How Women Can and Should ‘Drive’ Leadership in Tech vs Following Leaders in Tech!
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Driving and leading require vision and the ability to execute, which often disrupts established habits, leading to resistance. Overcoming this resistance is crucial for innovation, involving breaking habit loops and shifting from a fixed to a growth mindset. Successful leaders embrace challenges and learn from criticism, paving the way for continuous development and inspiring others.
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- 5. What does it mean to DRIVE? To LEAD? Risk, Failure: High Respect: Have a vision, Drive to execution. Collaborate Lead: Not always by consensus Lead: Not about being liked Lead: Not all will agree. Disturbing comfort zones! Influence: Gain support Drive: Crazy, Persistent, Aggressive, ‘DIFFICULT’! Gain respect: tried to open new opportunities To lead: Disruption is necessary. Mindful Disruption All of this leads to RESISTANCE Successful Leader = work thru resistances
- 6. Habits & Habit Loops Have POSITIVES & NEGATIVES The way we perform the task Routine • Task Accomplishment • Reward • Positive Reinforcement • Task • Cue • Signal Cycle Repeats *The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
- 7. Let’s Explore What Happens in a Habit Loop Routine • Task • Cue • Signal How do we INNOVATE? Cycle Repeats • Task Accomplishment • Reward • Positive Reinforcement
- 8. New Habits & Habit Loops Risk ? What-If ??? New Cycle?
- 9. Resistance VERY HIGH in Habit Loops FACT: Larger the Company greater dependency on habits Habit Loop Resistance f to Disrupt _____________________________________ Resistance to Disrupt f Rate of active and diverse innovation First we need to address the RESISTANCE issue
- 10. Lead to Innovation The Habit Loops Routine • Task • Cue • Signal • Task Accomplishment • Reward • Positive Reinforcement Cycle Repeats Innovative outcomes Experimentation Prototyping Possibilities Objectives Breaking the Habit Loops Many ways to do things New Innovation Ladder
- 11. Fixed mindset Growth mindset Intelligence is static Intelligence can be developed Desire to look smart (Goal: be smart now) Desire to learn (Goal: become smarter) INNOVATION Present-focused Self-worth and identity tied to outcome Future-focused Self-worth and identity tied to personal development Potential is sum of current capabilities Potential is based on continued effort and learning These place people on different paths by influencing behaviors and tendencies Dweck, Carol S. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books. 2006.
- 12. Fixed mindset Growth mindset Intelligence is static Intelligence can be developed Challenges …avoid challenges …embrace challenges Obstacles …get defensive or give up easily …persist in the face of setbacks …see effort as fruitless or worse …see effort as the INNOVATION path to mastery Effort Criticism …ignore useful negative feedback …learn from criticism Success of others …feel threatened by success of others As a result, we may plateau early and achieve less than our full potential …find lessons and inspiration in the success of others As a result, we achieve higher than our potential
- 21. To SUCCEED: 1. Break the habit loops 2. Understand and change mindsets 3. Move through stages of resistance 4. It is NOT PERSONAL 5. Find your confidence zone 6. Drive with enthusiasm and confidence 7. Intentionally influence 8. Be proud to be a leader 9. Inspire and be inspired 10. Be proud of your passion 11. And remember: You are not the problem!