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““Leadership to Meet the Challenges Leadership to Meet the Challenges of a Changing World”of a Changing World”

Kalven Trice, Kalven Trice, State Conservationist, ArkansasState Conservationist, Arkansas

A recent study confirms that the war for talent continues, despite the economic downturn.

100 percent of the executives polled by Accenture stated that they faced challenges in retaining workers and boosting performance.

The companies who said they needed to take initiative to retain employees, only one quarter are actually doing anything …."

The workforce is shrinking. Unemployment is increasing.

Working women and baby boomers boosted the growth of the labor force in the 1970s, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But that growth has since been on the decline and is expected to continue shrinking through the first quarter of the century.

The biggest part of the slowdown is expected to occur from 2015 to 2025 as baby boomers retire. The youngest members of that generation turn 65 in 2025.

Managers focus on:Managers focus on: Leaders focus on:Leaders focus on:- Goals & objectives- Goals & objectives - Vision- Vision- Telling how & when- Telling how & when - Selling what - Selling what and whyand why- Consistency- Consistency - Flexibility- Flexibility- Risk- avoidance- Risk- avoidance - Risk- Opportunity- Risk- Opportunity- Imitating- Imitating - Originating- Originating- Short- term- Short- term - Long- term- Long- term- Bottom line- Bottom line - Top line- Top line

Managers vs. Leaders

Good managers do things right

Good leaders do the right thing

Managers vs. Leaders

Quotations fromQuotations from

Chairman Powell: A Leadership PrimerChairman Powell: A Leadership Primer

• In 1989, General Colin L. Powell became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, achieving the nation’s highest military post. He retired from the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1993.

• In 2001, he became Secretary of State.

Former Secretary of State

Colin Powell

LESSON 1LESSON 1

"Being responsible sometimes "Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off."means pissing people off."

• Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group.

• Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

LESSON 2LESSON 2

"Never neglect details.""Never neglect details."

• Strategy equals execution.

• Good leaders delegate and empower others liberally, but they pay attention to details, every day.

LESSON 3LESSON 3

"You don't know what you can get "You don't know what you can get away with until you try."away with until you try."

• It's easier to get forgiveness than permission.

• Good leaders don't wait for official blessings to try things out THAT ARE WITHIN THE RULES.

• GOOD LEADERS ARE PRUDENT, NOT RECKLESS.

LESSON 4LESSON 4

"Keep looking below surface "Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from appearances. Don't shrink from

doing so (just) because youdoing so (just) because youmight not like what you find."might not like what you find."

LESSON 5LESSON 5

"Endeavors succeed or fail because"Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by of the people involved. Only by

attracting attracting the best people will you accomplish the best people will you accomplish

great deeds."great deeds."• Your best assets are people.

LESSON 6LESSON 6

"Never let your ego get so close"Never let your ego get so close to your position thatto your position that

when your position goes, your when your position goes, your ego goes with it."ego goes with it."

LESSON 7LESSON 7

"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.""Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

• The ripple effect of a leader's enthusiasm and optimism is awesome.

LESSON 8LESSON 8

"Have fun…. Take leave when "Have fun…. Take leave when you've earned it: Spend time with you've earned it: Spend time with

your families.your families.

Corollary: surround yourself with Corollary: surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work but not themselves, those who work

hardhard and play hard."and play hard."

LESSON 9LESSON 9

"Command is lonely.“"Command is lonely.“

•Harry Truman was right. Whether you're a CEO or the temporary head of a project team, the buck stops here.

•You can encourage participative management and bottom- up employee involvement, but ultimately, the essence of leadership is the willingness to make the tough, unambiguous choices.

•Many non- leaders flinch from this responsibility.

LESSON 10LESSON 10

"Powell's Rules for Picking People:”"Powell's Rules for Picking People:”Look for intelligence and judgment, and most critically,Look for intelligence and judgment, and most critically,a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Alsoa capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also

look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balancedlook for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balancedego, and the drive to get things done.ego, and the drive to get things done.

• How often do our recruitment and hiring processes tap into these attributes?

• More often than not, we ignore them in favor of length of resume, degrees and prior titles.

• Good leaders stack the deck in their favor right in the recruitment phase.

““Leadership is the art of accomplishingLeadership is the art of accomplishingmore than the science of managementmore than the science of management

says is possible.”says is possible.”

I hope these lessons provide you the I hope these lessons provide you the same road to success that they same road to success that they

provided Secretary of State Powell. provided Secretary of State Powell. Good luck!Good luck!