign it! Seal it in the envelope and address Seal it in the envelope and address

it to yourself!it to yourself!

The End!