leaders eat last

Spark*SessionsLeaders Eat Last:

Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

Written by Simon Sinek

Presented by Krystal Clark

7/10/14

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overview

• The book you’re NOT reading.

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outcomes

1.Describe the actual role of a leader.

2. Explain the importance of environment in creating a satisfactory work experience.

3. Understand how humans are naturally wired.

4.Design steps to create an environment in which employees thrive and feel valued.

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“I LOVE my job.”

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• Leaders provide cover from above.

• The people on the ground floor look out for each other.

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Circle of Safety

SAFE

DANGER

DANGER

DANGER

DANGER

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Circle of Safety

Are you inside?

• Feel valued by our colleagues and superiors

• Confident that the leaders and our peers will help us to succeed

• We feel like we belong

• Free exchange of information and effective communication

• Stress declines

• Fulfillment rises

Are you outside?

• Paranoia, cynicism, self-interest prevail, stress, mistrust, selfishness, aggression

• Opposite of all the stuff listed over there

• Leadership falters

• Cooperation declines

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REAL TALK

• Levels of depression and anxiety among people who are unhappy at work were the same or greater than those who were unemployed.

• Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more with weak management and leadership.

• People who don’t feel recognized for their effort at work were more likely to suffer from heart disease.

• Toxic energy leads to lack of productivity.

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“I would like to say that misery loves company, but in this case, it is the companies that love misery that

suffer the most.”

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Less control = More Stress

More control = Less Stress

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“We’re built to work together. We are, at a deeply ingrained and

biological level, social machines.”

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EndorphinsDopamineSerotoninOxytocin

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“You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time.”-

Stephen Colbert

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“You’ve got mail.”

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“Whether we like to admit it or not, we need each other.”

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“…I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like

me!”- Sally Field

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“My favorite definition of love is giving someone the power to

destroy us and trusting they won’t use it.”

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“I LOVE my job.”

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“The cost of leadership is self-interest.” –Lt. General George Flynn of the USMC

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Have you ever seen a snowmobile in the desert?

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“No one wakes up in the morning to go to work with the hope that

someone will manage us. We wake up in the morning and go to work with

the hope that someone will lead us.”

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Leadership Lesson #1 So Goes the Culture, so Goes the Company

“When we assess how we “feel” about our jobs, we are very often responding to the

environments in which we work. It is not just about the work we are doing, per se.”

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Leadership Lesson #2So Goes the Leader, so Goes the Culture

“ The goal of a leader is to give no orders. Leaders are to provide direction and intent and allow others to figure out what to do and how

to get there.”

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Leadership Lesson #3Integrity Matters

Always admit that you fell asleep.

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Leadership Lesson #4Friends Matter

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“eyeball leadership”

Leadership Lesson #5Lead the People, Not the Numbers

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“…when a balance of serotonin and oxytocin is maintained and the focus is put on morale first, performance will follow and the strong feelings will last. When people feel good about working

at the company they will work harder for the company…in the order.”

“Might as well face it, you’re addicted to [fill in

the blank].”

DOPAMINE

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Step 12

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“What was one of your bestdays at work?”

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“Empathy is a second by second, minute by minute service, that we owe to everyone if we want to call

ourselves a leader.”

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We need more leaders.

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questions.

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