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Developing Leadership - Fri. 3:00pmPresenters: Hershaft, Pacheco
Alex Hershaft, Ph.D.
Founder and President, Farm Animal Rights Movement
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Effective leadership and management are the foundation of every movement. Here, we define these personal qualities and address their development.
High self-image; self-actualization level in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Displays vision and creativity
Displays commitment and persistence
Takes initiative and assumes calculated risks
Formulates clear goals and objectives
Able to plan, prioritize, and “get things done”
Earns the trust, respect, loyalty, gratitude, and likeability of his/her peers
Stories: personal perceptions of reality dealing with location, resources, appearance, age, genetics, intelligence, education, experience
Fears: change (if it ain’t broke), confrontation (not my problem), control (when my time comes), decision (I’ll try), failure (I can’t), rejection (he/she hates me), responsibility (not my fault), solution (won’t work), success (won’t last)
Winning formulas: behavior patterns that replace open, honest interactions
Observe and wonder about the world around you; learn how and why things are
Question assumptions; consider alternative paths/outcomes; discover/examine absurdities
Associate with creative people; encourage, and reward creativity in others
Use brainstorming techniques
Considering your cause the most important in the world and the solution to world’s problems
Committing your life to it before all other needs on Maslow’s third and fourth levels
Developing persistence through hardships – marathons, hunger strikes
Definition: measure of probability of failure – not flapping arms from tall buildings
Ordinary people use risk aversion devices: acceptance and syndication (insurance, stock market)
Leaders take calculated risks, expand ‘comfort zone’ (Moses, Jesus, Columbus, Gandhi, King)
Essential to social change (Normandy invasion, Montgomery bus boycott, Lunar landing)
Turn failure into opportunity and learning experience
Arrange, schedule, and time your priorities
Screen new tasks (acceptance, delegation, refusal); monetize your time
Beware of Peter Principle, diminishing returns, action vs activity, effectiveness vs efficiency
Simplify your lifestyle; combine intellectual and physical activities
Deal with procrastination (too difficult, too unpleasant, missing components, not urgent, could fail)
Carnegie techniques: think in terms of others’ interests; express sincere appreciation
When in doubt, assume the best about others and make them live up to it
Empower and invest others
Use the four magic words
Alex Pacheco
Founder, 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You
"The 4 Most Important Things a Successful Leader Needs to Do Well"