When Leaders Really Matter: Becoming Indispensable
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When Leaders Really Matter:
Becoming
Indispensable
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Executive Vice President,
Education & Engagement
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Could you disappear?
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Could you disappear?
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Didn’t show up for a week?
Didn’t come home for dinner?
Nobody ever saw you again
Would it matter?
It’s how many people feel in their jobs
Underappreciated
Unchallenged
Ineffective
Often irrelevant
It’s what we bring to our
jobs, our homes, our lives
More importantly, what we don’t bring that
leaves us feeling disposable
If you want to turn that around,
you have to start by making
real changes in life & yourself.
3 Forces That Shape Leaders
1. External environment
3 Forces That Shape Leaders
1. External environment
2. Internal org dynamics
3 Forces That Shape Leaders
1. External environment
2. Internal org dynamics
3. Leader selection systems
If you want
to get to the
top, you
must
develop
skills that
complement
your
strengths
Must
identify
your
strengths
Must
identify
your
strengths
360 Degree Evaluation
Must
identify
your
strengths
Ask co-workers, supervisors,
direct reports three questions
What
leadership
skills do you
think are my
strengths?
Is there anything I
do that might be
considered a fatal
flaw that could
derail my career or
lead me to fail, in
my current job if
it's not addressed?
What leadership
ability, if
outstanding, would
have significant
impact on the
productivity or
effectiveness of
my organization?
What leadership
abilities of mine
have significant
impact on you?
Engage in
cross-
training
Engage in
cross-
training
2 activities
produce
improvement
Doing more
of what you
already do
only leads to
incremental
increases
Work on
skills that
compliment
– nonlinear
development
Identify your
strength and
it’s
compliment.
Then focus
on improving
compliment.
Studied 250,000 360-degree
surveys of 30,000 leaders to
identify skill combinations
that result in higher
performance.
John H. Zenger, Joseph Folkman, and Scott K. Edinger
Correlate with
positive business
outcomes.
A. Character
B. Personal capability &
getting results
C. Interpersonal skills
D. Leading change
Such strengths allow a leader’s
inevitable weaknesses to be
overlooked
Leadership effectiveness #1 top trait in top 1/3
Drive For Results
Drive For Results
Innovates
Planning & organization
Integrity & trust
Drive For Results
Innovates
Planning & organization
Integrity & trust
Anticipates problems
Clear vision of desired results
Effective feedback
Displays Integrity & Honesty
Displays Integrity & Honesty
Assertiveness
Decisiveness
Trust
Displays Integrity & Honesty
Assertiveness
Decisiveness
Trust
Positive Attitude
Deals well with ambiguity
Inspires & motivates others
Innovates
Innovates
Champions Change
Learns quickly from success/failure
Strategic perspective
Innovates
Champions Change
Learns quickly from success/failure
Strategic perspective
Takes initiative
Risk taker, challenges status quo
Supports others in taking risks
Problem solver, analyzer
Problem solver, analyzer
Takes initiative
Planning & organization
Decisiveness
Problem solver, analyzer
Takes initiative
Planning & organization
Decisiveness
Innovates
Strategic Perspective
Acts independently
Powerful Communicator
Powerful Communicator
Innovates
Develops Others
Inspires & Motivates Others
Powerful Communicator
Innovates
Develops Others
Inspires & Motivates Others
Establish stretch goals
Networking
Trust
Strategic Perspective
Strategic Perspective
Innovates
Customer Focus
Business Acumen
Strategic Perspective
Innovates
Customer Focus
Business Acumen
Establish Stretch Goals
Champions Change
Inspires & Motivates Others
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