Transcript Leadership is a Performing Art

The Core Principals of Leadership:
…from the Theory to the Practical
Practice
Purpose
Performance
Position
People
Alexander B. Horniman
Darden School of Business Administration
University of Virginia
Leadership is a Performing Art
The Meaning of “On Stage”
Out of the
Theatre
Back stage
On stage
Personal Best & Powerful Engagement
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Powerful Engagement Questions
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Can I trust you?
Are you committed to excellence?
Do you care about me?
Trust is the currency of principalbased leadership
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Moral/Ethical Transactions
Every statement has a moral/ethical implication.
Truth Telling
Promise Keeping
Fairness
Respect for the Individual
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Leadership as Engagement
Process of
Being Engaged
Person
Inspired
Expectations
Role
Requirements
Physically
Intellectually
How we speak
How we listen
Type of questions
Expanding categories
Open to information
Open to different
perspectives
Emotionally
Spiritually
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Significant principles
and values
Meet & Exceed
Expectations & Requirements
(Inspired)
Knowing
Doing
Learning
(mindful activity)
Learning
(changing assumptions)
Knowing
(facts, figures, events, etc.)
Dynamic
Thinking
(assumptions)
Understanding
(patterns)
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Choice Framework
Data
1
Dynamic
Eq.
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Feelings
3
React
Respond
Choice Ability
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External
Behaviors
(habits)
Principle Leadership Questions
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What is your purpose?
What is the Credit Union’s understood purpose?
What is the unique value proposition?
What is the Credit Union’s learning strategy?
What is your personal learning strategy?
What about you must change?
What about you must remain rock solid?
What about your Credit Union must change?
What about your Credit Union must not change?
What would the people who know you say are your
four or five core values/principles?
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Serving from Excellence
Personal Best
to
Extend –
Take risks
Act in a creative fashion
Serve to Evolve: Personal Value Dynamics
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