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Living LeadershipLiving Leadership
Developing the leader within you
George Binney
Developing the leader within you
George Binney
• Who was involved and what happened?
• What did you do and how did you behave – that caused others to follow you?
You as a leader – tell the story of when you have led well
• Coming alongside leaders and their teams over 12 to 24 months
• Observing people in action• Reflecting together on what’s
happening
Our method – Action Research
‘The lengthened shadow of one great person’
- Warren Bennis
Heroic LeadershipHeroic Leadership
-exists as aspiration, not reality
What we found
What we found
• What is effective leading? - It depends!
• Leaders have to be highly adaptable
• Many people, at many levels, lead at different moments
There is no recipe
Living Leadership
• Leadership is not just about what a leader does or how he/she is
• The followers choose who to give authority to
• It is a two-way process
1. Leading happens between people in the moment
Living Leadership
• Leading is shaped by context• Effective leaders see potential in the
context, however difficult• The art of the possible
2. Context, context, context
Living leadership
• It is not about being perfect• What makes you a good leader
are your imperfections• You are on a stage• Bringing yourself with skill takes
years of practice – and a willingness to keep learning
3. People lead well when they bring themselves – with skill – to their leading
Living Leadership: A different idea of leading
TO: Someone who
Adapts to different situations
Embodies values and goals that followers attach to
Demonstrates character (not charisma)
Copes with uncertainty, contradictions, mess and helps people to stop and think
Enables others to achieve results
FROM:
The leader as transforming hero
What you can do as a leader
• Get real
• Get connected
• Get help
• Taking responsibility for the
organisation as a whole• Lack of emotional intelligence• Failing to act on judgement • Battling not collaborating
Common challenges for doctors
Living leadership
(sometimes) power without responsibility
Living Leadership
• You can’t download leadership• Development requires personal
discovery• People develop as they lead on
critical tasks and reflect on their experience
How do you develop it?
Living Leadership
• Individual support and validation• Helping connect about what matters• Helping people join up their
experience
How do you develop it?
A different relationship: not participant and tutor but consultant and client learning together
Conclusion
Be the leader you can be
And don’t try to be the leader you think you ought to be
What we found
• You need all your faculties to work out what’s needed
• You can’t “bring yourself with skill” if you are stressed and tired
• Nor if you are doing what is against your values
The critical importance of self preservation