MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

• LECTURE 3
• JANUARY 31, 2002

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESSession 3

• Recap
• Assignment Review
• Barometer (Purpose, Relevancy, Application)
• Guest Executive (Jerry Ennis, Vice President,
  Oscar J. Boldt Construction)
• Making A Difference (Breakthrough Leadership)
• People
• Product
• Processes

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

• Lost Market Capitalization in Last Two Years (s
  B)
• Cisco - 399
• Lucent - 216
• ATT - 93
• Enron - 70
• Source CNN News, 1/14/02
• Global Crossing- 40

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESAssignments

• Due
• Student Profile Now
• Vision Statement/Implementation Jack
  Welch, Jan. 29
• GE, CD, Exhibit (400 Words or Less)
• What Makes A Successful Leader Feb. 5
• (400 Words or Less)
• Case Study Who Goes, Who Stays? Feb. 12
• (Light, HBR, Reprint R0101A)

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESSession 2

• Review Rules of Engagement
• Summary of Student Profiles
• Recap Session 1
• Management/Leadership Divergence and Convergence
  Looking for the Common Threads
• Video Craig Weatherup, Former President and
  CEO, Pepsi Cola, North America
• Stretch
• Practice
• Increase Self Esteem Self Confidence (People
  Development)
• Leading/Mobilizing/Engergizing
• Personal/Leadership Skills
• Passion
• Diverse Organizations and Diversity in
  Organizations
• Reengineering Leadership

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

• Purpose
• Connectivity
• Relevancy
• Application

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESGuest
Executive

• Jeremy E. (Jerry) Ennis
• Vice President/General Manager Southern
  Operations
• Oscar J. Boldt Construction
• COMPANY PROFILE
• Oscar J. Boldt Construction is a 113 year old,
  4th generation, family-owned construction
  company. With its corporate offices located in
  Appleton, Wisconsin, Boldt operates a network of
  7 regional offices throughout the United States
  with an annual sales volume in excess of 400
  million.

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESGuest
Executive (contd.)

• ENNIS PROFILE
• As Vice President/General Manager, Mr. Ennis is
  responsible for directing Boldts Southern
  Operations with offices located in Oklahoma City,
  Oklahoma, and Augusta, Georgia. Since Mr. Ennis
  established this division in 1984, it has grown
  to chart revenues in excess of 45 million on an
  annual basis with single projects currently
  exceeding 80 million.
• Mr. Ennis has bid or negotiated, organized,
  staffed, coordinated and overseen to successful
  completion hundreds of projects. He and his
  staff of project managers have directed projects
  for many of the worlds largest corporations. He
  has been instrumental in the professional
  development of project management personnel,
  carefully selecting projects for their skill
  levels and allowing them to mature within well
  defined areas of responsibility.

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

• Overarching/Fundamental Question What is
  Leadership?
• Vision/Mission ltgt (Strategy)
• Values ltgt (Principles)
• Executing/Implementing ltgt (Aligning)
• Performance/Results ltgt (Metrics)
• Continuous Improvement ltgt (Leveraging)

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESCommon Themes
from Vision Assignment(The Dirty Dozen Plus
One)

• Direction ? Quality Focus
• Employee Involvement ? Customer Perception of
  Quality
• Communications ? Sourcing Strategy
• Focus on Customers ? Costs
• Products/Services ? Profit Sharing
• Continuous Improvement ? Revenue/Profitability
• Establish Go Teams

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIESPros/Cons
of Engineers As Change Agents

• PROS
• Broad Perspective
• Exposure to Behavioral Sciences
• Total Systems Approach
• CONS
• Too Micro Oriented
• Tend to be Problem/Solution Driven
• Prefer to Deal with Situations that Fit Known
  Models and Formulas

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

• Leadership is about coping with CHANGE.
• Management is about coping with COMPLEXITY.

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MSETM 5110 LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

• What it takes to be successful
• A wishbone, to dream on
• A backbone, for the strength and courage to get
  through the tough times
• A funny bone, to laugh at silly things that
  happen along the way.
• Duffy Daugherty, Former Coach
• Michigan State University