2. • Recognize common
leadership myths
• Define 360
Leadership
• Discuss practical ways
to implement 360
leadership
• Not be bored / Have
fun learning!
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Objectives
3. • Introduce yourself
(name, department, time at Amazon)
• What was your first “legit” W-2 earning Job?
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Introductions!!!!
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Leadership Myths
I’ll learn to lead when I get to the next level.
I can make positive changes only if I am the leader.
If I were the leader, then people would follow me.
If I am not in a leadership position, then I won’t try to lead.
I can’t lead if I’m not the boss.
5. Two Leadership Paradigms
• One-Directional • 360 Degree
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Me
Boss
Peer
Team
Member
Peer
Boss
Me
Team
Members
6. • A 360 Leader is a person who develops others
and leads from any position within an
organization by leading down, leading across
and leading up.
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360 Leadership Defined
7. • Think back to your first job: how many of you
were in a position to lead: Down? Across? Up?
• Think of your current position: Who can you
be leading and developing right now?
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Activity
8. • Build Relationships
• Equip & Develop
“Leaders aren’t necessarily the first to cross the finish line. Leaders are the
first to bring all of their people across the finish line.” - John C. Maxwell
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360 Leader: Leading Associates
9. • Help Your Peers Win
• Learn From Your Peers
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing
how to get along with people.” - Theodore Roosevelt
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360 Leader: Leading Peers
10. • Lighten Their Load
• Earn Their Trust
“Don’t find a fault; find a remedy” - Henry Ford
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360 Leader: Leading Leaders
11. 11
Activity: 360 Leadership Challenges?
The ineffective / resistant leader
The environment of multiple changes
The environment of multiple demands
What other challenges are there?
Casting vision when the vision isn’t yours
The pressure of being in the middle
12. What are you taking away from this session?
How can you begin to implement 360
Leadership?
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Your Thoughts?
14. • A 360 Leader is a person who develops others and leads from any position within an organization by
leading down, leading across and leading up.
• Leadership Myths:
1. I can’t lead if I’m not the boss.
2. People would follow me if I were the leader.
3. I’ll learn to lead when I get to the next level.
4. If I am not in a leadership position then I won’t try to lead
• Two Leadership Paradigms:
1. One-directional / Top Down
2. 360 Degree
• Lead Down: Build Relationships / Equip and Develop
• Lead Across: Help Your Peers Win / Learn From Your Peers
• Lead Up: Lighten Their Load / Earn Their Trust
• 360 Leadership Challenges:
1. The pressure of being in the middle
2. The ineffective / resistant leader
3. The environment of multiple demands
4. Casting the vision when the vision isn’t yours
360 Leadership Summary
