Book Title: Self Leadership and the 101 Minute Manager
Authors: Ken Blanchard, Susan Fowler, Laurence Hawkins
Year written/published: 2005
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: How do you steer yourself
Some extracts:
Points of power
- Knowledge Power
- Position power
- task power
- relationship
- personal power
Tricks of leadership:
- Challenge assumed constraints
- Celebrate your points of power
- Collaborate for Success
Perhaps your greatest weakness is not realizing your own power
Ask yourself 2 questions about the goal of performing:
- what is your level of competence?
- what is your level of commitment?
4 development continuum
- Enthusiastic Beginner stage: Low Competence -high commitment ? you need directing
- Disillu8sioned learner stage: low some competence – Low commitment ? you need coaching
- Capable but cautious Performer stage: Moderate high competence variable commitment ? you need supporting
- High Achiever: high competence – high commitment ? you need delegating
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To increase your competence to achieve a goal you need from someone who will:
? Set a clear goal
? Generate an action plan
? Show you how to do the goal or skill
? Clarify roles
? Provide timelines
? Establish priorities
? Monitor and evaluate your work and give feedback
To build your commitment to achieve a goal you need from someone who will:
? Listen to you
? Praise and encourage you
? Facilitate your problem solving
? Ask you for input
? Provide rationale (remind you why you’re doing it)
? Share information about their experiences relevant to the goal
? Share information about the organization relevant to the goal