Chapter 1- Five Essential Leadership Competencies

ECE 514: Leadership in ECE

Chapter 1: Five Essential Leadership

Competencies“Know yourself inside and out”

Bryant’s Five Traits of Successful Leaders

• Passionate Curiosity

• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened

confidence

• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened

confidence• Team Smarts

• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened

confidence• Team Smarts• Simple mindset

• Passionate Curiosity• Battle-hardened

confidence• Team Smarts• Simple mindset• Fearlessness

Passionate Curiosity

• Do you love learning more than you fear failing?

• Do you love learning more than you fear failing?

• Listen to: “The 5 Traits of Successful Education Leaders” Interview with Adam Bryant on Heart to Heart Conversations on Leadership - http://bamradionetwork.com

Battle-hardened confidence

• “Great leaders have a track record of overcoming adversity, of failing and getting up off the mat to get the job done.”

• “Great leaders have a track record of overcoming adversity, of failing and getting up off the mat to get the job done.”• List 3 Great Leaders

How do you respond to a

crisis?

“ There are some people, who, in the face of adversity, become more calm.”

– Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder of Nvidia

Mindset

• The internal locus of control, and the instinct to stay optimistic in the face of a challenge.

Courage• The ability to identify

your highest possible moral action, and then to do it without worrying about risk to self.

Leaders vs. Managers

• “Once we decide holding our job is our top priority, we sacrifice courage.”

How do you make decisions?

• Do you tend to make decisions from your intuition, or do you analyze?

What’s the most selfish thing I can do?

3 Part Decision Making Process

What’s the most selfish thing I can do?

What is the most pragmatic thing I can do,

that would solve the problem and in the

process make me look good?

3 Part Decision Making Process

What’s the most selfish thing I can

do?

What is the most pragmatic thing I

can do, that would solve the problem and in the process

make me look good?

What’s my highest possible moral act?

What’s my purpose, my

highest goal, and what must I do

regardless of fear?

3 Part Decision Making Process

Diminishers vs. Multiplier• 48 % of leaders fail to bring

out the best in their employees.

Diminishers vs. Multiplier• 48 % of leaders fail to bring

out the best in their employees.

• These leaders assume that employees cannot accomplish difficult tasks on their own.

Diminishers vs. Multiplier

• In contrast, the leader with team smarts and EO brings out the best in their employees.

• Go to http://multipliersbook.com/accidental-diminisher

• http://www.multipliersbooks.com/multiplier-effect-book/take-the-quiz/#.UyjEz6WtjFI

Simple Mindset

Simple Mindset

• TMI

Simple Mindset

• TMI• The value of brevity

Simple Mindset

• TMI• The value of brevity• STOP using

unnecessary words

Simple Mindset

• TMI• The value of brevity• STOP using

unnecessary words• Can you explain what

your work is in 1 minute?

Fearlessness

• Are you comfortable being uncomfortable?

• Do you get bored when things are too settled?

• Do you like situations when there’s no road map or compass?

• Do you start twitching when things are operating smoothly, and want to shake things up?

• Are you willing to make surprising career moves to learn new skills?

• Is discomfort your comfort zone?

The time is always right to do what’s

right.- Martin Luther King

• Let go of the belief that security is more important than truth.

• Let go of the belief that security is more important than truth.

• Most leaders have embarrassing or flawed histories.

• Let go of the belief that security is more important than truth.

• Most leaders have embarrassing or flawed histories.

• BE YOURSELF!

Bam!radio

• Listen and reflect on the Discussion Board.