1) The document discusses how to become a transformational leader. It identifies four key points: get excited or passionate about your work, define a purpose for yourself as a leader, define your values, and learn how to act as a coach or mentor to others.
2) It also identifies some key challenges leaders may face such as handling resistance with patience, managing conflicts, dealing with setbacks, protecting your team, and looking ahead.
3) The document was prepared by a group called "Group Diamond" which includes five members. It thanks the audience at the end.
2. What does it take to become a "Transformational Leader"?
Get excited
or
passionate
about your
work.
Define a
purpose for
yourself as a
leader and
explain how
your current
position helps
you achieve
that purpose.
Define your
values. Ask
yourself
which
characteristic
s of
personality
and aspects
of life are
most
important to
you.
Learn how to
act as a
coach or
mentor to
others.
Practice
making
others the
focus of your
meetings
rather than
yourself.
There are 4 points to become a Transformational
Leader
A
3. Get excited or passionate about your work1
Because a transformational leader leads through enthusiasm and
excitement, to be one, you must first cultivate a passion for your job.
Learn more about your industry and how it impacts your locality, country
and the world.
Reflect on why you decided to start a business in this industry. Other than
income, what drew you to it?
If none of these exercises gets you passionate about your job again, you
may need to think about starting a new business in an area that you
really are passionate about.
4. For example, you might see your purpose as a leader to help young people understand
the importance of education.
Your current position as the owner of a small textbook publishing house would help you
achieve that purpose by allowing you to ensure textbooks are as active and engaging as
possible.
Get others excited about your purpose and examine how each action you take as a
leader will help you achieve that purpose.
For instance, if you are going to meet with the editorial team about images in a textbook,
you can use this opportunity to encourage your employees to choose images that will
help students engage with their learning.
This will make you more passionate about the meeting and encourage others to see you
as energetic and inspirational.
2 Define a purpose for yourself as a leader and explain how your current
position helps you achieve that purpose
5. For example, honesty and genuine friendships might top your values. As a
small-business owner, perhaps the American dream and sustaining small
businesses in America are important to you. Assess whether you have been
acting in a way that is consistent with your values.
Transformational leaders inspire others, and it is difficult to inspire if you are
not acting in a way that is consistent with your own values.
For example, if you say sustaining small businesses is important to you, but
you do not support any of the other businesses on your block by shopping
there, your employees may not take you seriously as a passionate small-
business owner. Make a conscious effort to act more in-line with your
values.
3 Define your values. Ask yourself which characteristics of personality
and aspects of life are most important to you.
6. 4
Learn how to act as a coach or mentor to others. Practice making others
the focus of your meetings rather than yourself.
For example, place an emphasis on listening rather than talking. Ask others
for their opinions when making decisions. When other people come to you
with questions, ask them to talk about the courses of action they have
considered before giving them a specific way to deal with a problem.
Because you work in small business, you probably work in close proximity
with all of your employees. Take time to talk to each of them individually
and to periodically eat lunch with them or invite them into your office just to
catch up.
This will help others see you as a mentor or coach who cares about them.
To improve these people skills, take classes in leadership and interpersonal
communication.
7. What are identified key challenges related to personal, professional, and
organizational (leadership & management) relevant to leadership?
B
Handle resistance with patience
• Encourage vigorous dialog on whatever issues the group is most concerned
with.
• Provide the more reluctant members of the team with certainty, as
confidence is frequently contagious
Manage conflicts
• Real leadership involves talking to your team and helping each member
understand either one another or the difficult part of the change
• Being eager, even ready, to dive into the problem quickly is one of the best
qualities of an active leader in the change process
Deal with setbacks
• Never presume the steps established for change are foolproof (as any fool
will tell you).
• Reassure the team that there were always going to be unexpected events,
but this doesn’t derail the whole process
• Keep morale up as you determine whether the setback is a critical failure or
something that can be managed or even used to some benefit
8. What are identified key challenges related to personal, professional, and
organizational (leadership & management) relevant to leadership?
B
Protect your team
• Your team should believe without question that if they
stand by the established plan or process and some
interdepartmental conflict occurs, you as their leader will
have their back and will stand by them
• A culture of cooperation for mutual benefit is a lot easier
to manage and maintain than series of small, self-
important kingdoms
Look ahead
• Keep your eyes forward. Be the one to see the iceberg
before the rest of the team, and you’ll encourage
confidence in your people
• Personal or professional brilliance, experience,
expertise, and dedication: If you bring all of these to
bear, you’ll offer your group the confidence to move
forward.
9. THANK YOU…
“Wake up in the morning,
“Make up in the day,
“Got it at the end, Got it at the end..
“Diamond... diamond .... we made it..!!
“Yesssss”!!