In this fast-paced interactive session, learn how to increase your personal leadership effectiveness, improve awareness and enhance your ability to positively influence others. This session is full of tools you can use to enhance your daily leadership effectiveness. Through self-reflection, you can ask yourself a few questions to improve leadership strategy and effectiveness and decrease dysfunctional behavior and communication. Speaker, Ben Weber, Vendor Resource Management

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Ben Weber, VRM Director of
Human Resources and Training

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Ben Weber
Ben Weber is the Director of Human Resources and training at
Vendor Resource Management. As part of his role, he oversees
the development of training for a vendor network of over 15,000
financial services professionals and vendors. Key areas of
training include leadership development, communication,
diversity and inclusion, emotional intelligence, and compliance.
Ben is a member of the Forbes Human Resource Council and is
in his ninth year as an adjunct professor for Concordia
University Texas. He received his Bachelor of Science from the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned a Master of
Business Administration and a Master of Human Resource
Management from Keller Graduate School of Management, and
is currently working on his dissertation toward a Ph.D. in
leadership studies from Dallas Baptist University.

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➢ Think of a leader that you
worked with and greatly
admired, what made them an
effective leader?
➢ What could you accomplish if
you were able to increase
your leadership effectiveness
through an enhanced ability
to influence and motivate
others?
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What is leadership?

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➢ How would you describe
leadership?
➢ In 3 minutes or less, draw a
picture of what leadership
represents to you
➢ Share your picture with a few
individuals around you
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What is Leadership?

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➢ Leadership is complex
➢ Leadership is hard to explain
➢ There are countless definitions and styles of leadership
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What is leadership?

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Components of leadership:
Leader
Followers
Motivation/Influence
Common Goals &
Objectives

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➢ Where are we going?
➢ How are we going to get
there?
➢ What does success look like?
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Goals & Objectives - As a leader, your job is to determine:

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➢ Where are we going = Vision: What are you
trying to accomplish and why?
➢ How are we going to get there = Strategic
Plan: What are the specific actions that
need to take place? What is in the future
that we need to plan for now?
➢ What does success look like = Specifically
defining success
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Three Critical Components:

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Two popular styles of
leadership:
➢ Transactional
➢ Transformational
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Leadership Theories

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Leadership Theory: Transactional vs Transformational

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Motivation & Influence: What do you need to know?

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Motivation & Influence: What do you need to know?
The act of leading occurs
through multiple types of
influence:
➢ Positive
➢ Negative
➢ Authoritative
➢ Fear
➢ Inspiration

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It is important to understand the
role you are assuming during
your communications
➢ Parent
➢ Adult
➢ Child
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Motivation & Influence – Communication Transactional
Analysis

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➢ Questions to ask yourself:
➢ What role am I assuming?
➢ What role is the other person
assuming
➢ Am I about to make this
situation better or worse?
➢ At this point, what is the best
action to take?
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Motivation & Influence – Communication Transactional
Analysis

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➢ According to research, what
has the greatest impact on a
leader’s ability to influence
the performance of an
organization?
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Motivation & Influence

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Research Shows:
➢ The leader’s mood is the most
impactful influence on the
organization’s performance
➢ A leader’s mood impacts not only
their own performance but the
moods and behavior of everyone
around them
Goleman, D., Mckee, A., & Boyatzis, R. (2001, December).
Primal leadership: the hidden driver of great performance.
Harvard Business Review.

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Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence. New York, NY: Bantam Dell.

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The Four C’s of Leadership
Competence Courage Compassion Consistency

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Extraordinary Leadership:
➢ Is a learned skill
➢ It takes time
➢ Requires a vision
➢ Is dependent on the leader’s
ability to effectively
communicate and maintain a
relationship with followers

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Success
If one advances confidently in
the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life
which he has imagined, he will
meet with a success
unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau

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Ben Weber
972.232.6353
bweber@vrmco.com
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Questions?