Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D. - Dr. Susan Komives - Creating community any place they may go...

Dr. Susan Komives - Creating community any place they may go...

06/02/20 • 46 min

Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Episode six features a relevant and timely conversation with Dr. Susan Komives, Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland. We had a wonderful discussion about a wide range of topics within the domain of leadership education. For those interested in developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities, Susan explores several insights. For those tasked with developing leaders, Susan shares her wisdom and reminds us that our ultimate goal is to prepare men and women to create community any place they may go...
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On approaching individual student leader development: "First, I would want to get to know them better build a relationship. But then I would also want to better understand where they are in their own conception of what leadership is."
"Anybody in a leader role and anybody in a leadership context should look at making it an inclusive environment."
"So if I were to emphasize anything it would be to teach people how to create communities around them any place they may go, and in the community, people care about you."
On what she wants for students leaving a leadership program: "I would want them to come out saying I'm a person of character... I see myself as ethical, honest, and trustworthy."

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On approaching individual student leader development: "First, I would want to get to know them better build a relationship. But then I would also want to better understand where they are in their own conception of what leadership is."
"Anybody in a leader role and anybody in a leadership context should look at making it an inclusive environment."
"So if I were to emphasize anything it would be to teach people how to create communities around them any place they may go, and in the community, people care about you."
On what she wants for students leaving a leadership program: "I would want them to come out saying I'm a person of character... I see myself as ethical, honest, and trustworthy."

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"I would say that too many people are really looking for compliments. But basically, they're really not interested now and getting genuine reactions to what they were doing that if they actually wanted to get better they should pay attention to the things that they could improve as opposed more or less getting comments that make them feel good about what they just did."
"And I think that's one of the signs that I would argue, has been true here for all the people that I would call expert performers, is that they actually are actively seeking feedback."
"And it seems to me that the first step is actually recording and ideally by allowing our videotapes to be made, so you actually now have something that can be built up as a knowledge base."
"Some of the experts I've talked to, are willing to share things that they did incorrectly. And I think that's the ultimate kind of confidence sign is that you have a good sense of what you can do. So you can actually show how you made mistakes when you started out, that will now actually be very helpful to other individuals who are in a similar stage of their career."

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Dr. Susan Murphy - Developing Leaders Across the Lifespan

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Dr. Susan Murphy is Chair of Leadership Development in the Business School at the University of Edinburgh. She was formerly Director of the School of Strategic Leadership Studies at James Madison University and Professor of Leadership Studies. She has published in Leadership Quarterly, Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Making, Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Journal of Business and Psychology, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. We explore leadership development across the lifespan - a concept with so many possibilities for practitioners and scholars alike.
Quotes from This Episode

"but at adolescence, if we could get more people thinking more broadly about leadership, broadly defined, I think it would be very, very useful."
"...but the kids who are more outgoing, who might have early verbal skills would be the ones you might see taking the leadership roles."
"...and one of the things we noticed in this data set of about 1000 people was, young people have very stereotyped views of what leaders do."

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Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D. - Dr. Susan Komives - Creating community any place they may go...

Transcript

Kate Allen00:00:04.000

Phronesis. Practical wisdom with Scott Allen.

Scott Allen00:00:14.000

Hello, I am Scott Allen and thanks to my daughter Kate for developing the intro to the practical wisdom for leaders Podcast, where we offer a smart, fast paced discussion and all things leadership. My guests help us explore timely topics and incorporate practical tips to help you make a difference in how you lead and live. If you haven't done so