Pow-wows + Perspectives: Leadership Tips From The Pros

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What is 1 characteristic that differentiates a superb leader from a great leader?

Marvin Powell:  Great leaders will always make engagement a part of their leadership DNA.  As their own levels of enthusiasm, dedication, and caring increase, so does the performance and satisfaction of their teams.

Alexis Fink: Influence

Karan Ferrell-Rhodes: Agility to adapt.  Superb leaders are able to adapt both their leadership style and strategies, based upon the people and environment they are trying to influence.

Out of the 7 leadership competencies which provide differentiating value, of ch are the top 2 that are the most critical for a highly effective, superb leader?

Marvin:
–  Intrapreneurship (builds the organization by developing or improving products or services)
–  Courageous Agility (having the fortitude to take calculated risks even when the consequences and/or future is unclear)

 

Alexis:
–  Strategic Thinking & Decision Making (ability to make good decisions or lead a good decision making process based on top strategic goals and priorities)
–  Courageous Agility

 

Karan:
–  Intellectual Horsepower (functional skills and knowledge in areas of personal expertise)
–  Strategic Thinking & Decision Making

What’s the best piece of professional advice you’ve ever received?

Marvin:  If you are feeling bad about yourself just go help someone else and everything will work out. That’s where I began to develop a real orientation for service.

Alexis: Always take the high road!

Karan: You have to be at the table to play the game.

What profession did you want to be when you were 6?

Marvin:  At 6, I guess that I wanted to be a scientist or engineer. I was very much a tinkerer that loved to break things apart to see how they worked.

Alexis: A pilot

Karan: A veterinarian

Who would you love to dress up as for Halloween?

Marvin:  I don’t really embrace the Halloween thing but I really appreciate the attitude and values that Erving “Magic” Johnson has shown in everything that he does.

Alexis: Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Karan: A Flapper from the Roaring 20’s era or Michelle Obama

 

Special thanks to this month’s contributors:

 

Marvin Powell is the founder of Coach Powell Training and Development in Centreville, Virginia

 

 

 

Alexis Fink is the General Manager-Talent Intelligence Analytics at Intel in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

Your Host of Pow-wows + Perspectives:  Karan Ferrell-Rhodes

 

Karan Rhodes

Karan is the CEO of Shockingly Different Leadership in Atlanta, Georgia

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