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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 balance  ) Leadership provides direction Leadership galvanizes a group of people to work together towards a common goal

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

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

We are all Leaders Strive to be good ones “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” We are all followers Tao Te Ching Strive to be good ones Lead with: Mission (why we exist) Vision (where we want to be) Values (what is important to us)

Consider a few elements that benefit from Balance: • Process vs Results • Flexibility vs Consistency • Challenge vs Routine • Strength vs Weakness

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

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

Everything should be as simple as it can be, Complexity but no simpler. - Albert Einstein • 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

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…

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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