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The 360 Degree Leader

HOW TO LEAD UP?

“Follow me, I’m right behind you.”

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Checklist for Managing Your Boss

Make sure you understand your boss and his or her

context, including:
❑ Goals and objectives
❑ Pressures
❑ Strengths, weaknesses, blind spots
❑ Preferred work style

Assess yourself and your needs, including:

❑ Strengths and weaknesses
❑ Personal style
❑ Predisposition toward dependence on authority figures

Develop and maintain a relationship that:

❑ Fits both your needs and styles
❑ Is characterized by mutual expectations
❑ Keeps your boss informed
❑ Is based on dependability and honesty
❑ Selectively uses your boss’s time and resources

Followership Skills?
Be honest
Be supportive
Be reliable
Always seek the big picture
Ask good questions
Be aware of your assumptions

Qualities of great followers are in common

with those of great leaders!
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HOW TO LEAD ACROSS?

“Follow me, I’ll walk with you.”

Lead Across Principle

Put Completing Fellow Leaders Ahead of Competing With
Them

Competing vs Completing
Security mind-set Abundance mind set
Me first Organization first
Destroys trust Develop trust
Think win-lose Think win-win
Single thinking Shared thinking
(my good ideas) (our good ideas)
Excluding others Including others
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Lead-Across Principle
Expand your circle of Acquaintances
Expand beyond your inner circle
Expand beyond your expertise
Expand beyond your strengths
Expand beyond your personal prejudices
Expand beyond your routine

Lead-Across Principle
Don’t pretend you’re perfect
Admit your faults
Ask for advice
Worry less about what others think
Be open to learning from others
Put away pride and pretense