You’ve got issues
.
What are issues you have?
 Is it “leadership issues” as a leader? or
 Issues with the leadership of your org?
Leadership
 Disney Institute – leadership isn’t about
title or position. Leadership is about
influencing people and systems around
us.
 We all are leaders – even if no one
reports to us.
Circles of Concern & Influence
 Covey
Circles ofCircle
Concern
&
Influence
of
 Covey
Concern
Circles ofCircle
Concern
&
Influence
of
 Covey
Concern
Circle of
Influence
Goal setting – how is it done
 Budget handed down?
 Budget asked for without question?
 Collaborative?
Cascading Goals
 Is your org using them?
 Too often
– Board sets goals for CEO – sometimes
without her collaboration
– Then, being a good CEO, she allows her
direct reports to set their own
departmental goals
– All year she’s caught between helping
them on their goals AND trying to do hers
Cascading Goals
 Is your org using them?
 Goals flow from strategy
– Board sets strategy
– Board and CEO set goals for her year
– CEO shares ORGANIZATION’S goals
with direct reports and helps their goals
be in concert with them
Vision/Mission/Values
 This requires that the org has a vision
and a mission that goals can flow out
of.
 Big stress when our values aren’t in
line with our organizations.
 What are your personal values? As a
leader, you need to be clear on this.
Personal Mission Statement
 How many have them?
 This is something you can come back
to daily or monthly to reconnect with
the big picture.
 EXERCISE: What do you want said in
your eulogy? Write it out now. [5 min]
Personal Mission Statement
 Form is only to serve you:
– Complete paragraphs
– A poem
– A picture
– A couple sentences
– Three words
Boards of Directors/Advisors
 How do you deal with boards that think
their job is to add to your to do list?
– On ramps
• Recruitment
• Job description
– Off ramps
• Terms & limits
• Firing a volunteer
CEO’s Shifting Role
 What qualities got you to CEO?
– Quick and accurate problem solving
 What qualities keep you as CEO?
– NOT DOING THE ABOVE
– It’s now other people’s turn
– And your position/title makes your
whisper sound like a shout
CEO’s Shifting Role
 Shaping, not shouting
– Tall leaders sitting to be closer to eye
level
– “What do you think?”
– Being honest when you don’t know
– It’s not about giving up authority. It’s
about letting the leaders who report to
you thrive.
Imposter Syndrome
 At times, we all feel like imposters,
posers.
 We all feel like the Wizard of Oz “Don’t
pay attention to the man behind the
curtain”
 How do you deal with that?
On Stage
 When I’m stretched beyond my comfort
level, those tend to be the times I find
out how much God’s done in me.
 Disney’s “On Stage” idea has been
helpful here – not being dishonest. But
being “on stage” and acting like you
can do it.
 And being self-assured to admit your
limits.
Walt Disney’s Cottonwood Tree
 Walt and the Cottonwood Tree in
Marceline, MO
Walt Disney’s Cottonwood Tree
 Walt and the Cottonwood Tree in
Marceline, MO
Photo courtesy of http://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/marceline/walts-dreaming-tree-and-barn/
Your Cottonwood Tree
 Walt Disney’s Cottonwood
 Where’s your “cottonwood tree”?
Sharpening the Saw
 Steven Covey’s 7th Habit
 Four parts
– Physical
– Spiritual
– Social/Emotional
– Mental
 Tools like 14MinutesADay.com,
300WordsADay.com, daily readings,
etc.
Take Aways
 What 1 thing are you taking away from
this?