SyberVision - Workbook - Leaders, The Strategies of Taking Charge - Leadersstudyguide

S Y B E R V V I S I O N


Steven A. DeVore President SyberVision

S Y B E R V V I S I O N T h e L e a d e r i n P e r so n a l A c h i e v e m e n t T ec h n o l o g y


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SYBERVISION 1627 North Mountain Oaks Drive Orem, Utah 84097 Phone 1.800.275.6940 • Fax 1.801.327.0572 www.sybervision.com All rights reserved. This program or any part thereof may not be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the prior written permission of SyberVision 2000 except in the case of passages used in articles for review.


CONTENTS Session

Title

Intro

How to Use Your Neuropsychology of Leadership Study Guide and Audio

I II

The Essence of Leadership: Your Key to Personal Power. Unveiling the Power: The Ten Dominant Characteristics Characteristics of the Effective Leader.

III

The Four Master Keys of Power: The New Psychology of Leadership.

IV

The Visionary Leader: How to Create a Vision of the Future.

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

Commitment Through Communication: How to Inspire Followers with Your Vision. Dynamic Positioning: How to Gain Mass Support for Your Dream. The Mastery of Self: How to Lead Others Through SelfMastery and Example. The Learning Environment: How to Get the Most Out of Your Followers. The Management of Change: How to Create a Climate Clim ate for Your Vision to Take Root. The Final Transformation: Your Vision Become Reality.


HOW TO USE YOUR NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP STUDY GUIDE AND AUDIO This personal Study Guide has been designed to assist you in using the audio sessions and worksheets to learn the process behaviors, and principles contained in The Neuropsychology of Leadership.

PROGRAM GOAL The major goal of The Neuropsychology of Leadership program is to introduce you to a scientifically proven, easy-to-learn discipline that will allow you to systematically systematically and progressively progressively acquire the characteristics and habits of leader. In this program, you will learn a powerful formula that will allow you to inspire and lead a group of people to help you achieve your goals and vision (an image of an ideal future state that currently does not exist). This personalized study guide has been designed to assist you in learning the wealth of information that is contained in this program and in in mastering the techniques that that will progressively progressively move you upward to the ranks of leadership status.

PROCESS Listen to the narration at the points suggested in the study guide and then practice each of the skills presented. There are worksheets in the study guide for you to use in practicing each of the skills and for you to record your goals and your progress toward those goals. You may, of course, listen to the audio again and again to glean any additional information and guidance necessary to make the principles contained in the program a permanent part of your daily routine. Each section of your study guide is designed to correspond to a numbered audio session. For example, you will find the study guide exercises for Audio Session 1, "The Essence of Leadership: Your Key to Personal Power" listed under the same number and title in your study guide. In each study guide section, there's a combination of explanations


and step-by-step instructions for mastering the material presented. Each section is divided into the following components: OBJECTIVES: A OBJECTIVES: A list of the information and skills you will have mastered after listening to the tape and following the instructions in your study guide. BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: A summary of the main points mentioned on the audio. PRACTICE: Exercises PRACTICE: Exercises that will help you learn the new information and practice the skills that you will learn in each audio session. POINTS TO REMEMBER : A list of some important ideas you learned from the audio session. PROGRESS CHECK: An CHECK: An exercise that will help you recall the important ideas and skills you learned on the audio. The "Progress Check" is designed to give feedback on your performance so that you can continue to improve it.

HERE’S WHAT TO DO 1. Preview the titles of the tapes designated for each segment of the study guide. 2. Preview the content of the study guide. 3. Set aside a specific block of time each day to work work through the tapes and exercises. This is your investment in YOU, so YOU, so keep the agreement on the time. 4. For each audio session you will follow a similar pattern pattern of working through through the study guide, listening to the tape and doing the practices. This sequence is outlined for you here: a. Read the Objective. b. Follow the instructions in the Practice Section. c. Do the Progress Check.


5. When you have completed one audio session, schedule a time when you will work through the next audio session.


SESSION I

THE ESSENCE OF LEADERSHIP: YOUR KEY TO PERSONAL POWER OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• • • •

Define leadership. Describe the problems problems associated associated with with a lack lack of leadership. Destroy the myths about leadership. Describe the benefits of effective effective leadership.

BACKGROUND Your motivation to participate in this program probably comes from a need or desire to learn how to attain leadership, the ability to turn a dream, a vision into reality, with and through the help of other people. At this point you may be acutely aware of the problems associated with a lack of leadership. Work efforts are scattered and undirected, organizations fail to grow and learn, and workers themselves are dispirited and indifferent. Strong leadership is the key to effecting change in any group, from the smallest club to the multi-national corporation. With it, you can accomplish anything. Without it, nothing worthwhile nor lasting can be achieved. By incorporating the research of leadership experts Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus into an effective, easy-to-understand and apply program, Leaders: The Strategies of Taking Charge enables Charge enables you to learn the skills of effective leadership. The benefits of attaining leadership may seem obvious, however we may have thought of some that you have not yet considered. These will be described on the tape, and later you will personalize them to meet your own needs. Review this list to dwell on the positive outcomes that will be in store for you: • Leadership is a skill that can be learned and integrated into your own life. • With leadership you can guide and influence the direction of any conceivable group effort.


• You can turn your own vision of the future into reality, with the help and cooperation of others. • Leadership enables you to inspire and motivate others, so they once again feel positive about their work. • Through leadership you will rediscover your own potential for growth, your zest for work, and your affinity with others. • Effective leadership can promote the growth of the individual, the group, the organization.

PRACTICE 1. Re-read the objectives for this session. 2. Listen to Audio Session I, "The Essence of Leadership: Your Key To Personal Power." 3. After you have listened to the audio, use the space provided to write write a brief description of what leadership means to you.

4. In your own words write a brief statement of the problems associated with the lack of leadership.

5. If you like, listen to Audio Session I again.

6. Briefly describe five of the benefits you and others will will derive when you develop leadership skills. 1. 2.


3. 4. 5.

POINTS TO REMEMBER • Leaders are neither born nor created by rare circumstances. • Leadership is a skill that can be learned. • Leadership is not the same as management • There are many leadership opportunities around you; there is much leadership potential within you. • Leadership unlocks your innate power to change and transform that which has become stagnant and unworkable.

PROGRESS CHECK Answer each question by filling in the blank space below with the correct answer. 1. Write a brief brief statement about the single most significant problem you are now experiencing due to lack of leadership.

2. Describe a person person you know who has leadership skills and analyze analyze his/her success.

3. Now, list some of the benefits your organization will experience


when you develop the ability to lead.


S ES S I O N I I

Unveiling the Power: The Ten Dominant Characteristics of the Effective Leader OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the ten dominant characteristics of the effective leader. • Compare your current current behavior behavior against against the model to establish areas where you might seek improvement improvement .

BACKGROUND People who have achieved leadership goals become inspirational examples or role models for others to follow. How they became successful leaders—the strategies, skills, thinking and behavioral patterns they used—creates a blueprint for people who want to achieve what the role model achieved. Models of leadership blaze the trail of possibility for us—breaking down the barriers of tradition and time. We think, "If he or she could do it, then so can I." In this Session, we have identified the 10 dominant characteristics that mark change-effecting leaders. These are behaviors others have learned in order to accomplish their personal and organizational goals. In developing the model, the criterion we used was excellence in the field of leadership, whether in the private or public sector, including business, politics, and the arts. The characteristics we noted are not specific to any one profession—they are. instead, specific to one type of individual—he or she who has been able to transform others through expert leadership ability. Once you become familiar with the characteristics of the successful leader, you'll be able to adapt your own life to include these positive values.


PRACTICE 1. Listen to Audio Session II, "Unveiling The Mystery: The Ten Dominant Dominant Characteristics of a Leader." On the form below, as you listen, list the ten dominant characteristics as they are described. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

2. The Personal Assessment Form in this this section lists the ten characteristics of the change-effective leader. Each characteristic is presented in the same order as in the audio narration. Each is graded on a scale of one through seven. Read all the characteristics, positive and negative, listed on the worksheet. Do not mark on the form at this time, just review the listed characteristics. 3. Listen again to the ten characteristics characteristics listed on Audio Session II. As you listen to the characteristic being described, contrast and compare where you currently stand in relation to the described characteristics, behaviors and habits. Use the rating table as a tool for personal measurement and insight. As you listen to each description say to yourself: "I am more like the positive description" or "I am more like the negative description." Then determine the degree to which you currently exhibit the habit or behavior. Finally, circle the appropriate number on the scale that corresponds to your response. Pause the audio if you require extra time at any point. Don't be afraid to be completely honest in your self-assessment. You are the beneficiary of your own honesty.


FORM 2.1 LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTIC PERSONAL ASSESSMENT FORM (-)

(+)

1. Weak sense of purpose

12 3 4 5 6 7

Strong sense of purpose

2. Gives up easily

12 3 4 5 6 7

Very Persistent

3

12 3 4 5 6 7

Self knowledgeable

4. Doesn’t acquire new skills, information

12 3 4 5 6 7

Always seeking new learning

5. Bored, apathetic in relation to work

12 3 4 5 6 7

Sense of pleasure, joy in relation to work

6. Unable to attract others

12 3 4 5 6 7

Magnetic, draws others

7. Treats others with minimal respect, caring

12 3 4 5 6 7

Mature in human relationships

8. Fearful of the new, the unproven

12 3 4 5 6 7

Takes risks, like to experiment

9. Depressed, discouraged by mistakes

12 3 4 5 6 7

Sees mistakes as opportunities

10. Self-ambitious: focused focused on own wants

12 3 4 5 6 7

Seeks to serve needs of others

No self-awareness

Score

TOTAL SCORE

4. Once you have completed the Leadership Characteristic Personal Assessment Form, total up your points. If you scored between 10 and 45, you will benefit greatly from this program and the attitudes it will help you develop. If you scored between 50 and 60, this program will help you sharpen your already strong leadership abilities. If you score above 60 you're in great shape, but will nonetheless benefit from the scientific presentation of the techniques we offer in this SyberVision program.


POINTS TO REMEMBER •

The key to the Self-Assessment process is honesty.

•

The SyberVision SyberVision program you have undertaken is a dynamic dynamic process process of self-discovery and self-creation.

PROGRESS CHECK When you have completed the Self-Assessment form you will have completed the stated objectives of this Session. Please schedule an appointment with yourself to begin Session III.


SESSION III

The Four Master Keys of Power: The New Psychology of Leadership OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the four-point strategy for leadership success. • Define empowerment

BACKGROUND In Session III you will learn a four-point strategy for leadership success that is based on extensive research and careful analysis of classic and contemporary leaders. Taken from the work of leadership experts Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus, this strategy is the heart of our leadership program and of your own effort to acquire leadership abilities. You will be introduced to each of our strategies: Vision; Communication; Positioning; and Self-Management, and you will see how they work together to enable you to lead and empower others. In this Session you will also see your first examples of how successful leaders illustrate these points in their own work.

PRACTICE 1. Look on the next page at the graphic model of the four keys which contribute to leadership success.


DIAGRAM 3.1 1 VISION “I see a desirable future state”

2 COMMUNICATION ”I can convey that future state clearly, forcefully to others”

EMPOWERMENT All are inspired to work toward the dream. 3 POSITIONING “I can take the actions that make it possible for the vision to happen”

4 SELFMANAGEMENT “I behave in ways that promote the best efforts of self and others”

2. Describe in a short sentence how each of the following fuels and reinforces your leadership efforts. a. Other Leaders

b. Purpose

c. Communication

d. Self-Management

e. Empowerment



There is one important strategy for leadership success.

•

The strategy strategy is: Vision + Communication + Positioning + SelfManagement = Empowerment.

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Vision is a mental mental picture picture of a desired future state.

•

Communication requires requires a meaningful exchange of ideas about the vision.

•

Positioning requires you to act on your dreams.

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Self-Management requires that you lead yourself before you attempt to lead others

PROGRESS CHECK In the space provided below, while listening again to the four steps outlined on the audio in this session, draw a replica of Diagram 3.1. Check your completed diagram against Diagram Di agram 3.1


S ES S I O N I V

The Visionary Leader: How to Create a Vision of the Future OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• • • •

Define Purpose. Define Vision. Develop your own leadership purpose. Transform your purpose purpose into into a sensory-rich vision.

BACKGROUND Determining your vision, what you want to achieve with your leadership abilities, can be a difficult task. You have so many choices and opportunities that it's sometimes confusing. Yet a clear, compelling vision is the cornerstone of leadership. It gives you a specific direction and inspires others to join forces with your effort. In this Session you will learn, through a multi-step process, how to analyze the many options available to you and select the one purpose which motivates you the most. Besides being a powerful tool in determining your leadership goals, this process will help you in making any kind of decision—from the smallest to the most important. With a clear vision of the future, you're well on your way to becoming a leader. You've discovered what you really want to do with your leadership skills and have laid the foundation for change and transformation.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to the narrator on Audio Session IV, "The Visionary Leader: How to Create a Vision of the Future."


2. After you have listened to the narrator describe past, present, and future indicators, write the indicators that should influence a choice of purpose for your own organization.

FORM 4.1 INDICATORS Past:

Present:

Future:

3. When you are instructed to do so by the narrator, write in the space provided below each of your five wishes. Begin each with "I wish ..."

FORM 4.2 INDICATORS Wish 1:

Wish 2:

Wish 3:

Wish 4:

Wish 5:


4. Now you have imagined each of your wishes coming true. Select the one wish that is the most important to you, that evoked the strongest response when you imagined it. In the space provided below write a brief statement why the wish is so important to you. FORM 4.3 I IMAGINE

5. When instructed by the narrator narrator to do so, write in the space provided below the main points included in a Time magazine article about your achievements as Time's man or woman of the year. Include a headline that summarizes your leadership achievement.

FORM 4.4 I CREATE Headline:

6. When you are instructed to do so by the narrator, narrator, write in the space provided below your personal statement of purpose.


FORM 4.5 MY PERSONAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

7. When you are instructed to do so by the narrator, write in the space provided below your own sensory goal statement. FORM 4.6 MY SENSORY GOAL STATEMENT

8. On the next page, page, insert role playing photographs photographs of yourself having already achieved your leadership goals, or pictures from magazines of other people and symbols which represent your achieved goal.


FORM 4.7 VISION OF ACHIEVEMENT


9. When you are instructed by the narrator, write in the space below all the rewards you can associate with achieving the goal listed above. FORM 4.8 REWARDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

10. When instructed by the narrator, write in the space below the the sensory details of your Vision. FORM 4.9 SENSORY VISIONWORKSHEET Sound

Touch

Taste

Smell

Emotion


11. Listen to Audio Session IV as Warren Bennis Bennis and Burt Nanus discuss vision and leadership with SyberVision founder Steven DeVore.


A strong compelling vision is the foundation of your leadership success.

•

Your statement of vision should reflect your inner-most desire— what you want to achieve above all else.

•

Give serious thought to the wishing exercises and the creation of your vision—they are integral parts of this program.

PROGRESS CHECK 1. Without referring to your notes write write the three indicators that can help you define an organizational purpose. 1. 2. 3.

2. List the main characteristics and differences between a wish, a goal, and a vision. Wish Goal Vision

3. Summarize how a clear, sensory vision effects your ability to lead.


SESSION V

Commitment Through Communication: How to Inspire Followers with Your Vision OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Define Communication • Explain the role of Communication Communication in our four part strategy for leadership success. • Describe the various ways in which leaders leaders communicate. • Develop a sense of your own powers of communication. communication.

BACKGROUND Part of what separates the leader from the dreamer is the leader’s particular ability to communicate his vision to others in ways that are powerful and inspiring. It is through communication that the leader attracts and holds followers. Skills of communication are varied and they can be learned and developed. Each leader has her or her own personal style and ability. There are particular methods of communication that will work for you and can be developed with practices and attention.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to Audio Session V, “Commitment Through Communication: How To Inspire Followers With Your Vision.” 2. Write the name of a leader who you feel communicated his or her messages clearly and forcefully and indicate what attracted you to the leader’s style.

3. Write an example of how a leader might communicate in the following way:


By Personal Example:

In Verbal Messages:

In Metaphor or Analogy:

Through Symbolism:

With Media:

Through Involvement:

4. The form on the next page helps you analyze your own strengths and weaknesses in the communication area. Rate yourself on the following skills, using past experience in your personal and work life as a guideline.


FORM 5.1 COMMUNICATIN SKILLS PERSONAL ASSESSMENT FORM (-)

(+)

1. I am not a personal example of what I believe

12 3 4 5 6 7

I am a strong personal example of what I believe

2. I am unable to verbalize verbalize what what I mean

12 3 4 5 6 7

I am adept at using words

3

I am awkward at public speaking

12 3 4 5 6 7

I am comfortable and effective when addressing others

4. I am literal and cannot understand parables or metaphors

12 3 4 5 6 7

I prefer analogy and metaphor when trying to understand new concepts

5. I am not a visual thinker. I prefer words

12 3 4 5 6 7

I tend to think in pictures and associate ideas with images

6. I am seldom interested in media or the arts

12 3 4 5 6 7

I am drawn to the theatrical and forms of entertainment

7. I am a loner and prefer to do things on my own

12 3 4 5 6 7

I work well in groups and prefer to interact with others.

Score

TOTAL SCORE

5. Once you have completed the Communication Skills Personal Assessment Form, total your points. If you score between 10 and 30, you have a great need to develop your communication skills. If you scored between 31 and 40, you have good communication skills but still need improvement. If you scored above 40, you probably have excellent communication skills. 6. There are seven key points leaders seek to communicate. Write down as many as you can remember, then refer to the audio for further help. 1.


2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

7. Listen to Audio Session V as Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus discuss communication and leadership with SyberVision founder Steven DeVore.


Communication must be consistent and it must be constant. This is the only way to obtain the trust of your followers.

•

Your method of communication is less important than the power with which you convey your message.

•

Through communication you create meaning for people. It is the only way they will align themselves behind the goals that can fulfill your vision.

PROGRESS CHECK 1. Write a brief statement of your own strengths in communication.

2. Describe what it is you most wish to communicate.


3.Briefly explain how communication will help you achieve your goals.


SESSION VI

Dynamic Positioning: How to Gain Mass Support for Your Dream OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Define Positioning. • Describe how Positioning works with Vision and Communication. • Explain the areas areas in which Positioning Positioning must occur. occur.

BACKGROUND So far you have identified your Vision and learned how to communicate that Vision to others. This session introduces you to the "action "phase of our strategy for leadership. You will see how you can plan and design the environment so it becomes a place where your Vision can happen. You will will learn which circumstances must be changed, which situations must be modified, before your goals can be realized. In a sense, positioning requires you to create a climate-a climate most conducive to the fulfillment of your dream.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to the narrator on Audio Session VI, "Dynamic Positioning: How To Gain Mass Support For Your Dream." 2. As the narrator describes them, write down the three different levels on which positioning must occur. 1.

2.

3.


3. In the spaces provided below, write down down the changes that will have to be manifested if your vision is to be realized. INSIDE CHANGES (Internal Environment):

OUTSIDE CHANGES (External Environment):

RELATIONSHIP CHANGES:

4. Listen to Audio Session VI as Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus discuss positioning and leadership with SyberVision founder Steven DeVore.


Positioning is the set of actions necessary to implement your dream.

•

A Vision remains a Vision until you act on it.

•

You must establish a niche for your vision both within within your organization and outside the organization.

•

Effective positioning promotes credibility and trust.

•

To be effective, positioning must must be consistent, reliable, and harmonious.


PROGRESS CHECK 1. Write a brief brief description of how successful positioning strengthens your leadership role.

2. Describe the links between Vision and Positioning, and Communication and Positioning.


S E S SI SI O N V I I

The Mastery of Self: How to Lead Others Through Self-Mastery and Example OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Define self-management. self-manag ement. • Describe positive self-regard. • Explore the attitudes towards failure essential to successful leadership.

BACKGROUND The work of leaders relies heavily on human interactions and cooperative group efforts. To assure the most creative, productive results, your relationship with followers must be as mature and trusting as possible. There are human relations skills that can be developed by anyone. In this Session you'll learn to recognize those skills—the very special ways of behaving and interacting with others that contribute to your ability to lead. You'll learn ways to manage your own thoughts and actions so that working relationships with others are mutually fulfilling and help support the realization of your Vision.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to Audio Session VII, "The Management of Self: How to Lead Others Through Self-Mastery And Example." 2. Complete the following exercises when instructed to do so by the narrator.


FORM 7.1 PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES List all the skills you possess in the flowing areas, including those that may require further development. INTELLECTUAL SKILLS:

INTUITIVE SKILLS:

APPEARANCE/DEMEANOR:

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:


FORM 7.2 PERSONAL LIMITATIONS List drawbacks in the following areas: attitudes; behaviors; or a lack of skills that may require further work and development. INTELLECTUAL:

INTUITIVE:

APPEARANCE/DEMEANOR:

RELATIONSHIP:


3. As the narrator describes them, characteristics of emotional maturity.

write

down

the

five

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

4. When the narrator requests, write below a brief description of two mistakes you've made in your work or life. If you cannot think of mistakes, consider obstacles, setbacks, or times when you faced opposition and adversity. After describing them, write down what you learned from those experiences, how you grew or benefited.

FORM 7.3 LEARNING EXPERIENCES

1. Mistake One:

2. Mistake Two:

1. Lesson One:

2. Lesson Two:


5. Listen to Audio Session VII as Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus discuss self-management and leadership with SyberVision founder Steven DeVore.


Leadership is an intimate, personal business that relies on your ability to interact in healthy, productive ways with other people.

•

Positive self-regard leads to the positive other-regard that will will enhance your relationships.

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With continued self-examination you can develop consistent self-regard. With examination of your life experiences you can develop a positive attitude towards mistakes and setbacks.

PROGRESS CHECK 1. Write a brief description of how Self-Management links with Positioning; with Communication; and with Vision in your leadership work.

S Y B E R V I S I O N

SESSION VIII

The Learning Environment: How to Get the Most Out of Your Followers OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Differentiate between maintenance and innovative learning. • List the six types of innovative learning. • Describe the five characteristics of the learning organization. • Describe the four ways the leader can stimulate learning.

BACKGROUND In this Session you will see how leaders are expert learners and how they transfer that interest in learning to a larger organization. Once they have created a climate conducive to learning, leaders can reap the rewards of a creative and innovative staff. There are special ways a leader can encourage his or her followers to learn and there are special ways to encourage the organization as a whole. You will learn how to use certain techniques and strategies that enable each member of the organization to fulfill their greatest potential for growth while contributing to the fulfillment of the Vision.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to Session VIII, "The Learning Environment: How To Get The Most Out Of Your Followers." 2. As you listen to the narrator, summarize the differences between maintenance learning and innovative learning.


3. When described by the narrator, list the six types of innovative learning. 1. 2.

3. 4. 5. 6.

4. As the narrator describes the four four ways in which a leader can stimulate learning, briefly summarize each in the spaces provided. 1. 2. 3. 4.

5. Listed on the next page are the five chief characteristics of the learning organization, as described by leader experts Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus. Rate your current organization by the scale provided.


Form 8.1 EVALUATE YOUR ORGANIZATION (-)

(+)

1. Inflexible: discourages the new and usual

12 3 4 5 6 7

Open to new ideas; receptive

2. Focused on present or past

12 3 4 5 6 7

Future-oriented; anticipates future

3

12 3 4 5 6 7

Many opportunities to learn new skills

4. Individual effort more important than group effort

12 3 4 5 6 7

Cooperative efforts, participation in group is important

5. Little planning and communication takes place

12 3 4 5 6 7

Active planning with involvement of others

No way to train further or develop new skills

Score

TOTAL SCORE

6. If your organization scored between 5 and 19, your organization is not conducive to learning. If your organization scored between 20 and 29 the learning environment is positive but needs improvement. A score of 30 and above indicates that your organization values learning.


Leaders are perpetual learners. Learning is the fuel that sparks new understanding, new ideas, and new challenges.

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Leaders are expert at at learning in an organizational context. And they are able to inspire others to learn in the same context.

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The success of an organization organization relies relies primarily on a sustained ability to learn and re-learn.


PROGRESS CHECK 1. Write a brief description of how an ability ability to learn will contribute to your success as a leader.

2. Explain how an organization that learns is an an organization that can best support your Vision.

3. Listen to Audio Session VII for examples of learning leaders and organizations. Then schedule a time for Session IX.


SESSION IX

The Management of Change: How to Create a Climate for Your Vision to Take Root OBJECTIVES • Identify the three types of organizations. • Determine how changes occur within each type. • Understand the relationship between change and the realization of your goals.

BACKGROUND Every vision, by its very nature, will demand change. Some organizations are more amenable to change than others. In this Session you will learn about three distinct organizational types—how each one functions and operates, how each one responds to change and innovation. By understanding which techniques work best in your organization, you will be prepared to introduce the ideas and procedures which most guarantee success. The principles of leadership apply to every organization, whatever its style, but the leader must first be aware of a structure, a "social architecture," that pre-exists and will have profound impact on the leader's attempts at change. In this Session you will discover the architecture of your of your own organization.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to Audio Session IX, “The Management of Change: How to Create a Climate For Your Vision To Take Root." 2. As you listen to the narrator, write down adjectives that apply apply to each of the three architectures. You may use the narrator's words or your own. Collegial:


Personal:

Formal:

3. In the graph below, circle the one description in each category that best describes your own organization.

FORM 9.1 CATEGORY

FORMAL

COLLEGIAL

PERSONAL

Decisions by:

Authority

Discussion & agreement

Directions from within

Control by:

Rules, laws/rewards; punishment

Interpersonal & group commitment

Own concept of self

Source of power:

Superior

What “we” think and feel

What I think and feel

Desired end:

Compliance

Consensus

Self-actualization

To avoid:

Deviation from authority; risktaking

Failure to reach consensus

Not being “true” to oneself

Position:

Hierarchical

Peer

Individual

Relationships to others:

Structured

Group oriented

Individual

Basis for growth:

Following established order

Peer group membership

Acting on awareness of self


4. Total the results of the above graph and determine whether you have a majority of circles in one column. This will indicate which social architecture describes your own organization. If you do not have a majority, your organization may be a combination of types.


If an organization organization is to be transformed, the social architecture must be revamped. The effective leader needs to articulate new values in place of old.

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A leader who misunderstands his or her organization organization may may create more harm than good.

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Being informed about the architecture of your organization equips you with the necessary tools to change it.

PROGRESS CHECK 1. Describe how your Vision will affect the social architecture of your organization.

2. Review Session VI on "Positioning: How To Create A Niche For Your Dream." After learning about social architecture, you may have new ideas about internal changes that will need to take place. Write them down in the space provided below.

3. Schedule your time to complete Session X.


SESSION X

The Final Transformation: Your Vision Become Reality OBJECTIVES At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Understand the ultimate goal of leadership. • Describe the difference between change and transformation. • List the ways in which transformation is achieved.

BACKGROUND Leadership is, in itself, not an ends, but a means to an end. It is a way by which you can achieve goals far greater than an individual, acting alone, can ever hope to achieve. When leadership is at its best, all those involved feel a sense of "magic" of almost divine mission. The leader's vision, which aligns and encompasses the entire organization, serves as the catalyst for individual growth and organizational transformation. This transformation, in which all are compelled to stretch their limits, to expand and learn new skills, and to discover new truths about themselves and each other, is the ultimate goal of the dedicated leader. The leader's vision becomes the vehicle by which all, including the leader, become aware of new capabilities and strengths.

PRACTICE 1. Listen to Audio Session X, "The Final Transformation: Your Vision Becomes Reality."

2. After listening to the narrator narrator describe it, write write in your own words words the key characteristics of transformative leadership.


3. Consider ways in which which you will be personally transformed transformed by the pursuit and achievement of your vision. Write them in the space provided below.

4. Consider ways in which which your organization will be transformed if your vision is realized. Write them in the spaces below.


Personal success is only a by-product by-product of leadership. The supreme effect of leadership is its ability to give new meaning and learning to individuals who operate within a group.

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It is possible, with with adequate adequate understanding understanding and persistent effort, to transform any organization.

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Management, leadership, and transformative leadership are three very different functions. You now have the preparation and understanding to strive for transformative leadership, the one of greatest service to all.

PROGRESS CHECK 1. Write a brief description of how Vision, Communication, Positioning, and Self-Management are each tools of transformation.

2. List and describe in your own words the reasons you want to be a leader or wish to strengthen your leadership abilities.


3. The ultimate progress check, of course, is when you see yourself able to call forth the best from within an organization and its people, by summoning your own abilities of strong, inspiring and benevolent leadership.

CONCLUDING REMARKS The principles you learned in this program are based on powerful truths. They work! With the information and essential tools provided in your SyberVision audio and Study Guide you can now become the leader you desire to be—one whose vision and character serves as inspiration and motivation to many others. If you practice these principles and direct your energy towards success, you can achieve anything you set your heart and mind to. We wish you fulfillment of your dreams and joy in your efforts.

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