Lee D. Lambert, J.D. LEADERSHIP IN REAL TIME

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Lee D. Lambert, J.D.LEADERSHIP IN REAL TIME
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Successful people, have one thing in common
they filled their lives with positive thoughts
about themselves and others. (Thinking for a
Change John C. Maxwell)

LEADERSHIP IN REAL TIME FROM THE STRAIT OF
MESSINA TO WRANGEL ISLAND Lee D. Lambert,
J.D. Shoreline Community College 206.546.4552 lla
mbert_at_shoreline.edu
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LEADERSHIP IN REAL TIME
Objectives
To understand some key components of being an
effective leader. To understand the
importance of developing and cultivating a
leadership framework for effective leadership.

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LEADERSHIP IN REAL TIME
Components of Effective Leadership

Self-awareness Awareness of others Building
relationships and partnerships Cultivating a
thinkers mindset Setting the course (vision)
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Self-Awareness Leadership is the ability to
know what your moment-to-moment experience is.
(Clear Leadership Gervase R. Bushe)
COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Exercise 1 Please take a few minutes to
reflect on an experience you had during your
childhood that shaped your belief about
yourself and a professional experience.

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COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Awareness of Others Leadership is caring
enough to want to learn about other people, to
feel what they feel and see the world the way
they do. (Resonant Leadership Richard
Boyatzis and Annie McKee)
Exercise 2 Please take a few minutes to
reflect on an experience you had during your
childhood that shaped your belief about others
and a professional experience.

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COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Building Relationships and Partnerships Leader
ship is a belief in the 3rd alternative. Its
not your way or my way its a better way, a
higher way. (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People Stephen Covey)
Exercise 3 Please take a few minutes to
reflect on an experience you had working with
others that resulted in a better outcome than
the one you envisioned. What steps or processes
made it work more effectively?
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COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Cultivating a Thinkers Mindset Good
thinkers are never at a loss to solve problems,
they never lack ideas that can build an
organization, and they always have hope for a
better future. .A person who knows how may
always have a job, but the person who knows
why will always be his boss. (Thinking For A
Change John C. Maxwell)

Exercise 4 Please reflect on some major
disappointments you have faced in your personal
or professional life. How did you respond? What
lessons did you learn from it? And, how have
you applied these lessons to your work?
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COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Setting the Course (Vision) Leadership is
having a vision, a sense of direction. (The
Leadership Challenge J. Kouzes and B.
Posner)
Exercise 5 Please take a few minutes to
reflect on an experience you had in setting the
direction for your work unit, division,
department and/or agency. How effective was
your message? What steps did you take in
preparing your message?
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LEADERSHIP IN REAL TIME
Developing a Leadership Framework The real
path to greatness, it turns out, requires
simplicity and diligence. (Good to Great
Jim Collins)

Guiding Principles Problem Solving Decision
Making Cultivating a Thinkers
Mindset Goal Setting
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DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
Guiding Principles

Open and honest communications Fair,
reasonable and consistent application of
policies and procedures Involving individuals
in decisions that will impact them
Accountability
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DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
Problem Solving

Issues Rules Analysis Conclusions
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DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
Decision Making

Issues Interests Options Conclusions
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DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
Cultivating a Thinkers Mindset

Seeing the Big Picture Focus and
Creativity Strategic Reflective
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DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
Goal Setting

Needs to be addressed For whom? At what
cost?
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The lesson we have to learn now is how to
change our style of thinking and decision-making
to deal with a longer time frame and a wider
geographical context. Mary Catherine
Bateson (A World of Ideas Bill Moyers)

Questions and Answers Lee D. Lambert,
J.D. Shoreline Community College 206.546.4552 llam
bert_at_shoreline.edu
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Questions and Answers

The lesson we have to learn now is how to
change our style of thinking and decision-making
to deal with a longer time frame and a wider
geographical context. Mary Catherine Bateson
(A World of Ideas Bill Moyers) Lee D. Lambert,
J.D. Shoreline Community College 206.546.4552 llam
bert_at_shoreline.edu