Lifestyle Leadership
A Holistic Model for Influential Leadership
Kappa Alpha Leadership Class
Session One - Spring 2010
John Hawkins
Leadership Edge Inc.
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Character
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Competence
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Commitment
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Lifestyle Leadership
A Holistic Model for Influential Leadership
• Does leadership require a position?
Why or why not?
• In what ways does your class need to demonstrate leadership within KA?
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Adapted from A Force for Change by John Kotter
PLANNING
BUDGETING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
CONTROLLING
PROBLEM SOLVING

Adapted from A Force for
Change by John Kotter
SETTING DIRECTION
ALIGNING PEOPLE
MOTIVATING
INSPIRING

CONSISTENCY
AND
ORDER
MOVEMENT
AND
CHANGE

Loosening Control To
Broaden Influence
Sustaining Change by
Implementing Systems

Lifestyle Leadership
A Holistic Model for Influential Leadership
• Think of a leader that you have had that you considered a really good leader.
• What did they do or what was it about them that made them a good leader?
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“Your job gives you authority.
Your behavior earns you respect.”
Irwin Federman
President and CEO
Monolithic Memories
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TYPE OF
POWER
EFFECT ON
CONSTITUENTS
KEYWORD
______________________________________________________
Coercion Grab Them by the Throat Control
Utilitarian Grab Them by the Wallet
Life Grab Them by the Heart
(Life)
Economics
Loyalty
Trust
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Your constituents must believe that you are trustworthy in three areas:
Character
Competence
Commitment
These three areas are the core of long term, life driven leadership.
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The Foundation of
Lifestyle Leadership
CHARACTER
Moral or ethical qualities and strength
COMPETENCE
Effective pursuit of the seven leadership competencies
COMMITMENT
To the work
To the people
To the organization
To the values

The Source of Lifestyle Leadership
CHARACTER COMPETENCE COMMITMENT
With Core Beliefs and Virtues
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Weight or gravitas is much more important to influential leadership than control.
Those who understand leadership as a lifestyle believe that their success is much more dependent upon their example and abilities than upon their control and manipulation of others.
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The Weight of Moral Authority
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The combination of moral qualities by which a person is judged apart from intellect and talent
Moral or ethical strength
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Character Areas to Consider
 Endurance and hard work
 Sincere love for others
 Integrity
 Loyalty


Moral purity
Excellence
 Self-sacrifice  Service to others
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Seven Stages of Character Development
UNAWARENESS
AWARENESS
FOCUSED
ATTENTION
CHOOSING
THE VALUE
PREFERRING
THE VALUE
REORGANIZING
CHARACTERIZATION

How Character Is Displayed
In SPEECH and ACTIONS
In PUBLIC and PRIVATE
24 Hours A Day
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The Weight of Developed Ability
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Leading From Point A To Point B
 Challenging the
Process
 Inspiring a Shared
Vision
 Enabling Others to Act
 Modeling the Way
 Encouraging the Heart
 Maintaining
Accountability
 Maintaining Personal
Perspective and
Balance
The first five competencies are taken from The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner.
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Leaders Are Learners
“Leaders who continue learning throughout their lives never forget that they always have more to learn.
The most compelling reason not to think like an expert is that your assumptions may damage your ability to generate and work with new ideas.”
Denis Waitley
Empires of the Mind
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The Weight of Focused Attention
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Defining Your Commitment Involves
Determining:
 Your commitment to the work, people, organization and values
 The role you will play
 The boundaries you will live by
 How you will balance the tensions between what is good for the organization, what is good for individuals in the organization and what is good for you
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Communicating Your Commitment to Your
People
 Communicate carefully realizing you are putting your integrity on the line
 Communicate at the beginning using clarity and conciseness
 Communicate verbally as well as in writing
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Living Out Your Commitment
In SPEECH and ACTIONS
In PUBLIC and PRIVATE
24 Hours A Day
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How do you grow as a leader?
• Experience: Trial and error
• Examples: Learning from other leaders
• Education: Formal educational settings
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How do you not grow as a leader?
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
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Where are Your Growth Points?
CHARACTER COMPETENCE COMMITMENT
With Core Beliefs and Virtues
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As you assess the effectiveness of your leadership, what can you learn from the lifestyle leadership model?
What growth points do you see and how might you grow in them?
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John Hawkins
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Jhawkins@lead-edge.com
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