Guset Speaker Essay

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Kitty Ko

TCA103-1002

10/12/2015

Guest Speaker

Brett Shannon

· 17 years of retail management experience in LV

· 7 properties

· operations and buying experience

The 12 Talents of Coach Centric Leaders

Management VS Leadership

M: policy, task

L: creates the greater influence in other person; heart by your mind

Coach Centric Leader

· use the ability to influence and impact other positively

· beliefs, values and principle

· appears effortlessness and their energy is contagious

· opportunity

Leadership by Default or Choice

· Those who lead by default allow past experiences to dictate their results and environment

· ………………….by choice are self aware and focus themselves others to a specific destination

· Coach Centric Leaders lead by choice and don’t react t their environment and those in it adjust to them

· Coach Centric Leaders operate without limitation, hesitation or doubt and with contagious, tremendous drive and confidence,

Talent 1: An Acute Awareness of Self and Others

· Know who you are and what makes you unique

· Don’t allow others to define who you are.

Talent 2: Challenge Perceptions and Interpretations

· Coach Centric Leaders

· Understand that individuals can be limited by their perceptions through the filter of their own experiences which shape the way information is interpreted and decisions are made

· Realize that each person has their own unique perspectives and seek to expand their view

· To encourage healthy debates, examine alternatives and perspectives.

· In Any Situation

· First look at how you are making judgements then look at how others are approaching it

· Don’t limit decisions based on your own perspective-ask yourself and others to examine the situation so that all perspectives are examined and the best sours of action is taken

Talent 3: Think Like a Visionary

· Don’t buy into preconceived limitations or the belief that certain things are “impossible” and don’t understand words like “can’t” or “fall”

· Employ much more than just analytical thinking. Instead of focusing on what’s wrong they focus on what could be.

Talent 4: Create Alignment

· Small step with clear direction create big change

· A unified goal provides clear decision making and the most positive outcome

· They focus on progress and specific steps that move toward the vision and established goals

· Know that big change takes time

· Have extraordinary focus on their vision and their goals, and align their strategies, plans, actions, and teams, accordingly

· Focus on one key initiative to undertake to achieve their vision and have multiple supporting strategies that will enable that initiative to thrive

· They realize the power behind collective efforts and resources

Talent 5: Act Decisively

· Know that progress cannot continue until decisions are made

· For major decisions they look at their ultimate goal and how the decision impact all stakeholders

· Focus on making the best decisions, not the right ones

Talent 6:Engage Others

· Are engaging and uses the following attributes when leading others:

· Approachable

· Confidently humble

· Believe in service

· Build trust

· Genuine interest in others

· Understand that the more they serve the more influence and energy they gain, and the greater their impact on others.

Talent 7: Posses Powerful Energy

· Expert positive energy

· Builds relationships

· Are viewed as effective decisions makes

· Focus on what is right VS what is wrong

Talent 8: Use Emotional Intelligence

· How effectively you identify, perceive, understand, access, and manage your own others’ emotions.

· Determines how well individuals relate to one another

· Set the tone. They are the driver, not the passenger

· Remain calm during stressful situations

· Help others to slow down retain times

Talent 9: Communicate Dynamically

· Put themselves in the other person’s shoes

· Listen to how sth. is said as much as the words used

· Ask more questions than theory answer

· Choose their words carefully.

Talent 10: See Patterns and Trends

· See the whole picture—the past, present and future

· Understands the 20/80 rule.

· 20% of effort yields 805 of results.

Talent 11: Create High Energy Teams

· Understand it’s not what you know, but who you know

· Are not afraid to embrace strong people as part of their team

· Want to be inspiring and be inspire

Talent 12: Display Integrity through Consistency and Authenticity

· Know that integrity is a talen not just a trait

· Believe in transparency

· Foster and nurture trust

· Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.