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Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference Food Engineering Len Heflich April 16, 2019 Innovator! Leadership is Critical to the success of - Organizations - Teams - Individuals Managing and leading are different and are both necessary (in

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Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference Food Engineering April 16, 2019 Len Heflich Innovator!

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Leadership is Critical to the success of

Organizations
Teams
Individuals

Managing and leading are different and are both necessary (in balance ) Leadership provides direction Leadership galvanizes a group of people to work together towards a common goal

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Balanced Leadership: A Pragmatic Guide for Leaders Examines leadership through the lens of Balance Balance is: Sweet spot on a racket Feng Shui Yin and Yang Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Just Right

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Achieving Optimal Balance is Challenging

Constantly changing due to the environment
Competitors
Customers
Consumers
Regulations
Suppliers
Us
Dynamic equilibrium requiring constant adjustment
Tradeoffs are unavoidable and define us
Strive for non-zero sum

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We are all Leaders Strive to be good ones We are all followers Strive to be good ones Lead with: Mission (why we exist) Vision (where we want to be) Values (what is important to us)

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Tao Te Ching

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Consider a few elements that benefit from Balance:

Process vs Results
Flexibility vs Consistency
Challenge vs Routine
Strength vs Weakness

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Balancing Strength/Weakness

Team of experienced professionals
They know more than you
Cost of failure is low
Requirements negotiable
Client is open to suggestion

Best to lead towards weaker side

New or inexperienced team
You are the expert
Cost of failure is high
Requirements are rigid
No room for error

Best to lead towards the stronger side

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Balance in Challenge / Change

Too much challenge and a team burns out
Too little challenge and a team stagnates
The right balance of challenge with support develops a strong team
Support your people to success

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Complexity

Rising complexity is a major challenge
Routines and processes can help manage complexity
Use risk assessment to identify potential new threats
Build awareness and take steps to manage, mitigate or eliminate

Everything should be as simple as it can be, but no simpler.

Albert Einstein

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Critical Thinking is Balanced Thinking

Critical doesn’t mean negative
Consider both sides of every issue
Avoid group think
What can go wrong? So that things can go right. And if it does…

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To be a Great Leader:

Create a vision and communicate it in all you say and do
Be passionate about your work – take ownership of the results not just activities
Care about and support your people – do not allow failure
Maintain consistent high integrity – be authentic, not perfect
Challenge yourself and others to learn every day
Execute – recognize good work and ask for improvement if needed
Have fun and make it fun

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