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Today’s inspirational leaders:
what do they have in common?
Christophe Ginisty
Senior Director & Head of Digital at FTI Consulting EU
2013 IPRA President and Current Board Member
Congress Program Director
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What is a leader?
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“A manager is doing
things right and a
leader is doing the
right things”
Peter Drucker
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Which image best captures leadership?
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Which image best captures leadership?
23,4%
21,2%
16,9%
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Which image best captures leadership?
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Doing the right things…
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Doing the right things…
Capture
Inspire
Empower
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Doing the right things…
Capture
Listen, understand the ecosystem, the community, the era…
Inspire
Empower
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Doing the right things…
Capture
Listen, understand the ecosystem, the community, the era…
Inspire
Become a role model, share a vision, behave…
Empower
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Doing the right things…
Capture
Listen, understand the ecosystem, the community, the era…
Inspire
Become a role model, share a vision, behave…
Empower
Care about the audience and amplify the social role
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Capture
Inspire
Empower
Is it what
communication
practitioners
have done for
years?
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Well…
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Proactive top down
communication is
often the contrary
to leadership
building
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It has always been true.
But is has been significantly amplified by the
social media revolution.
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Digital revolution
is good news:
it as forced us to
stop shouting
and think about
leadership
building
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People trust their pairs more than official leaders
Trust in information created on social networking sites:
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Leadership is
a buzz word
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At the social media age,
The leadership quest is an audience’s natural
need taking the form of the instinctive and
ongoing discovery of organizations, brands,
personalities that inspire.
(and it is most of the time out of our control)
The leadership opportunity
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At the social media age
BEHAVE
COMMUNICATE
CREATE
MEASURE
INTERACT
INFLUENCE
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Jaha Dukureh
BEHAVE
COMMUNICATE
CREATE
INTERACT
INFLUENCE
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Malala Yousafzai
BEHAVE
COMMUNICATE
CREATE
INTERACT
INFLUENCE
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Muhammad Yunus
BEHAVE
COMMUNICATE
CREATE
INTERACT
INFLUENCE
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Edward Snowden
BEHAVE
COMMUNICATE
CREATE
INTERACT
INFLUENCE
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RedBull
BEHAVE
COMMUNICATE
CREATE
INTERACT
INFLUENCE
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Leaders are not super heros.
Leadership is in our DNA
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Real leaders…
• A true Role model
• Valuing honesty as a
policy
• Focus on others’
needs
• Managing a balance
between challenge
and support
• Committed to
developing a next
generation
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• A true Role model
• Valuing honesty as a
policy
• Focus on others’
needs
• Managing a balance
between challenge
and support
• Committed to
developing a next
generation
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Thank you!