{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"_VL0y6u9jcz","title":"Defining Leadership – Carly Fiorina","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/defining-leadership-carly-fiorina/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p>Session 2A: 2014-08-14 11:17 AM</p><ul><li>“Leadership is the same no matter what the context is.”</li><li>“Everyone has potential”</li><li>“Every organization has more potential than is tapped or used”</li><li>“Potential is truly limitless”</li><li>Why do people not reach their potential? - Afraid</li><li>Don’t get the chance</li><li>Don’t have the tools or training</li><li>People lose faith (selves, others, God)</li><li>Bureaucracy crushes potential (follow the rules, stick with the process, turn-in on selves – turf battles, forgets who it is there to serve</li><li>Leadership unlocks potential - “The highest calling of leadership is unlocking the potential of others”</li><li>Leadership is not… - management (production of acceptable results within known constraints and conditions) - <strong>Leaders changes the order of things</strong></li><li>good speaking</li><li>“Jesus was a nobody and recruited other nobodies” – he went to the poor because he knew of their potential</li><li>What do leaders do? Leadership framework (square) - top of square: vision/strategy/goals (clear and specific) - Where are we going?</li><li>Why are we going there?</li><li>How are we going to get there?</li><li>right side of square: Organization/team/structure/process - How are we going to work together to get things done?</li><li>Who should be a part of the team?</li><li>“Structure should always follow a strategy” the why!</li><li>bottom of square: Metrics/results - “What gets measured is what gets done”</li><li>Are we measuring lives transformed?</li><li>What are we measuring</li><li>What are we recording</li><li>left side of square: Culture/behavior - watch out for people pushing the limits of ethical behavior</li><li>“The leader has to set the tone. He or she has to model the behavior”</li><li>people are in the center of the square</li><li>“Set the frame and then set people free.”</li><li>20/20 rule: - 20% of the people in most organizations are change warriors – identify, enlist, and harness these warriors</li><li>20% “Hell no, I won’t go” they become the source of resistance</li><li>60% skeptics–they are waiting to see what happens – change won’t happen until the skeptics get involved and engaged</li><li>“Everyone has the capacity to lead”</li><li>“Leadership is a profoundly human gift”</li><li>“True leadership requires faith”– a love of God makes leadership easier - it supports humility</li><li>it reminds that it is not about us…it is about others</li><li>gives us the gift of empathy</li><li>gives the gift of optimism</li><li>helps have faith in others</li></ul><p><em>Categories: Leadership · Tags: GLS · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"Session 2A: 2014-08-14 11:17 AM\n“Leadership is the same no matter what the context is.”\n“Everyone has potential”\n“Every organization has more potential than is tapped or used”\n“Potential is truly limitless”\nWhy do people not reach their potential? - Afraid\nDon’t get the chance\nDon’t have the tools or training\nPeople lose faith (selves, others, God)\nBureaucracy crushes potential (follow the rules, stick with the process, turn-in on selves – turf battles, forgets who it is there to serve\nLeadership unlocks potential - “The highest calling of leadership is unlocking the potential of others”\nLeadership is not… - management (production of acceptable results within known constraints and conditions) - Leaders changes the order of things\ngood speaking\n“Jesus was a nobody and recruited other nobodies” – he went to the poor because he knew of their potential\nWhat do leaders do? Leadership framework (square) - top of square: vision/strategy/goals (clear and specific) - Where are we going?\nWhy are we going there?\nHow are we going to get there?\nright side of square: Organization/team/structure/process - How are we going to work together to get things done?\nWho should be a part of the team?\n“Structure should always follow a strategy” the why!\nbottom of square: Metrics/results - “What gets measured is what gets done”\nAre we measuring lives transformed?\nWhat are we measuring\nWhat are we recording\nleft side of square: Culture/behavior - watch out for people pushing the limits of ethical behavior\n“The leader has to set the tone. He or she has to model the behavior”\npeople are in the center of the square\n“Set the frame and then set people free.”\n20/20 rule: - 20% of the people in most organizations are change warriors – identify, enlist, and harness these warriors\n20% “Hell no, I won’t go” they become the source of resistance\n60% skeptics–they are waiting to see what happens – change won’t happen until the skeptics get involved and engaged\n“Everyone has the capacity to lead”\n“Leadership is a profoundly human gift”\n“True leadership requires faith”– a love of God makes leadership easier - it supports humility\nit reminds that it is not about us…it is about others\ngives us the gift of empathy\ngives the gift of optimism\nhelps have faith in others\nCategories: Leadership · Tags: GLS · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2014-08-14T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:31:57.561Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"defining-leadership-carly-fiorina","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/defining-leadership-carly-fiorina/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/_VL0y6u9jcz/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/_VL0y6u9jcz/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/defining-leadership-carly-fiorina/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Thu Aug 14 2014","date_published_ms":1408032000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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