Is Leadership changing? and if so, how and why? This engaging presentation developed for the CCH User Conference explores the research and case studies that demonstrate the need for a new form of leadership - based on strengths, facilitating conversations, and tapping the energy of your workforce. We call it i2a: Insights to Action.
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Leadership in Participatory Economy- CCH User Conf 2011
1. Leadership in the Participatory Economy
CCH Connections 2011
November 7, 2011
San Antonio, TX
Presented by:
Tom Hood, CPA.CITP
CEO
Maryland Association of CPAs
Business Learning Institute 1
5. What CPAs have said abut the future:
1.⯠Changing demographics - Aging workforce, diversity, 4 generations in the
workplace
2.⯠Increased globalization, economic shifts and increasing competition
3.⯠The technological revolution - cloud, social, big data & XBRL
4.⯠Issues around Information Security, Privacy & data integrity
5.⯠Shift to consumer and employee power (from push to pull)
6.⯠Changes in the way we communicate - mobile, txt, skype
7.⯠Work-life challenges or conflict - "do more with less", 24/7 work
8.⯠Information Overload - filter failure
9.⯠Increasing complexity of rules and standards (IFRS, GAAP, PCAOB,
SEC)
10.âŻEconomic uncertainty - deficit, debt and pressure on government
American Institute of CPAs
6. We
 can
 choose
 to
 harness
 the
Â
winds
 of
 change
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The tornado of changes from CPA Vision Project circa 2000
10. How
 is
 leadership
 changing?
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âWhat got you here wonât get you there.â
â Emmanuel Gobillot - Leadershift
11. Leadership
 is
 DEAD
Â
â˘âŻDemocra?c
Â
â˘âŻExper?se
Â
â˘âŻAAen?on
Â
â˘âŻDiverse
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12.
13. What
 hasnât
 changed
 about
Â
leadership?
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â˘âŻ Engagement
â˘âŻ Alignment
â˘âŻ Commitment
â˘âŻ Accountability
âFirst I get all of my men facing the same direction.â
- Napoleon
15. Leadership
 isâŚ
Â
The
 ability
 to
 gain
 insights
 and
 the
Â
ap?tude
 to
 turn
 them
 into
 ac?on
 â
Â
Insights
 to
 Ac?on
Â
Â
-Ââ⯠Tom
 Hood
 &
 Gretchen
 Pisano
Â
Â
(one
 without
 the
 other
 is
 either
 useless
 or
 destruc?ve)
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16. Leadership is Connect & Collaborate!
From:
 Command
 &
 Control
Â
Â
Â
To:
 Connect
 &
 Collaborate
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19. Leadership
 =
 Mul?plica?on
Â
â˘âŻ15
 X
 â
 ROI
 strategy
 as
Â
process
 &
 alignment
Â
â˘âŻ8
 X
 â
 Strengths
Â
â˘âŻ6
 X
 â
 Trust
 &
 Engagement
Â
â˘âŻ3
 X
 -Ââ
 Posi?vity
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23. The
 Par?cipatory
 Leader
Â
â˘âŻ Knows
 his/her
 strengths
 and
 the
 strengths
 of
Â
others
Â
â˘âŻ Sets
 context
 and
 deďŹnes
 reality
Â
â˘âŻ Asks
 powerful
 ques?ons
 to
 seek
 high
 leverage
Â
opportuni?es
Â
â˘âŻ Taps
 the
 collec?ve
 wisdom
 of
 the
 team
 and
Â
connects
 them
 to
 the
 organiza?onâs
 purpose
Â
&
 values
Â
â˘âŻ Inspires
 ac?on!
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24. First,
 Know
 Thyself!
Â
Strengths-ÂâBased
 Leadership
Â
Self-Ââawareness
 in
 the
 moment
Â
Leadership
 based
 on
 posi?vity,
 that
 seeks
 to
 build
Â
on
 individual
 and
 organiza?onal
 strengths
 and
Â
collaborates
 to
 con?nuously
 learn.
 It
 is
 constantly
Â
considering
 the
 context
 and
 asking
 powerful
Â
ques?ons,
 learning,
 reďŹec?ng,
 and
 crea?ng
Â
pathways
 to
 the
 future.
Â
Â
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25. Humans are fundamentally
âsightâ creatures
We need longer sightlines
during periods of rapid
change
And the power of
making our
thinking visible to
othersâŚ
26.
27. As knowledge moves from stocks
to flows, how do we stop our inventory
from becoming obsolete?
28. Five Qualities of Extraordinary Leaders
1.⯠Sight - Ability to see emerging
LâĽC
patterns and shift perspective
when necessary
2.⯠Insight â Ability to think
strategically and critically to gain
insights
3.⯠Create â Seek high leverage
opportunities that build on your
strengths
4.⯠Communicate - Ability to
make your thinking visible to
others and the ability to
collaborate inside and outside
your organization
5.⯠Inspire â Ability to mobilize
support and engage others
involved in doing the work to join
you in ACTION
29. Effective transfer of tacit
knowledge generally requires
extensive personal contact and
trust. - Wikipedia
30. Setting context & deďŹning reality
The
 four
 most
Â
important
 words
Â
for
 organiza?ons
Â
are,
 âwhat
 do
 you
Â
think?â
Â
-Ââ
 Tom
 Peters
Â
35. How
 is
 Leadership
 changing?
Â
â˘âŻ More
 democra?c
 â
 moving
 from
 push
 to
 pull
Â
â˘âŻ Flexible
 &
 adaptable
 â
 capable
 of
 responding
Â
to
 faster
 rates
 of
 change
Â
â˘âŻ Increased
 risk
 &
 less
 ?me
 to
 make
 decisions
Â
â˘âŻ Con?nuous
 learning
 (L>C)
 for
 individuals
 and
Â
organiza?ons
Â
â˘âŻ Need
 for
 more
 younger
 leaders
Â
â˘âŻ Long-Âârange
 vision
 +
 strong
 core
 values
Â
Â
37. What
 do
 young
 professionals
 need
 to
Â
be
 leaders?
Â
â˘âŻ âSom
 skillsâ
 broader
 and
 more
 diverse
 knowledge
 in
Â
leadership,
 management,
 change
 &
 business
 development
Â
â˘âŻ Ability
 to
 tap
 into
 networks
 (AICPA,
 others)
 to
 con?nuously
Â
learn
 (including
 social
 media)
Â
â˘âŻ Learn
 and
 teach
 collabora?on,
 &
 leadership
Â
â˘âŻ How
 to
 embrace
 change
 and
 be
 ďŹexible
 &
 adaptable
Â
â˘âŻ Learn
 how
 to
 lead
 teams
Â
â˘âŻ Bridge
 the
 gap
 between
 âolder
 leadersâ
 and
 âyounger
Â
leadersâ
Â
â˘âŻ Learn
 about
 themselves
 (Strengths-Ââbased
 leadership)
 so
Â
they
 can
 be
 more
 purposeful,
 proac?ve
 &
 mo?vated
Â
40. Some closing thoughts
âIt is hard to plan for the long term future when you donât
know what is going to happen five minutes from now.
Today, a competitive edge is thin and temporary; the edge
quickly becomes the margin. The ability to define the edge,
and the ultimate competitive advantage, is found in the
smarts, heart and ingenuity of your people - that's your
powerhouse. Tap that, train it, focus it and mobilize it; now
you've engaged a network and inspired a sustainable shift.
Insight to action, one without the other is either useless or
destructive.â
-Tom Hood & Gretchen Pisano
co-authors of the i2a: Insights to Action
Strategic Thinking System
http://www.bizlearning.net/live/i2astrategicplanning
41. Insights
 to
 Go!
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is a custom i2a application designed and developed by BLI and SBI ⢠www.bizlearning.net Š 2011 âCPA Horizons 2025.â All rights reserved.
42. A leaderâs job is toâŚ
Provide hope &
inspiration!
Tom Hood & Gretchen Pisano
44. Tom
 Hood,
 CPA.CITP
Â
CEO
Â
Maryland
 Associa8on
 of
 CPAs
Â
Business
 Learning
 Ins8tute
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(443)
 632-Ââ2301
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E-Ââmail
 tom@macpa.org
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Web
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Blog
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hNp://www,bizlearningblog.com
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