Powershift Flashcards
What is a leadershift?
It is the ability and willingness to make a leadership change that will positively enhance organizational and personal growth.
In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s study what were the top three leadership qualities that will be important in years ahead?
1) the ability to MOTIVATE staff
2) the ability to work well across CULTURES
3) the ability to facilitate CHANGE
What is the negative quality of blending in, becoming average, refusing to stand out or capitalize on one’s uniqueness?
Conformity
What are the seven things you must do to leadershift successfully?
1) LEARN, unlearn, relearn
2) VALUE yesterday but live in today
3) rely on speed but thrive on TIMING
4) see the BIG PICTURE as it keeps getting bigger
5) live in today but think about TOMORROW
6) move forward courageously in the midst of UNCERTAINTY
7) realize todays best will not meet tomorrow’s CHALLENGES
What is advance attraction?
When you become aware of what you need or want, you’re able to see it and attract it.
What is the first and most important shift anyone must make to become a leader?
Going from soloist to conductor.
What is the result of an increased effort to first focus on others and add value to them.
Increase the energy of those you led and it will increase your energy while leading them.
What are five realities you have to face when transitioning from soloist to conductor? Others*
1) going SLOWER so you can go farther
2) recognizing that you NEED OTHERS
3) making the effort to UNDERSTAND OTHERS
4) wanting OTHER TO SHINE more than you
5) HELPING OTHERS to become better everyday
What are the requirements of the leadership dance?
1) step ahead of people, staying close enough for them to see you
2) step beside people, listening to them and talking about the journey
3) staying behind people, sharing words of encouragement to keep them going
A ———- culture creates wins for everyone. It lifts morale. It encourages team members to make one another better.
Completing culture
What is the formula to lift up people?
- see the possibilities in them
- honor them in front of others
- invite them to help achieve the vision
- notice what they do well and compliment
- thank them to make sure they know they are valued
What does it require to help people you lead improve?
Taking the focus off yourself and looking for ways you can help others reach their potential.
What are three questions followers ask of their leaders?
1) do you care for me?
2) can I trust you?
3) can you help me?
What does having a seed-sowing mindset mean?
- focus on adding value daily
- add as much value as possible as often as possible
- never wait to add value
- give without keeping score so motives stay pure
- welcome any return as an unexpected blessing
You don’t lose the seeds you sow, the only ones wasted are ——-.
The ones you don’t sow
What is the focus shift?
Soloist to conductor
What is the personal development shift?
Goals to growth
Goals helped me do better, but —— helped me become better.
growth
What are three significant shifts from goals to growth?
1) growth outward to growth inward
2) growth in everything to growth in a few vital things
3) growth with a timeline versus growth without a finish line
What is the first quality that make people successful?
Attitude
What does the acronym R-E-A-L stand for?
Relationship, equipping, attitude, leadership
Name some things needed to become a growth oriented person (4/7)?
1) embrace change
2) adopt a teachable spirit
3) make your love for learning greater than your fear of failure
4) develop relationships with other growing people
5) develop greater humility
6) believe in yourself
7) embrace layered learning
How can you cultivate a growth environment and maintain a teachable spirit (4/5)?
- make growth the number one PRIORITY
- LOOK for growth possibilities in every situation
- ASK questions that will help me grow
- FILE what I have learned
- PASS what I have learned to others
Failure isn’t failure if you do what?
Learn something from it
Humility is not denying your strengths but ———-?
Being honest about your weaknesses
What determines the investment you will make in yourself?
What you think about yourself
What is layered learning?
One life lesson applied upon another and another, each gaining greater insight, depth and weight.
When we make a shift to focusing on growth, it means we’ve begun to adopt a ———— term mindset.
Long term
What is the leadershift perks to price?
The cost shift
What are the three costs of shifting from perks to price? Hill*
1) reality- leaders recognize everything worthwhile is uphill
2) example - leaders must climb the hill first
3) consistency- they never get to stop climbing
When you don’t prepare for the worst, what happens?
The worst wins
What three before and more characteristics do follow-me leaders share?
1) SELF BELIEF
2) set EXPECTATIONS of themselves
3) make COMMITMENTS to themselves
What are the most important commitments a leader makes to him or herself?
Commitment to integrity, responsibility and selflessness
What are some of the ways consistency will help you as a leader?
-Provides security for others
-establishes a reputation
- keeps you in the leadership game
-compounds
What is the leadershift from pleasing people to challenging people?
The relationship shift
——— people is not the same as leading people.
Pleasing
To get the best out of people, leaders must ask for what from them?
Ask for the best from them
You have to put ——- what’s right for your people and organization ahead of what ——- right for you.
Doing and feels