Introduction to Leading Without Authority
What is “Leading Without Authority”?
Not all great leaders have official titles or positions. People follow them because they are effective at influencing others through their attitudes, actions and effective communication. As organizations have become less hierarchical, more networked and matrixed, more attention is being paid to how to lead without authority. “The goal of leading without authority is to get others to follow you and act willingly, rather than acting because you’re their boss and tell them to. In a sense, influencing without authority is about selling: you need to sell others on your ideas and why they should be a part of your action plan.”
Leading Without Authority Toolkit
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Circle of Concern and Circle of Influence | Be Proactive | The 7 Habits | Stephen Covey
Habit 1: Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life.
Proactive people focus their efforts on their Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about: health, children, or problems at work.
Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern--things over which they have little or no control: the national debt, terrorism, or the weather. Gaining an awareness of the areas in which we expend our energies is a giant step in becoming proactive. -
Allan Cohen on Growing Influence Without Authority
Allan Cohen, Distinguished Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College, and Box Board Member (and former COO) Dan Levin discuss concepts and practice of influence without explicit authority – how to get what you need from people you don’t control, on a personal, team, and organizational level.
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Co-Elevation: It Means Leading Without Authority
So many employees in leadership roles feel frustrated, overwhelmed and fatigued.
Many researchers predict that is due to how much change the working environment sees on an everyday basis.
Technology is helping to advance unknown companies into industry disruptors in a matter of years.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are tracking our every move online (and then serving us ads with what we need to buy).
New tools are being served to us that are supposed to change how we do business.
At the surface, it can be easy to assume that the reason for all of this unease is from the massive amount of change that we are all facing.
But the reality of the matter is that all the change has nothing to do with it.
The reason we feel frustrated, overwhelmed and fatigued is that we are applying old work rules that apply to an old work world. But the old work rules no longer apply to the new work world.
And we’re clinging onto those old rules. The old rules of authority, to control and the need for an individual to carry the burden of leadership.
But that’s not the way that we should operate anymore. What we need to do now is lead without authority. And the only way to do that is through a concept known as co-elevation.
Co-Elevation is a word that doesn't exist in our vocabulary today, but we had to create it for a new world and a new work order.
A commitment to leadership without authority is a commitment to co-creating with a group of individuals that would meet the transformational pressures in the marketplace today.
It's Co-Elevation.
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Leading Without Authority with Keith Ferrazzi
Where is your growth coming from? Keith Ferrazzi suggests you don’t need a title, an office, or even a physical workspace to make a difference. However, you need to have a vision and get people behind that vision. Keith is the co-author, with Noel Weyrich, of Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration. Keith and Kevin discuss control, authority, and empowerment. Your organizations and teams suffer when we are fighting for resources. To be successful, you need to create an environment where the team lifts each other; co-elevation. And yes, this does take work. However, results come when you stay committed to the mission and committed to the people.
In this episode, Keith shares his thoughts on:
- Definition of a team.
- Decoupling authority and leadership.
- Connecting in a virtual world.
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