RESULTS BASED LEADERSHIP

Cynthia WohlfordOctober 14, 2014

What exactly is results-based leadership to you?

“We want to be a company that is always getting better. A company that understands where it fits in the markets and in society and appreciates its responsibility to both.”

Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE

RESULTS-BASED LEADERSHIP HOW LEADERS BUILD THE BUSINESS AND IMPROVE THE

BOTTOM LINE

BYDAVID ULRICHJACK ZENGER

NORM SMALLWOOD

Value Your Human Capitol

Capability• Look for talents you already

have• Value of workers grows over

time with coaching• Readjust coaching to the

priority

Commitment• Flexible Schedules• Task Creativity• Learning Opportunities• Celebrate success• Build Relationships

Improve Performance

• 1. Align- use strengths to achieve your goals

• 2. Improve use of time and resources through data decision making

• 3. Measure progress based on clearly defined goal

• 4. Take action

“Leaders who are interested in investing, leveraging, and expanding their human capital should spend time raising standards, setting high expectations and demanding more of their employees.”

David Ulrich 1999

Investor Results

• Cost• Expand • Take risks• Develop leaders

Leaders Build Leaders• Have a Passion for Results• Have a Focus on Results• Ask Result-based Questions

Leadership Sustainability- A leader must care about resources so they can be ready to change with the ever shifting requirements in order to obtain optimal results.

Results-Based LeadershipBy David Ulrich and Norm Smallwood

STARTMESimplicityTimeAccountabilityResourcesTrackingMeliorateEmotion

Simplicity• Limited number of

key behaviors to focus on that have a high impact on important issues.

TimeIs your time actually focused on the key behaviors that were selected. Reflect on your schedule and see if you aligned this to the task.

Accountability

Leaders share a personal commitment then follow through on these promises.

Resources

A leader must be aware of the needs of each person on staff so that they can align the proper resources at whatever level they are at.

• Self-coaching• Expert-coaching• Peer-coaching• Leader-coaching

TrackingNeed to monitor goal progress along the way to be mindful of the need for change.

Meliorate

• Be willing to take risks and if this leads to mistakes or failures then learn from them by reflecting, making changes and moving forward.

Emotion: The passion to change and grow

10 STEPS TO BECOMING A RESULTS-BASED LEADER

By Ron Haynes

①Focus on desired results②Take responsibility③Communicate expectations④Determine what YOU need to do⑤Engaging activities⑥Use your companies capabilities⑦Measure correctly and often⑧Take action⑨Seek feedback⑩Avoid the perception of personal gain

ANNIE CASEY FOUNDATION

How One Company Used Results Based Leadership to Support the School System

Results-Based Accountability

Define the goal and engage people to achieve this goal. Hold everyone accountable by using data to measure progress.

New Em-

ployee

1 yr 2 yr 3 yr

5 Basic Steps

1. Be results-based and data driven by having a clear goal that can be measured.

2. Use yourself as an instrument for change.3. Bring attention to disparities and focus on how

these impact children.4. Master adaptive leadership by knowing your

audience and using this information to engage them in the work to be done.

5. Collaborate to achieve your goal.

RBL Apps http://www.rbl-apps.com

• Accountability Pathway• Adaptive Leadership for Results• Circles of Conflict• High Action/High Alignment• Proposal Based Decision Making• The Z Model

Summary

• Define what Results-Based Leadership means to you now.

• How might this affect you as a Teacher Leader?

Results-Based Leader in Action

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76nhIfp9gr0

QUESTIONS?

ResourcesHaynes, R. (2007). 10 Steps to Becoming a Results-Based Leader. www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog?10-steps-to-becoming-a-results-based-leader/. Retrieved October 7, 2014, from http://www.thewisdomjournal.com Pilsbury, J. (n.d.). RBL-APPS - Home. RBL-APPS - Home. Retrieved October 12, 2014, from http://www.rbl-apps.com School of Public Policy. (2010). The Results Based Leadership Collaborative. Retrieved September 25, 2010, from http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu Shelton, K. (2013). Leadership sustainability: How can leaders sustain their changes?. Leadership Excellence, 30(1), 2-3. Ulrich, D., Zenger, J., & Smallwood, N. (1999). Results-Based Leadership: How leaders build the business and improve the bottom line. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.