Presented at the Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres; Futures Conference, Blue Mountain, Ontario; October 21, 2010

1. Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres
Conference Presentation
Provided by:
Debra Swan Community Consulting
Debra Swan, Facilitator
Blue Mountain, Ontario
October 21, 2010
Positive Leadership in the
Workplace©

2. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
 What are your buttons?
 How do you react when they are pushed?
 What can you do proactively to control your buttons
and self regulate quickly?
 How will you use this within your team setting?
 How can you help your team members self regulate
when their buttons are pushed?

3. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
FORMING
STORMING
NORMING
PERFORMING

4. COMMUNICATION
“The act of transmitting or imparting knowledge.”
“To exchange or transmit thought.”
“The transmission of ideas.”
Funk &Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary 1977
Positive Leadership in the Workplace©

5. DISRESPECT
“A lack of regard for and appreciation of worth,
honour and esteem.”
“A lack of demeanor or deportment indicating
deference or courteous regard.”
Funk &Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary 1977
Positive Leadership in the Workplace©

6. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
ASSUMPTION
“Something taken for granted; a supposition.”
Funk &Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary 1977

7. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
PRINCIPLES OF POSITIVE THINKING
 Identify the positive in the situation
 Look for ways to build on the positive, using the
strengths to find solutions
 Reframe
 Use positive past experiences as a guide
 Reach from outside the box
 Try something different
 Reflect, reframe, revise

8. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
SCENERIO BRAINSTORMING
 Identify the positive in the situation
 Using the positive, how would you handle the
situation?
 Upon reflection, why do you think the situation is
occurring? Is it a symptom? If so, of what?
 What can you do to be proactive so that there is a
long term solution?

9. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
LEADING THE WAY- WHAT EVERY GOOD
LEADER KNOWS
 When you work with people, you are working with
personalities
 You cannot change a personality, but you can
influence a person
 You cannot change the past, but you can affect the
future
 Reflect what you expect
 To be challenged is inevitable; to be defeated is
optional

10. Positive Leadership in the Workplace©
MAKING POSITIVE THINKING INSTINCTIVE
SUMMARY
 It takes practice to get it right
 Repetition leads to instinctive reaction
 Don’t sweat the small stuff – stay positive
 It can and will affect your life

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