Presentation on the tenets of leadership and how to apply them to one's situation.

1. Mark S. Lee
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• President, The LEE Group, MI LLC
• Teaches Marketing/Organizational
Behavior at Walsh College
• Detroit Instructor, e200 Business
Accelerator Program

2. Leadership Defined…
The ability to influence others toward a
common goal, vision or achievement
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3. Organizational Leadership
 Sanctioned leadership
 Role within organization
 Position of power
 Non-sanctioned leadership
 Not necessarily related to position
 Can emerge from a group
 Group appointment?
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4. Leadership Challenges
 Trust others
 Empower others
 Decentralize decision-making process
 Take risks
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5. Leadership Styles…
 Task-driven
 People-oriented
 Hybrid
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6. Your Leadership Style…
 Now, ask yourself a simple question,
What’s My Leadership Style?
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7. Define Your Style
 Are you a task-driven leader or not?
 People driven or not?
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8. Leadership Style Assessment
 Is your leadership consistent with what
your looking for in the organization?
 If not, what adjustments can you make?
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9. Ask Yourself…
 Hard questions and answer them openly
and honestly
 Do I have an open environment?
 Are there clear expectations?
 Clearly defined roles and responsibilities?
 Team or task-driven?
 Trusting environment?
 Collaborative?
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10. Effective Leaders Manage
 People
 Resources
 Control
Goal Attainment
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11. Leaders Need to…
 Challenge the “status quo”
 Create visions for the future
 Create plans
 Effectively communicate
 Manage resources
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12. Leaders Need to:
 Clearly define and articulate:
 Vision
 Mission
 Goals
 Strategies
 Business Results
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13. Finally,
Build effective TEAMS
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14. How?
 Clearly define:
 Roles/responsibilities
 Associate expectations
 Feedback mechanisms
 Decision-making capabilities
 Employee empowerment
 Open door policy
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15. People
 Do you have the “A” team?
 Clear expectations
 Communications
 Roles/responsibilities
 Empowered
 If not, changes required?
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16. Resources
 Effectively manage people/financial
resources
 Right people in the right “boxes”
 Proper allocation of resources
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17. Once you have, convert into
OPPORTUNITIES
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18. Opportunities
 Adapt leadership styles to the situation
and your employees
 Articulate a clear vision
 Lead by example
 Collaborative efforts
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19. Control
 Financial
 People
 Resources
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20. Effective Leadership with the
Right Team…
…Can lead to results
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21. Assignment
 Review the Leadership Worksheet
 Read the questions on the left
 Answer them openly and honestly in the
space provided on the right
 This is for your use
Goal: Assess your leadership style and its
impact on others
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