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Thereisno“ dothisandallwil
lbewell
”templateforl
eadershipbecauseeachper sonhastofi
nd
thei
rownwayi nt
oamanagementst ylethatworksforthem.Butdon’tworr
y,thereisawayt o
doit!Thi
swor ksheetisasetofkeyquesti
onsforyout ofi
ndyourownl eadershipgroove.When
youhavef i
nishedit,youwil
lbeacleardescri
pti
onofthesef i
vekeycharacteri
sti
csofagood
l
eader:
1) Know whoyouare
2) Know whoyourcompany/or
gani
zat
ioni
s
3) Know whatyouwant
4) Know how youwi
llgett
here
5) Stepupanddoi t
Don’tanswerallt
hesequest
ionsinonesi tt
ing!Eachcategorytakesthi
nki
ngtime.Likel
yeach
onewi l
lbebetween15-30minutesofrefl
ection,soifyoubreakitupintof
ivedif
fer
ent“thi
nki
ng”
ti
mes,youwi l
lhaveachancet oletyourmindpr ocessinbetween.Thequesti
onsarean
excell
entwaytoresetandadjustannuall
y.Onceyouhavecompl et
edthesequence,keepthe
resul
tssothatyoucandothisagaininayearandseewhathaschanged.

1.KNOW WHOYOUARE
Complet
eeachofthesesent
enceswi
thdi
ff
erentanswer
seachtimeunt
ilyouf
eelyou
haveanswer
editenoughtobeablet
oexpl
ainitt
osomeoneelse.
a.Iam t
het
ypeofmanagerwho…
(her
earesomeexamplestogetyoust
art
ed)
Likest oknow… allthefactsinadvanceofmaki ngadecision
Needst osee… t
hingsi nwr i
ti
ng
Want st oknow… youhavepr icedouttheoptionsandcandescr i
bethebenef
it
s
beforeaskingtopur chasesomet hi
ng
Enjoys… agoodj oke
Car esabout… aboutt hepeopl eIworkwith/t
het askathand/t
hebigpi
ctur
e
Isdr i
venbyvalues/cost/i
nnovation
Needst obe… l
earning/busy/havespace
Needst ohave…loyalty/
responsiveness/
quiet

Iam t
het
ypeofmanagerwho…
b.Igetupsetwhen…

c.Not
hingmakesmemor
epr
oudofmyt
eam t
hanwhen…

d.ApersonalvalueIholdthati
smosti mportantt
omei s…(namea
vi
rtue/
quali
tysuchasl oyal
ty,r
esponsi
veness,hel
pful
ness,compassi
on,
dependabi
li
tyetc)
2.KNOW WHOYOURCOMPANY/
ORGANI
ZAT
IONI
S.

a.Dot
hisbyfini
shi
ngt
hissent
ence:“Wear
eint
hebusi
nessof
…sot
hat
…”
Wear einthebusinessofmakingfast,accessiblefoodforpeopl
eonat i
ghtbudgetwho
areinahurry
Wear einthebusinessofhelpi
ngfrustratedbusinessownerssolvethei
rITpr oblems
eff
ecti
vel
ysot heycangetbackt otheirownwor k
Wear einthebusinessofmakingsurepeopl ewithglut
enint
olerancesandallergiescan
havetast
e,variet
yandoptionsinrestaurants
Wear einthebusinessofbuil
dingqualitysteelproduct
sthatensurebuil
dingsar e
durabl
eandsaf e

Wear
eint
hebusi
nessof
….Sot
hat
….

b.Ourcompanywoul
dnever
…

c.Ourcompanywi
llal
ways….
 d.I
ngoodeconomi
cti
mesourcompanyf
ocuseson…

e
.Inbadeconomi
cti
mesourcompanyf
ocuseson…

3.KNOW WHATYOUWANT
T
hisi
sthemosti
mpor
tantj
obf
ormyt
eam….
T
omaket
hemostr
evenuef
orourcompanymyt
eam needst
o….

T
obeef
fect
ivemyt
eam needst
o…

T
ohavegoodcommuni
cat
ionatal
lti
mesmyt
eam needst
o…
T
oensur
easaf
eandhappywor
kpl
acef
oral
lmyt
eam needst
o…

Now t
urnt
hatar
oundandreplace“
myteam”wi
th“
I”r
emember
ingt
hatyourj
obi
stor
esour
ce
yourt
eam t
odowhattheyneedtodo:

T
oensur
emyteam i
ssuccessf
uli
nthei
rjobs,t
hisi
sthemosti
mpor
tant
j
obf
ormetodo…

T
oequi
pmyt
eam t
omaket
hemostr
evenuef
orourcompanyIneedt
o….
T
oensur
emyt
eam i
sef
fect
iveIneedt
o…

T
obui
ldgoodt
eam communi
cat
ionIneedt
o…

Toleadinawayt
hatourwor
kpl
acei
ssaf
eandhappyf
oral
lmyt
eam member
s
Ineedto…
4.KNOW HOW YOUWI
LLGETT
HERE
Whati
stheonet
hingyouneedt
ofocusondai
lyt
oreacht
hegoal
sinquest
ion3?

Whati
stheonet
hingyouneedt
ofocusonweekl
ytor
eacht
hegoal
s
i
nquesti
on3?

Whati
stheonet
hingyouneedt
ofocusonmont
hlyt
oreacht
hegoal
s
i
nquesti
on3?
Whati
stheonet
hingyouneedt
ofocusonquar
ter
lyt
oreacht
hegoal
s
i
nquesti
on3?

Whati
stheonethi
ngyouneedt
ofocusonannual
lyt
oreacht
hegoal
s
i
nquesti
on3?t
Whenyouhaveanswer
edthesequest
ions,youwil
lhavet
her eci
pef
orsuccessf
orwhat
i
ttakest
olead–f
oryou.Herear
esomef inalwor
dstoref
lecton:

Leadershi
pi salwaysaboutyou.
Leadershi
pi salwaysabouthow youpayat tenti
ont oothers.
Leadershi
pi salwaysaboutt hinkingofbet t
erwaysf orthecompanyandt hei ndi
vidualsto
reachthei
rgoal sinwaysever yonef eelsfreet ocont ri
butewi thout
beingbeli
tt
ledorunder mined.
Leadershi
pi salwaysaboutl isteningt owhatot hershavet osay.I ti
salwaysabouthavi ng
thecouraget otakeact i
onandt or espondcour ageouslytot heout comes.
Leadershi
pi salwaysaboutbal ancingcomf ortandchal lenge–f oryouandf orothers.
Leadershi
pi saboutr eali
zingthatyouar eani mpor t
antpar tintheecosyst em andsoi s
everyoneelse.Eachper son’
sr olei sasimpor t
antast hedi ff
erentor gansinahumanbody
andar edeservingofr espect.
Leadershi
punder standst hatanecosyst em isinterdependentandhasdi ff
er entseasonsof
growth.Goodl eadershiphelpscr eat eaclimat eforopt i
malgr owt h.Theact ualgrowthis
upt oeachoft heelement sintheecosyst em.

5.ST
EPUPANDDOI
T
a.I
dent
ifyyourownbl
ockst
osuccess

Imi
ghtnotdowhatIknow Ineedt
odobecauseI
….

b.Bekindtoyoursel
fandyourt
eam –ever
yonei
sdoi
ngt
hebest
theycanattheti
me

T
hesear
ethesuccessesIhaveal
readyhad…
c.Cont
inuet
othi
nk–pl
an–act–r
eflect–adj
ust
.
T
hesear
ethear
easIwi
lldoeasi
ly…

Think
Plan
Act
Reflect
Adjust

T
hesear
ethear
easIam l
ikel
ytoavoi
dorhavemor
edi
fficul
tywi
th…

Think
Plan
Act
Reflect
Adjust