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At TEDxUtopia, the question was asked: What would leadership in Utopia look like? To start with, imagine the best leader you have ever worked with. How did he or she get to become this type of leader? Leadership lecturer and former corporate executive Lars Sudmann argues that it's likely that they learned to overcome the "leadership formula of doom" and then developed themselves as a leader. In this funny and invigorating talk, Lars walks us through the personal journeys of great leaders, shows lessons from the golden age of leadership and shares 3 strategies on self-leadership to develop yourself into a "Utopia leader”.

Lars Sudmann is a leadership advisor and award-winning lecturer. He studies and researches what makes the most advanced organizations and leaders successful – and then he shares that knowledge with the world. He has had a business career of more than 10 years in management and finance with Procter & Gamble, e.g. as the Chief Financial Officer of Belgium, and he has lived and worked in Europe and Asia. Trends/Tendance, the Belgian Business Magazine, and the BBC have called on his expertise. Additionally, he is currently a university lecturer in Aachen and Braunschweig (both Germany).

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What does leadership in Utopia look like? How does leadership work in a future ultra-networked world? And is there one leadership ideal that we can all strive towards, and if yes, what is holding us back from achieving it? In this highly engaging talk, leadership expert Lars Sudmann will dive into the past, present and future of excellent leadership.

What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it's someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on a big responsibility.
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What is negotiation?

Negotiation takes place when two or more people, with differing views, come together to attempt to reach agreement on an issue. It is persuasive communication or bargaining.

Types of negotiation:

Distributive (win-lose)
Integrative (win-win)
Benefits of win-win

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Six stages of negotiation:

Establish your objectives
Establish other party’s objectives
Frame negotiation as a joint search for a solution
Identify areas of agreement
Troubleshoot disagreements: bargain & seek alternative solutions, introduce trade-offs
Agreement and close: summarise and ensure acceptance

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This publication was created as an intellectual output of the Erasmus+ YOUNG EUROPEAN LEADERS project, aiming to develop vital skills for young people (communication, argumentation, public speaking, information management, foreign languages, and leadership) to support their active role in society and responsible leadership.

Leadership. Defined by the Oxford learner’s dictionary as the ability to be a leader or the qualities a good leader should have, we should ask the basic question of any topic,

What is the importance of a quality leadership?

As we live in society, where we share our potential and knowledge, it is natural for our species to form social groups. Inside the groups, we try to cooperate and help each other, using our individual potential, to be together stronger and more effective.

The problem with this structure is that we all cannot decide on everything, rather we have to concentrate on our own part and task.

This is the reason, why our social groups need to have a higher form of organization – leadership.

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Leaders are here to organize the whole group to be as effective and productive, as possible. This is the reason why quality leadership should really matter since it is the leaders who in the end help everyone to be a beneficial member of his/her society living and working in the right conditions.

Good leaders can give the whole society everything needed – safety, peace, work, education, effective healthcare, good social interactions, and everything any social group needs.

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If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.

Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. I call leadership the great challenge of life.

What’s important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective. Here are some specifics:

1) Learn to be strong but not rude.

It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It’s not even a good substitute.

2) Learn to be kind but not weak.

We must be kind enough to tell somebody the truth. We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.

3) Learn to be bold but not a bully.

It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you’ve got to walk in front of your group. You’ve got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.

4) You’ve got to learn to be humble, but not timid.

You can’t get to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. Humility is almost a God-like word. Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we’re part of the stars. So humility is a virtue; but timidity is a disease.

5) Be proud but not arrogant.

It takes pride to win the day. It takes pride to build your ambition. It takes pride in community. It takes pride in cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is being proud without being arrogant.

6) Develop humor without folly

That’s important for a leader. In leadership, we learn that it’s okay to be witty, but not silly. It’s okay to be fun, but not foolish.

Lastly, deal in realities. Deal in truth. Save yourself the agony. Just accept life like it is. Life is unique. Some people call it tragic, but I’d like to think it’s unique.

The whole drama of life is unique. It’s fascinating. And I’ve found that the skills that work well for one leader may not work at all for another. But the fundamental skills of leadership can be adapted to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community, and at home.

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Rule1: Excel at Current job Concentrate on the present, not the future. If you fall at today tomorrow is irrelevant

Rule2: Help your boss. His problems are your problems. What keeps him up at nights? Solve his problems first.

Rule3: Grab leadership positions whenever it's appropriate. Take risks instead of your boss and credit him when it works.

Rule4: Take on a task that no one else is willing to do, you make yourself stand out.

Rule5: Don't try to exert authority when you don't have it.

Rule6: Ask your boss "As we look further out, where do you see me continuing to make a contribution?"

Rule7: Identify behaviors that you can emulate while being true to yourself.

Rule8: Treat every situation as an opportunity to demonstrate the value you bring to the organization.
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