The Elephant of Leadership Compression

The

Elephant in the
Room
a presentation brought to you by:
John Bradford

John Bradford
John Bradford is the Senior Vice President of Profiles International Training and Consulting
and Services. John is the driving force behind Profiles’ global consulting team, helping
organizations identify, develop and deploy executive-level leadership talent. His ability to
identify the business context of situation and apply creative thought to desired business
results enables him to craft practical and realistic solutions that can be implemented from
the C-Suite to the front line.

Most recently, John and his team worked with a global company to identify the executive
competencies that indicate leadership readiness. Using projected business results and the
company’s 2020 Vision, John’s team developed an Executive Assessment process that
accurately and reliably identified incumbent leaders who are candidates for higher lever
positions, strengthening the leadership pipeline and allowing for succession planning.

John’s team provides Executive Coaching Services for incumbent and aspiring global leaders
on five continents. He has worked with businesses of all sizes and within a wide variety of
Senior Vice President industries. John’s focus on the achievement of business results and ability to help clients
Training & Consulting Services implement simple, practical and cost-effective solutions makes him a sought after resource
for clients around the world. Some of John’s recent clients include AECOM, Eastman
Chemical and Raytheon Corporation.

A thought leader in the area of leadership development, John authored the Profiles’
CheckPoint Leadership Skill Building and Coaching series consisting of 18 Leadership Skill
Builders. These Skill Builders include an on-the-job leadership process, practical leadership
development activities, and a supporting coaching guide.

Prior to joining Profiles International, Bradford served on the faculty at the University of
Missouri-Columbia. He has held senior positions with Fortune 100 and 500 companies,
imagine great people
®
shouldering full responsibility for organizational and employee development. He has also
served as President and CEO for a United States based consulting firm.

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The Elephant in The Room

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Objective
How to corral and remove the elephant impacting your
leader’s ability to maximize results achieved by direct
reports, teams, departments, and or divisions.

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Introduction
What is the elephant in the room?
• It’s a situation that poses a significant threat to the
organization.

• Everyone aware of the situation, but is unwilling to
openly identify or discuss.

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Introduction
Why the elephant allowed to hang around?
FEAR OF . . .
• Hurting or damaging a relationship
• Say something I’ll regret
• I must might be perceived as negative or antagonistic

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Introduction

What is the elephant in the room?
In Your Organization?
Poll #1

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Poll #1
What is the elephant
in the room in your organization?
A. Relationship with your boss
B. Expanding role
C. Relationship with a direct report
D. Under-performing team
E. Not enough time

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The Elephant in The Room!
The impact of todays business environment on
leadership within YOUR organization!
Business Under Pressure

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It’s the one thing that turns highly effective leaders into
efficient machines that can neutralize employee engagement.

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The Elephant!
Leaders are under severe compression because of changing nature of ‘THEIR’ role.

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The Room!

* Achieve results with less
resources!

* In the most rapidly changing
and most demanding economic
climate!

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The Impact on the Leader?

COMPRESSION!
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The Impact on the Leader?
Changing Paradigm!
FROM:
Leader/Manager

TO:
Leader/Manager & Individual Contributor

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The Impact on the Employees?

Engagement!

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The Impact of Compression?
1. Role 2. Time 3. Presence

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Role
Changing role. . .
• Dual role to triple role
• Drive to be efficient in all aspect of role
• Efficiency in work is value added
• Efficiency in management is value added
• Efficient leadership has negative impact

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Presence

Presence. . .
being totally in the
present moment,
fully aware,
deeply listening,
with a sense of being
connected.
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Time

Efficient versus Effective

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How do you remove the
elephant in your organization?

Learn how to corral the
elephant!

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Corralling the Elephant

Creating Powerful
LEADERSHIP
CONNECTIONS
in the Smallest of
Moments.

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Three Variables, One Touch Point

The Other
People
The
Touch-
Point
The The
Leader Issue

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The Action is in the Interaction

Approachable
and
Aspirational

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The Touch Point Triad
APPORACHABLE

3. ADVANCE
the Agenda

How can 1. LISTEN How did
I help? Intently it go?

2. FRAME
the Issue

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The Essential
ASPIRATIONAL
Head Heart Hand

Logical Authentic Competent

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Guiding Thought

“TOUGH- “TENDER-
MINDED” HEARTED

AND

GENIUS OF THE “AND”
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Leveraged effectively,
Touch Points can Help Turnaround . . .

• A personal relationship

• A work relationship

• The performance of a work team,
department, division, enterprise

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YOUR STORY!

What’s the elephant
in your room?

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Do you need a Checkpoint?
Your Story! Even
Better

On-Track

On-Track

Troubled

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Do you need a Checkpoint?

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ELEPHANT PREVENTION
CheckPoint measures one’s credibility as
a leader - as experience by others

Competence in WHAT you do
+ Effectiveness in HOW you do it

= Your Credibility Factor

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ELEPHANT PREVENTION

“One of the hardest tasks
of leadership is understanding
that you are not what you are,
but what you are perceived to
be by others”
Edward L. Flom

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Perception – Real or Imagined?

“We measure ourselves by our intentions,
other’s measure us by our behaviors/actions”.

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Executive Skill Set Summary

* All Observer Ratings: All raters except self!
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Executive Skill Set Summary

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* All Observer Ratings: All raters except self!

Critical Skills Alignment Summary

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A Proven Path to Success
Even
Better

On-Track

On-Track

Troubled

TODAY JANUARY MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER 2014

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Offer Slide – Poll 2
Would you like to remove the elephant from your room and
receive a free CP360?
1. Yes
2. No

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