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6 Steps to Leadership
1. Learning
Ø Formal – Experience – Role Models
§ Desire to improve and grow
§ Listen with an open mind
2. Envision your future self
Ø Imagination (break your paradigm)
Ø Visualize that person you want to be (over and over again)
Ø Have the confidence to become that person
3. Develop your action plan
Ø Goal setting (short and long term)
Ø Career commitment
4. Gain the support of others from these 3 areas
1) Immediate team
2) A mentor
3) Personal support system at home
You also need to have:
· Visibility
· Enthusiasm
· Professional image
· Persuasion
5. Implement your plan
Ø Assertiveness
Ø Risk taking
6. Monitor and evaluate your progress
Ø Be objective
Ø Be flexible
Ø Have strength to accept failure
§ Failure is not an event but an opinion