Rethinking Leadership St. Edwards University MBA program Managing the organization Mgmt6305 St. Edwards University MBA program Managing the organization Mgmt6305 By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff

Article Contents  Becoming a leader of leaders -- Warren Bennis  Cultures and coalitions Kotter -- John Kotter  Becoming a leader of leaders -- Warren Bennis  Cultures and coalitions Kotter -- John Kotter By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff

Becoming a Leader of Leaders Notes May Be Viewed at This Point by Performing a Right Mouse Click and Picking Speaker Notes By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  Companies must continue recomposing & reinventing their leadership  Tomorrows leaders must embrace change as an opportunity  Leaders of federations must be leaders of leaders when building global markets  Companies must continue recomposing & reinventing their leadership  Tomorrows leaders must embrace change as an opportunity  Leaders of federations must be leaders of leaders when building global markets Main Ideas from the Article

Becoming a Leader of Leaders By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  A major challenge for the organization will be the generation of intellectual capital/property  A competitive advantage for the U.S. will be the full deployment of talent and leadership from women  Leaders must have a “strong sense of purpose”, create a “vision with meaning” and generate trust  Leaders will be in touch with employees, customers, society and the outside world  A major challenge for the organization will be the generation of intellectual capital/property  A competitive advantage for the U.S. will be the full deployment of talent and leadership from women  Leaders must have a “strong sense of purpose”, create a “vision with meaning” and generate trust  Leaders will be in touch with employees, customers, society and the outside world Important Points

Becoming a Leader of Leaders “Leadership Is the Capacity to Translate Vision Into Reality.” -- Warren Bennis By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  You cannot be the only leader. There needs to be people at all levels empowered to be leaders, enabling effective decisions to be made.  Important to create a shared sense of purpose. Power in an organization will then come from this.  You cannot be the only leader. There needs to be people at all levels empowered to be leaders, enabling effective decisions to be made.  Important to create a shared sense of purpose. Power in an organization will then come from this. Authors Key Points

Becoming a Leader of Leaders By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  It is important to recognize the role that women will play in the future of leadership. Corporate cultures will need to change to support their role  A grasp of new technologies is crucial to stay a successful leader in our fast changing workplaces Our thoughts  It is important to recognize the role that women will play in the future of leadership. Corporate cultures will need to change to support their role  A grasp of new technologies is crucial to stay a successful leader in our fast changing workplaces

Cultures and Coalitions Notes May Be Viewed at This Point by Performing a Right Mouse Click and Picking Speaker Notes By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  Globalization will create a new economic era forcing organizations to re-think corporate culture  Leaders should develop a vision and strategy while being sensitive to cultural influences  Leaders must create a high sense of urgency and form a guiding coalition to lead any change effort  Globalization will create a new economic era forcing organizations to re-think corporate culture  Leaders should develop a vision and strategy while being sensitive to cultural influences  Leaders must create a high sense of urgency and form a guiding coalition to lead any change effort Main Ideas from the Article

Cultures and Coalitions By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  Only leadership can truly develop and nurture a culture that is adaptive to change  Leadership must care about employees empowering them to change systems and structures that stand in the way of achieving vision  Only leadership can truly develop and nurture a culture that is adaptive to change  Leadership must care about employees empowering them to change systems and structures that stand in the way of achieving vision Main Ideas from the Article

Cultures and Coalitions “I Can Also Imagine a Day When Big Egos and Snakes Are Eliminated From Promotion Lists, No Matter How Smart, Clever, Hard Working, or Well Educated They Are …” -- John Kotter By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  Culture should be created so that it is adaptive and automatically aligns an organization's interests with those of employees, investors, patrons, and other key constituencies  The high complexity and high rates of change due to globalization make leadership increasingly important with that role being concerned with building vision, providing inspiration and building networks of relationships  Culture should be created so that it is adaptive and automatically aligns an organization's interests with those of employees, investors, patrons, and other key constituencies  The high complexity and high rates of change due to globalization make leadership increasingly important with that role being concerned with building vision, providing inspiration and building networks of relationships Authors Key Points

Cultures and Coalitions By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  Organizations of today seem to be lacking a culture producing leadership that will be required for the fast pace change of the 21st Century  Leadership will need to continuously perform comprehensive analysis determining how organizational performance has been effected, both positively and negatively, by culture Our thoughts  Organizations of today seem to be lacking a culture producing leadership that will be required for the fast pace change of the 21st Century  Leadership will need to continuously perform comprehensive analysis determining how organizational performance has been effected, both positively and negatively, by culture

Integration of the Articles Notes May Be Viewed at This Point by Performing a Right Mouse Click and Picking Speaker Notes By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  Globalization in the 21st Century will create a confusing and chaotic culture requiring adaptation to change by leadership  Leaders will be required to develop and clearly articulate a vision with a strategy for achieving it  Currently, organizations are over- managed working through formal structures, policies, procedures and rules attempting to create efficiency  Leaders are communicators generating trust and demonstrating competence and constancy  Globalization in the 21st Century will create a confusing and chaotic culture requiring adaptation to change by leadership  Leaders will be required to develop and clearly articulate a vision with a strategy for achieving it  Currently, organizations are over- managed working through formal structures, policies, procedures and rules attempting to create efficiency  Leaders are communicators generating trust and demonstrating competence and constancy Consistent Ideas Consistent Ideas

Integration of the Articles Notes May Be Viewed at This Point by Performing a Right Mouse Click and Picking Speaker Notes By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  Successful leadership will understand cultural influences  Leadership must value the various players in the corporate drama including employees, customers, society and the outside world  Bureaucracy created problems in the 19th and 20th centuries  Companies are becoming “boundary less” by pooling, allying and linking in an effort to gain the power of bigness  Successful leadership will understand cultural influences  Leadership must value the various players in the corporate drama including employees, customers, society and the outside world  Bureaucracy created problems in the 19th and 20th centuries  Companies are becoming “boundary less” by pooling, allying and linking in an effort to gain the power of bigness Consistent Ideas

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  21 st Century economies will be drastically more developed, competitive and chaotic creating greater opportunities for organizations keeping up with fast paced change  Organizational culture must be created through leadership with a focus on innovation and adaptation for change  Organizations will become more dispersed through globalization, creating sub-organizations or federations. Each of these elements must also have leadership and vision in tune with the larger organization  21 st Century economies will be drastically more developed, competitive and chaotic creating greater opportunities for organizations keeping up with fast paced change  Organizational culture must be created through leadership with a focus on innovation and adaptation for change  Organizations will become more dispersed through globalization, creating sub-organizations or federations. Each of these elements must also have leadership and vision in tune with the larger organization Key Concepts

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff  The great leaders of the 21 st century will be externally focused. They will truly care about customers, employees and stockholders. They will not be the arrogant bureaucratic managers that were successful the past 200 years  Leaders must create clear and motivating visions based on the reality of the organization. They must communicate the vision constantly, and delegate the authority to act on the vision to leaders at every level of the organization  The great leaders of the 21 st century will be externally focused. They will truly care about customers, employees and stockholders. They will not be the arrogant bureaucratic managers that were successful the past 200 years  Leaders must create clear and motivating visions based on the reality of the organization. They must communicate the vision constantly, and delegate the authority to act on the vision to leaders at every level of the organization Key Concepts

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  The principles of leadership described in the two articles will apply outside the business world. Leaders of non-profit, government, church and civic organizations will all have to adapt to the new environment and technologies in the 21st century to be successful. Our thoughts  The principles of leadership described in the two articles will apply outside the business world. Leaders of non-profit, government, church and civic organizations will all have to adapt to the new environment and technologies in the 21st century to be successful.

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  We feel that achieving an outward focus will be the greatest transformation that leaders of the future will bring to organizations.  We feel that minorities as well as woman will be important leaders in the 21st century. Our thoughts  We feel that achieving an outward focus will be the greatest transformation that leaders of the future will bring to organizations.  We feel that minorities as well as woman will be important leaders in the 21st century.

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  The principles outlined by Bennis and Kotter: vision, communication, external focus and delegation are tools in the process of leadership. For leadership to be effective they must be modified and deployed in a way that fits the organization. Leaders must lead according to needs of the organization Our thoughts  The principles outlined by Bennis and Kotter: vision, communication, external focus and delegation are tools in the process of leadership. For leadership to be effective they must be modified and deployed in a way that fits the organization. Leaders must lead according to needs of the organization

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  Leaders of the future will have to manage change by putting the people who work for them in difficult chaotic and stressful situations. It will no longer be the leaders role to make the job performer feel comfortable in the job. The leader of the future will stimulate adaptation and creativity in the face of change by exposing the organization to the discomfort of reality. Our thoughts  Leaders of the future will have to manage change by putting the people who work for them in difficult chaotic and stressful situations. It will no longer be the leaders role to make the job performer feel comfortable in the job. The leader of the future will stimulate adaptation and creativity in the face of change by exposing the organization to the discomfort of reality.

Integration of the Articles By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff Our thoughts  Strong leadership is only effective with strong management to back it up. The leaders of the future must also be solid managers Our thoughts  Strong leadership is only effective with strong management to back it up. The leaders of the future must also be solid managers

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