Leadership 101 Workshop

Deck from the workshop I presented at CodeMash 2015. This four hour workshop helps you decide if and why you should become a leader (or improve your current leadership skills). It also helps you understand your strengths and weaknesses, plus gives you concrete action items for becoming a great leader.

See also my book "The Leadership Journey": http://bit.ly/leadershipjourney.

Also useful: My talk "It's Not About You" at the KalamazooX Conference 2013: http://vimeo.com/68908830

Transcript

1. Leadership 101
   Starting or Changing Your Leadership Journey
   

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2. Jim Holmes
   Guidepost Systems
   Jim@GuidepostSystems.com
   @aJimHolmes
   http://bit.ly/leadershipjourney
   

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3. Workshop
   Format
   

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4. Four hours
   

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5. With breaks!
   

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6. Talk
   Exercises
   Sharing
   

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7. INTERACTION
   

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9. The Law of Two Feet
   

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11. Lead
    What?
    

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12. Job
    

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13. Community
    

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14. Volunteer
    

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15. This Workshop’s
    Goals
    

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16. Do you
    Want
    to
    become a Leader?
    

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17. Why
    should you
    become a Leader
    

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18. How
    to
    become a Leader
    

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19. Start defining your
    style
    as Leader
    

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20. See Success
    as a Leader
    

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21. Run an
    awesome team
    

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22. Leave with a
    roadmap
    

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23. Why Become a
    Leader?
    

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24. Too few good ones
    

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25. Filling a Gap
    

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26. Self-Fulfillment
    

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27. Exercise:
    List two reasons why
    you should become a
    leader
    

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28. Section One
    

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29. What Makes a
    Great Leader?
    

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30. Exercise:
    List things YOU think
    make a great leader
    

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34. Exercise:
    List two strengths, two
    weaknesses YOU have
    

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35. Exercise:
    Best strength:
    How to leverage
    Worst weakness:
    How to mitigate
    

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36. Finishing Up
    

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37. Clear picture:
    What a leader
    should be?
    

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38. Clear picture:
    What you can work
    on?
    

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39. Section Two
    

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40. Growing Into
    Leadership
    

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41. “I want to be a
    leader. What next?”
    

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42. Overcoming
    Impostor
    Syndrome
    

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43. A Leader needs to
    be confident
    

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44. (…but never
    arrogant!)
    

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45. Exercise:
    List two concerns why
    you shouldn’t become a
    leader
    

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46. Exercise:
    Validate those reasons
    eg: Throw out bogus ones!
    

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47. Exercise:
    Got a valid reason? How
    can you address it?
    

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48. Learn the mission
    

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49. Demonstrate
    Aptitude, Ability,
    and Desire
    

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50. Ask for more
    responsibility!
    

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51. Communication
    Communication
    Communication
    

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52. It’s about them
    not you
    

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53. BTW, that
    “misunderstanding”
    thing?
    

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54. It’s your fault,
    not your team’s
    

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55. DISC
    

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56. Decisive
    Interactive
    Stability
    Cautious
    

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58. O’Grady’s
    Instigator
    vs
    Empathizer
    

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59. Wait Ten Minutes
    

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60. Exercise:
    What one step can you
    take to grow as a
    Leader?
    

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61. Finishing Up
    

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62. Clear picture:
    What can you do to
    move into leadership?
    

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63. Clear picture:
    What can you do to
    improve your
    communication?
    

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64. Section Three
    

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65. Be
    A
    Great Leader
    

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66. “How do I pull this
    off?”
    

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67. “(And not fall on
    my face!)”
    

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68. Learn
    more
    of the mission
    

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69. Manage Expectations
    up and down
    

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70. Exercise:
    How would you tell
    your boss “No” ?
    

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71. Foster success
    

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72. Small victories
    

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73. Safe to fail
    

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74. Smart failures
    vs
    Dumb failures
    

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75. Exercise:
    What’s one small
    victory you had that
    went unnoticed?
    

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76. Reviews
    

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77. Dealing with difficult
    people
    

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78. FUD
    

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80. Exercise:
    What’s your biggest
    blocker when discussing
    tough issues?
    

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81. Staying the course
    

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82. Find feedback loops
    

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83. Finishing Up
    

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84. Clear picture:
    What ideas do you
    have for your
    Leadership style?
    

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85. Clear picture:
    What do you need to
    learn in your
    organization?
    

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86. Section Four
    

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87. Taking Care of
    YOU
    

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88. Find a Mentor
    

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89. RIGHT
    

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90. NOW
    

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91. Exercise:
    Got a mentor?
    How are they helpful?
    No gots?
    List two or three candidates
    

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92. Become a
    time management
    super hero
    

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93. Learn to say …
    

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94. “Sorry.
    No.”
    

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95. Work / Life Balance
    is not a myth!
    

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96. Finishing Up
    

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97. Clear picture:
    Know what you want
    from a mentor?
    

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98. Clear picture:
    What to prioritize
    your time on?
    

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99. Section Five
    

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100. Odds and Ends
     

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101. Mentor your team
     

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102. Build broad shoulders
     

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103. Don’t sweat the small
     stuff
     (And it’s not all small
     stuff!)
     

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104. Open your door
     

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105. Answer.Default == “Yes”;
     

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106. You’re part of the team.
     You’re not in the team.
     

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107. Value your elites.
     Empower others to
     become elite.
     

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108. Praise in public.
     Criticize in private.
     

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109. Finishing Up
     

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110. Clear picture:
     What ideas do you
     have for your
     Leadership style?
     

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111. Clear picture:
     What do you need to
     learn in your
     organization?
     

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112. Endgame
     

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113. Clear picture:
     Leverage your
     strengths
     

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114. Clear picture:
     Mitigate your
     weaknesses
     

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115. Exercise: Roadmap
     

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116. Thank You!
     

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117. Jim Holmes
     Guidepost Systems
     Jim@GuidepostSystems.com
     @aJimHolmes
     http://bit.ly/leadershipjourney
     

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