Transcript Be A Better Leader

It’s about ME! And, by the Way, I
can Be a Better Leader!
Intro
Good morning, afternoon, and evening Leaders!
I am grateful that you are here today and focusing
on Leadership with me. We can have a very
productive hour together.
Here’s what I hope to do – Paint a picture of a
good leader, ask you to view your own leadership
skills in relation to this picture, teach you a
leadership skill, and perk your curiosity to learn
more about leadership.
What do you say? If we meet these goals this
hour, will I have served you well? Text me. Ok
are we fired up to learn about Leadership?
Let’s go.
Here is how the technology works. You can
text me. You can give me signals. We will
open up the phone lines for a demonstration
and Q & A 10 minutes before the end of the
session.
I’ve Been in your Shoes
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Worked very hard at management
Excelled at process
Forged relationships
Wrestled with conflict
Struggled with decisions
Endured disappointments
I thought, “If only, I could…..”
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Get that person to perform
Get estimating and construction to cooperate
Coordinate sales and operations better
Get my team to all pull together in the same boat
and toward the same destination.
• Get that owner to see it my way
• You fill in the your own “If only,
Since then, I have learned it’s Not
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That Person
My Team
The Architect or Engineer
The Owner
My Family
The Weather or my Dog
It is really about me and my
leadership skills.
Question
• What is the burning issue in your mind right
now?
• Write it down.
• What can you do as a leader to move the
issue forward?
Question
What are the key skills a leader needs to
practice?
Leaders answered this question
What are the key skills a leader needs to
practice?
Tom Bjorkman, government and
security expert said:
• Understanding the customer and establishing
customer focus in the group
• Setting a direction for the group
• Inviting and hearing good ideas and other input
from employees
• Praising good work
• Helping employees to grow and develop
• Making the workplace fun
Tom Bjorkman con’t
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Being an advocate for employees
Being highly organized and able to organize effort
Think before acting
Risk-taking
Networking
Passion
Integrity
Mani Subramanian, Vanir CM
Director of Project Ops said:
• Setting an example.
• Defining & communicating long term goals
Bruce D’Agostino, CMAA
President said:
• A well-integrated and balanced lifestyle
• An emotionally stimulating personality
• Clear personal and professional direction and
goals
• An ability to provide positive, specific
performance feedback
• An ability to elicit employee commitment
• Effective communication skills
• Clear support for staff growth and development
• Self-confidence
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• Ability to create and maintain a team and a sense
of group
• A vision for the organization and a sense of
mission for its operation
• An ability to foster a caring environment
• An ability to see difficulties and obstacles as
challenges and opportunities
• A market and customer orientation
• A willingness to share responsibility and authority
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• An ability to acquire and integrate new
information and skills
• A business ownership perspective
• Competence at management tasks and
executive activities
• A partnership relationship with coworkers
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A willingness to reward exceptional performance
Support for my team members
Enthusiasm
A positive attitude toward change
Willingness to take control of a situation and be
accountable
• High personal and professional integrity
• A desire to be more than a manager - to be a
leader
Tom Bishop, CMAA Chairman
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“ There are a wide range of skills an leader
must practice, not the least of which are
effective communication, and evaluating
and coaching subordinates.”
Tom Bishop also said
“Far and away, the most effective learning tool,
throughout my career, has been to critically
analyze my superiors - how they lead (or don't),
how they inspire and motivate (or don't), how they
deal with challenges (or don't). Replicating their
positive behaviors and avoiding the negative ones
has caused me to work on my own strengths and
shortcoming . It also reminds me that whether one
likes it or not, one's leadership effectiveness is
always being evaluated by someone.”
Peter Drucker said,
“Leadership is not magnetic personality – that can
just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making
friends and influencing people’ – that is flattery.
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high
sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a
higher standard, the building of a personality
beyond its normal limitations.”
Maureen Moriarty, Workplace
Coach, wrote in a recent Seattle
Post-Intelligencer article
“What can we learn about leadership from
Barack Obama? While there are many
lessons, here are a few that I suggest
business leaders take note of:”
Maureen Moriarty con’t
• Don’t underestimate the power of motivated
people
• Inspire vision
• Surround yourself with talent, including those
with diverse viewpoints
• Set clear expectations
• Listen well before deciding
• Stay connected and be authentic
• Foster collaboration
• Be calm in the storm
• Model what you want
Your Skills?
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Observe
Seek feedback
Learn
Practice
Lead
Do it again
Guess What?
• You can learn to be a Better Leader
• You probably didn’t learn about Leadership in
Engineering or Construction Management School
• You can learn leadership skills
• You can show up in a way to enhance your
leadership ability
• You can create a self-improving sustainable
culture on your project, in your department, or
throughout your company
Interested?
I hope so, and I hope today’s session and
the next 6 will perk your curiosity and start
you on your path to becoming a better
leader. These are attributes you can develop
and enhance. These are skills you can learn.
Let’s learn one.
What is the burning issue in
your mind you wrote down at
the beginning of our session?
Do you want to move the issue
forward?
Here’s how
Communications Wheel
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Explore the Issue
Identify Possibilities
Commit to Action
Observe Result
I will Demonstrate
• George has volunteered to work with me
• Please honor George with your attention
and pledge of confidentiality re what she
and I converse about today
• George - What is the issue you wish to
move forward today?
Communications Wheel
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Define the issue - data mining
Who else is involved
What do you want
What are you willing
to do
• What do you commit
to do
Here’s how you can use the
Communications Wheel
• Go back to your desk and ask your self these
questions about the burning issue you wrote down.
What is the issue
Who else is involved
What do I want
What am I willing to do
What do I commit to do
• Do the action you committed to today
Will you all commit to this
action and practice using the
Communications Wheel?
• Check-in with me - Let me know
[email protected]
• Practice using the Communications Wheel
with yourself and your colleagues
This Series Will Teach you how
to be a Better Leader
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Moving Issues Forward
Language - Effective Communications
Teams - Maximize the Talents of Your People
Presentations - It's About Presence
Personal Sustainability - Taking Care of Body,
Mind, and Spirit
• CMAA Construction Manager Assessment
Program
• Establishing a Coaching Culture
We all have the opportunity to
step up
and Be a Better Leader
Will You?
Challenge
In the economy, environment, government, and
world affairs massive change is taking place. Are
you ready to meet the new day with a new way of
leading?
Will you commit to being a better leader in this
new world? There will be new markets opened,
new players, new skills needed, and sustainable
energy required.
The construction industry is slated to receive
billions of dollars in economic stimulus funding.
Are you ready to lead to in a way to
maximize the talents of your team, create a
sustainable business environment, make
money, and do your part to lead our country
to success?
Questions?
Curious?
• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work
& in Life, One Conversation at a Time, Susan Scott
• Language and the Pursuit of Happiness, Chalmers
Brothers
• Coaching, Evoking Excellence in Others, James
Flaherty
• Holding the Center: Sanctuary in a Time of
Confusion, Richard Strozzi Heckler
Additional Resources
• On Becoming a Leadership CoachA Holistic Approach to Coaching
Excellence, Christine Wahl, Clarice
Scriber, Beth Bloomfield
• Co-Active Coaching, Whitworth,KimseyHouse,Sandahl
• International Coach Federation coachfederation.org
• Local library and book store
More Resources
• Contact me - [email protected]
510-926-0286
• Attend the CMAA Leadership Forum in
Scottsdale, Arizona May 17 - 19
Next Session
• Language - Effective Communications
• In this session, you will learn how to effectively
communicate with your team and enable them to
effectively communicate with you. You will learn
the importance of listening and how to improve this
skill. You will learn about declarations, offers, and
requests.
• Neil Stroul
• Thursday, February 5, 12 noon EST
Thank you and See you next
week