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What Makes an Effective Leader?

By Kodi Nelson

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectAll throughout history there have been leaders making lasting changes to the world around us. You might think theres a secret recipe of traits they all share that make them effective leaders. The truth is, they dont all share the same traits. What they share is the understanding of how to use their strengths and limit their weaknesses.

1Theres No Set Recipe to Become an Effective LeaderAvoid deficit reducing

To produce excellence study excellence

Not all top achievers are alike

Build around talent, manage weakness

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectTheres No Set Recipe to Become an Effective Leader

1- Part study excellence2- Parts knowing your Strengths2- Parts knowing how to manage weakness

Leadership FactoryKodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectFocus on Strengths

Leaders build their lives around strengths

StrengthsQuest teaches about talent.

Those that know, Thrive

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectLeaders focus their energy on using their strengths to complete goals.

4Mitigate Weakness Know your weaknesses

Avoid areas where you dont excel

Fill areas of weakness with strength

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectAuthentic leaders know themselvesthey know their strengths and their weaknesses and even more importantly they use that knowledge to empower their team

5Avoid Deficit ReducingFocusing on StrengthsFocusing on Weaknesses300% more likely to succeed5% chance to succeedOften set obtainable goalsOften set very lofty goalsKodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectNebraska school example with focus on reading. Readers vs. non readers

Instead of studying why students dropout or why they dont achieve, study what keeps them in school and achieving

Common assumption-top achievers set high goals and low achievers low goals, research indicates top achievers tend to set goals slightly above their current level of performance, whereas low achievers often set very, very high goals.

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Use What You Know

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectNow Get to Work!Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

- Vince Lombardi

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectCreditsPicturesSlide 1 Rahimi, A. (Director) (). StrengthsQuest. Student Life and Leadership Strengths Workshop. Lecture conducted from Brandi Mair, Taylorsville.Slide 2 - http://tipnut.com/free-printable-recipe-cards-a-nice-collection/ Slide 3 - http://likeateam.com/5-reasons-leaders-fail-to-become-strong-leaders/5-reasons-leaders-fail-to-become-strong-leaders-2/Slide 4 - http://modernservantleader.com/servant-leadership/identify-your-leaders-weakness/Slide 5 - http://life.sp.edu.sg/leaders/lollipop-moment-leadership-couldnt-be-any-sweeter/ ; http://www.toyboxleadership.com/ ; http://www.capejobs.com/ADA-human-resources-services.htm ; http://www.betterworldbooks.com/go-put-your-strengths-to-work-id-0743261674.aspx

AudioJoshua James / The Garden EP / Crash This Train (Acoustic Version)Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectOne should waste as little effort as possible on improving areas of low competence. It takes far more energy to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.

-Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management

Kodi Nelson CIS 1020 Final ProjectBeing an effective leader means knowing your strengths, your weaknesses, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of those around you. No two leaders are the same. They dont share the same talents, and they dont use their talents in the same way. What they do share is the knowledge that to be excellent one must study excellence and avoid weakness whenever possible.

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