The Five Practices of Leadership

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The Five Practices of Leadership

A. Model the Way: i. Finding your voice by clarifying personal values ii. Setting the example by aligning actions with shared values 1. How do you communicate your values? 2. How do you develop shared values? 3. What role do values play in everyday life? When should leaders exhibit their values and when should they not? 4. How do different organizations impact your values/shared values (and vice versa)?

B. Inspire a Shared Vision: i. Envisioning the future by imagining exciting possibilities ii. Enlisting others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations 1. How do you encourage others to think about big possibilities and not get stuck in the past/what has always been done? 2. How does a leader learn everyones individual aspirations and then create a shared aspiration? 3. What resistance might be encountered when developing a shared vision?

C. Challenge the Process: i. Searching for opportunities by seeking innovative ways to change & improve ii. Experimenting and taking risks by generating small wins and learning from mistakes 1. How does a leader encourage innovation? 2. How do leaders and group members challenge those with more power/authority to achieve results?

3. How do leaders encourage the search for new opportunities? 4. What is the role of the leader when helping group members to learn from mistakes?

D. Enable Others to Act: i. Fostering collaboration by promoting cooperative goals and building trust ii. Strengthening others by sharing power and discretion 1. What happens if a leader is a micro-manager and does not share power? 2. What if group members have hidden agendas or are following personal goals? 3. What about the mentality of if you want things done right, you have to do them yourself? How does this foster or inhibit collaboration, trust, and developing other leaders?

E. Encourage the Heart: i. Recognizing contributions by showing appreciation for individual excellence ii. Celebrating the values and victories by creating a spirit of community 1. How can all group members contribute to rewarding each other? 2. What are ways that group members would enjoy being appreciated? 3. When, how and where do you celebrate victories and how do you know which ones to celebrate? 4. What are ways to promote group community and pride?

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