Grow Your Personal Leadership with Your Hybrid Traits

GROW YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP WITH YOUR HYBRID TRAITS Davide ‘Folletto’ Casali AN INTRODUCTION

UX Redirector Advisor NIGHT.EU

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PART I WHY HYBRID TRAITS

“ ” Carnegie Institute of Technology 85% of your financial success is due to   your personality and ability to   communicate, negotiate and lead.   Shockingly, only 15% is due to technical knowledge. Forbes (2012) Intelligence Is Overrated: What You Really Need To Succeed Apparently from an old study.

“ ” Derek Thompson Smart people don't automatically make smart groups. D. Thompson (2015) The Secret to Smart Groups: It's Women Commenting on Woolley, Chabris, Pentland, Hashmi, Malone (2010) Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups

THE GROUP COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE Average social sensitivity. Equality in conversational turn-taking. Proportion of women. Woolley, Chabris, Pentland, Hashmi, Malone (2010) Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups

“ ” Matthew Stewart Like an elaborate tattoo on an aboriginal warrior, an M.B.A. is a way of signaling just how deeply and irrevocably committed you are to a career in management. Stewart (2006) The Management Myth

A GOOD LEADER Decisiveness Competence Integrity Vision Hogan, Kaiser (2005) What we know about leadership

A GREAT LEADER Modesty Persistency Decisiveness Competence Integrity Vision Collins (2001) Good to Great

“ ” Dr. Jeremy Dean These may all sound like pretty straightforward characteristics, but apparently few have what it takes.

PART II THE HYBRID TRAITS MODEL

8 TRAITS

Professional Side Personal Side

Personal Side Professional Side Skilled Responsible Proactive Learner COMPETENCY OWNERSHIP TAKE INITIATIVE FIND & DISCOVER

SSkilledCOMPETENCY The expertise and subject matter knowledge we have to do our profession. “UX Designer” “PHP Developer” “Copywriter”

“ ” Tim Brown, IDEO ’T-shaped’ people: deep analytical skills  but also broad empathy toward those   other skills and disciplines   encountered in business.

The ability of being trustworthy and taking ownership of activities. RResponsibleOWNERSHIP “I can give this task to her, close my eyes and I’m sure it will be done”

The ability to ﬁnd the next important thing to work on, without anyone telling you. PProactiveTAKE INITIATIVE “Here’s what I’m going to do next…”

Grow, keep up to date, add new knowledge from other disciplines. LLearnerFIND & DISCOVER “Today I learned…”

Personal Side Empathetic Compassionate Individuated Adaptive CONNECT BE GENTLE KNOW YOUR TRUTH BE MINDFUL

The ability to connect with others and   feel what they are feeling. EEmpatheticCONNECT “I understand how do you feel”

“ ” Tania Singer Empathy is a precursor to compassion,  but too much of it can lead   to antisocial behaviour. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/12/tania-singer-compassion-burnout

The ability to be gentle and   understanding toward others. CCompassionateBE GENTLE “Ok let’s have a break and relax for a bit”

The understanding of your passion and the ability to use it. IIndividuatedKNOW YOUR TRUTH “This is what I like doing, how can I help?”

The ability to move in a constantly changing world. AAdaptiveBE MINDFUL “Don’t worry, let’s see where we are and let’s review the strategy”

“ ” Bruce Lee Be water my friend.

PART III THE CANVAS

Professional Side Personal Side Learner FIND & DISCOVER Responsible OWNERSHIP Skilled COMPETENCY Compassionate BE GENTLE Empathetic CONNECT Proactive TAKE INITIATIVE VERSION 0.9HYBRID TRAITS CANVAS Individuated KNOW YOUR TRUTH Adaptive BE MINDFUL The HybridTraits Canvas Download from: http://j.mp/hybrid09

Professional Side Personal Side Learner FIND & DISCOVER Responsible OWNERSHIP Skilled COMPETENCY Compassionate BE GENTLE Empathetic CONNECT Proactive TAKE INITIATIVE VERSION 0.9HYBRID TRAITS CANVAS Individuated KNOW YOUR TRUTH Adaptive BE MINDFUL ▪ Assess each trait with a 1-5 score ▪ Write why you assigned that score ▪ Mark “Know” the one you are good at ▪ Mark “Support”the one you can help others with ▪ Mark “Learn” the one you want to improve

Professional Growth Team Growth Company Hiring HYBRID TRAITS WHEN TO USE THEM

https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability The Power of Vulnerability Jun 2010

Thanks. @Folletto

Grow Your Personal Leadership with Your Hybrid Traits

Erin 'Folletto' Casali

Grow Your Personal Leadership with Your Hybrid Traits