Instructor:
Lene Kobbernagel
I strive to get people heard and understood.
Leadership Manifest Task (3 steps = 2 hours)
Write Your Leadership Manifest
A Leadership Manifest makes you stand stronger when communicating.
Your Leadership Manifest is targeted yourself and should answer the following:
What’s my ambition? In two years, what have I accomplished?
Which principles do you never compromise with?
Which actionable guiding principles do you want everyone to follow, and why?
What are your “Local Truths”? If you were to finish the sentence, A would always lead to B. What would your local truth be?
To get started writing your Leadership Manifest, please follow my 3-step-guideline:
Step 1. What’s Your Ambition?
Watch the first 4 minutes of this video.
What is your Why?
I am driven by…..
What’s your Ambition:
I strive to [Accomplish X] to ensure [The Attractive End Result for the Company]
Tips:
Your Ambition must be actionable and move the department/company towards a strategic goal.
Use a verb.
Is it unique enough? Would it also match a department in Føtex or PostNord? If yes, rethink.
Step 2. Define 3-5 courageous principles
A. To formulate a principle, finish one of the following sentences:
In my opinion, [A] always leads to [B], or:
Doing [A,] rather than doing [B]
This makes your principle a “Local Truth”, meaning that it is true to you now, and you do not compromise it.
Examples:
Sharpening existing competencies is always a better investment
The right decisions are always data-driven
Deliver value early and often rather than waiting for perfection
Rethinking our current approach before saying yes drives our innovation.
Dare to be radical. Don’t defend. Don’t explain. Take the courage to define what’s true to you.
NB! Don’t give me generic fluffy values like “Respect is a part of a good working culture”… blah! I want to feel and sense what YOU can add to this organizational world.
Tip:
Your principles must
Be actionable. Use verbs. (Innovation through digitalisation is NOT actionable, rather say: Add ChatGpT to process steps.
Move your company toward a strategic goal the right way.
Be brief.
Step 3. Give it a nice PowerPoint Layout
Craft a PowerPiont Template
Slide 1: Your Ambition. Find a strong back ground photo that communicates your ambition.
Slide 2: Leadership Principle 1. Add a background image.
Slide 3: Leadership Principle 2. Add a background image.
…. up to 5 principles.
Body Language Inspiration
When communicating, you serve your principles. You can use your body language to ground yourself, and create the feeling that you stand with your feet solidly grounded in your beliefs:
