MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Leadership Development BA 508 Sully Taylor

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Why is leadership development important? World has changed: flatter organizations, more interdependencies (across the company and between), more need for collaborative innovation. Talent crunch – so maximizing people’s potential is crucial. Lack of leadership skills, not technical skills, greatest derailer of executive careers.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Lack of EQ is a key reason why executives derail Four key derailers* 1.Problems with interpersonal relationships 2.Failure to meet business objectives 3.Failure to build and lead a team 4.Inability to change or adapt during a transition * Center for Creative Leadership, Van Velsor and Leslie, 1995

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Agenda Introductions Course logistics Our Leadership Approach Definition of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Connections between EQ and leadership Four aspects of Leadership (4 Ps) The First P: Purpose –Helping John find his purpose….

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Many Leadership Frameworks e.g.: Balaji Krishnamurthy, Noel Tichy, Steve Farber, and Jim Kouzes Commonalities: –Energy, Risk taking, Involvement, Emotional Commitment, Vision

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Our approach We define leadership from a systems perspective. Within this context, it is defined as "bearing accountability for expanding scope of consciousness." The ultimate leadership challenge is one of inspiring others to this same intention. Failure to expand consciousness often results in a lack of authenticity (seeing, but not integrating more of the whole system) and therefore, in an inability to meaningfully serve others. Leadership is a meaning- making activity that invites us to engage in systems thinking and deep reflection about mutual interdependencies.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Four key components: Consciousness Authenticity Service Empowerment

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Consciousness Leaders who exhibit high levels of consciousness (external awareness, self-knowledge, emotional intelligence) seem to be wired with certain characteristics: Curiosity Commitment Clarity Calm Concentration Choice

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Authenticity Leaders who are committed to expanding scope of consciousness, exhibit high levels of authenticity... –they see things as they are, rather than as they wish them to be –they accept what is and work from there –they use their whole selves to deal with whole systems

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Service Authentic leaders who are committed to expanding scope of consciousness choose to be of service to others... –they see interdependencies and connections, and seek to honor them –they recognize the legitimate needs of the larger system as well as its component parts

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Empowerment Authentic servant leaders value empowerment of others... –they are players, not victims, and they consistently model this choice –they are generators of leadership, not merely consumers

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability All Leaders Need a Platform of Beliefs Carolyn’s: –Personal responsibility –Economic empowerment –Social equality –Environmental stewardship Sully’s: –Personal responsibility –Enhancing learning –Sustainability (social, economic and environmental) –Fairness

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability On the other hand... What about leadership pitfalls? -Desire/Greed -Fear/Aversion -Restlessness/Lack of Focus -Laziness/Burn-out -Doubt

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Important Guiding Thoughts with thanks to Angeles Arrien Show up (with all of yourself) Pay attention (to what has heart and meaning) Tell the truth (without judgment or blame) Stay open (not attached) to outcomes

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability The Connection Between Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability What is Emotional Intelligence? “… the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide thinking and action” -- Mayer & Salovey

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Views Leadership as “Being” in addition to “Doing” – the How not the What! Measures Leadership in terms of “recovery rate” Builds Leadership intentionally rather than accidentally Focuses on components of Leadership (Four P’s) that are derived from EQ

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability The complex interdependencies that require a systems thinking approach make it as necessary for leaders to be able to ‘see’ as to ‘do, which goes against the action (“doing”) orientation in Western cultures (Hall, 1959). The ability of a leader to ask “why should I do something” is, in a sustainable world, more important than asking “what should I be doing” because it acknowledges the future rather than just the present (Posner, 2008).

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Components of Emotional Intelligence Source: Daniel Goleman, Primal Leadership and other materials Awareness Management Self Others Self-Awareness/ Assessment Social Awareness/ Empathy Self-Control/ Adaptability Relationship-Building/ Teamwork

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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Emotional Intelligence Leadership Self-Awareness Social Awareness Self Management Relationship Management Purpose Presence Practice Partners

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Purpose What is my purpose? “For the sake of what?” Who am I when I show up as my best self? Am I the subject of my own desires or the object of others’?

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Presence How do others experience me? Is my presence consistent with my purpose, my game? What is my personal brand? –relevant? –unique? –consistent?

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Practice What gaps currently exist between my purpose and my presence? What behaviors do I need to practice in order to develop the presence that will facilitate my purpose? What commitments am I willing to make on a daily, weekly, monthly basis? Remember, practice does not make perfect, it makes permanent.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Partners Who will I rely on to hold and tend my dreams, to get behind me and move me toward my purpose? Am I willing to practice vulnerability in order to share and pursue my dreams? Where do I need to emotionally detach and let go?

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Principles of Partnering Be a person who sees others, who grasps who they are and what is important to them; Who gets behind them and moves them ahead in their world. Be a person who puts your projects out to others, lets them know who you are and what is important to you; And allows them to get behind you and move you ahead in your world. Barry Oshry

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Final Questions For the sake of what? What is my purpose? –Zoom in and zoom out How do others experience me? What is my presence? –Pay attention; be a player not a victim Is it working? Is my practice yielding results? –Make choices and own them, each moment Where do I get support? Do I have appropriate partners? – Expect reciprocity