Guset Speaker Essay

At least 1100 words and must be related to the attachments(summarize and reflection)

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.