BOH4M Daily Notes - September

SEPTEMBER 9, Work on your project with your group 1.We will have “ice-breaker” day on Friday (we may have to spill over to Monday) 2.After your game prepare some information about what sort of leadership skills, community building skills, or teamwork skills your activity promotes 3.Type this up, as well as a description of your activity 4.Tomorrow you will be given about 30 minutes or so for final preparations 2.Mafia/more icebreakers 3.Homework: watch the Ted Talks video on “Everyday Leadership” posted on the website under lecture notes (it’s only six minutes!)– be prepared to discuss this video tomorrow in class

SEPTEMBER 10, Discussion – TedTalks – “Everyday Leadership” (15 min) 2.Work with your group to finalize your icebreaker activity (30 min) – we will go tomorrow!! We will draw for dates. 3.Mafia (the remainder of the class)

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – EVERYDAY LEADERSHIP 1.Drew Dudley states at the beginning of the talk that “we have made leadership into something bigger than us. We've made into something beyond us. We've made it about changing the world.” In terms of Dudley’s standpoint, what is the problem with this view on leadership? 2.How many of you guys have had a lollipop moment, a moment where someone said something or did something that you feel fundamentally made your life better? Explain. 3.How can you be that person to make someone’s life better? Explain. 4.Is this type of “everyday leadership” attainable in the workplace? Explain. 5.What does Dudley offer as a new definition of leadership? Do you agree with Dudley’s closing remarks? Explain.

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SEPTEMBER 16, Discussion – Why good leaders make you feel safe 2.*Hand in your questions from the TedTalk 3.Discussion and note: Leadership Characteristics 4.Community Project – what is it?

“The only variable are the conditions inside the organization, and that's where leadership matters, because it's the leader that sets the tone. When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.” “Great leaders want exactly the same thing. They want to provide their people opportunity, education, discipline when necessary, build their self-confidence, give them the opportunity to try and fail, all so that they could achieve more than we could ever imagine for ourselves.” “Charlie implemented a policy of lifetime employment. If you get a job at Next Jump, you cannot get fired for performance issues. In fact, if you have issues, they will coach you and they will give you support, just like we would with one of our children who happens to come home with a C from school.”

“Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank. I know many people at the senior most levels of organizations who are absolutely not leaders. They are authorities, and we do what they say because they have authority over us, but we would not follow them. And I know many people who are at the bottoms of organizations who have no authority and they are absolutely leaders, and this is because they have chosen to look after the person to the left of them, and they have chosen to look after the person to the right of them. This is what a leader is. “

1. What does Sinek say matters most inside an organization? Do you agree or disagree? Explain. (4 marks) 2. What revolutionary policy did the CEO of Next Jump institute in his organization? (1 marks) 3. Do you consider yourself a great leader? What advice can you give to others hoping to be great leaders? (4 marks) 4. Have you ever had poor leaders in your life? Where do you think they could most improve? (4 marks) 5. Peter Drucker famously stated that "management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." Comment on Drucker's quote and make connections to your own life. (4 marks)

THREE CASE STUDIES 1.Marines 2.Barry-Wehmiller 3.Next Jump In each of these cases, what specific leadership characteristics are embodied by the organization’s leaders?

SEPTEMBER 17, Mini presentations – Leadership Characteristics 2.*Hand in your questions from the TedTalk if you have not done so 3.Discussion and note: Leaders vs. Managers 4.Community Project 5.Completion Celebration (October 5 th )

LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS: What do these characteristics look like in the workplace? 1.Proactive Vs. Reactive 2.Flexible/Adaptable 3.A Good Communicator 4.Respectful 5.Quiet confidence 6.Enthusiastic 7.Open-Minded 8.Resourceful 9. Rewarding 10. Knowledgeable 11. Open to Change 12. Interested in Feedback 13. Evaluative 14. Organized 15. Consistent 16. Delegator 17. Initiative

Leadership Characteristic Our DefinitionWhat does this look like?

IDEAS FOR OTHER PROJECTS Guest speaker Book (leadership book) Ted talk assignment Stress management seminar

HOW DO PEOPLE BECOME LEADERS?

BEING A LEADER IS TOUGH… TASK CONCERNS VS. PEOPLE CONCERNS TASK CONCERNSPEOPLE CONCERNS

LEADERS VS. MANAGERS – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? Managers: Focus on things Do things right Plan Organize Direct Control Follows the rules Leaders: Focus on people Do the right things Inspire Influence Motivate Build Shape entities

COMMON ACTIVITIES – MANAGERS & LEADERS- THE 4 FUNCTIONS Planning Organizing Directing Controlling

PLANNING Manager Planning Budgeting Sets targets Establishes detailed steps Allocates resources Leader Devises strategy Sets direction Creates vision

ORGANIZING Manager Creates structure Job descriptions Staffing Hierarchy Delegates Training Leader Gets people on board for strategy Communication Networks

DIRECTING Manager Solves problems Negotiates Brings to consensus Leader Empowers people Cheerleader

CONTROLLING Manager Implements control systems Performance measures Identifies variances Fixes variances Leader Motivate Inspire Gives sense of accomplishment

TED TALK – “HOW GREAT LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION” Make some notes! -Apple -The Wright Brothers -TiVo -Martin Luther King Jr. -How do great leaders inspire action?

CLOSING REMARKS… “Leaders hold a position of power or authority, but those who lead inspire us. Whether they're individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead, not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead, not for them, but for ourselves. And it's those who start with "why" that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.”

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015  Finish note on 4 functions of managers and leaders  Discussion – Competing Values framework and Leadership Roles, Leadership Role Self Assessment  Work on proposal (30 minutes)