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SESSION 5:
Leading to Revive
By:
Dr. Roland Smith Vice President, Asia Pacific
Center for Creative Leadership
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“Leadership is like a muscle.
The more intelligently you
train, the stronger you get.”
John RyanPresident and CEO
Center for Creative Leadership
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Top 5 C-Level Challenges(Sri Lanka)
Guiding Change
The challenge of managing, mobilizing, understanding and leading change. How to mitigate change consequences, overcome resistance to change, and deal with employees’ reaction to change.
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
The challenge of managing relationships, politics, and image. Gaining managerial support and managing up; getting buy-in from other departments, groups, or individuals.
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
The challenge of developing the relevant skills such as time management, prioritization, strategic thinking, decision-making, and getting up to speed with the job – to be more effective at work.
Developing Employees
The challenge of developing others, including processes around mentoring and coaching.
Inspiring OthersThe challenge of inspiring or motivating others to ensure they are satisfied with their jobs; how to motivate a workforce to work smarter.
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Leadership Challenges in Asia…
Guiding Change
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Developing Employees
Inspiring Others
Sri Lanka China India Singapore
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Developing Employees
Guiding Change
Managing Process
Inspiring Others
Inspiring Others
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Developing Employees
Managing Retention and Selection
Leading a Team
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Inspiring Others
Developing Employees
Mobilizing Collaboration
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
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… and around the world
Guiding Change
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Developing Employees
Inspiring Others
Sri Lanka China India Singapore UK US
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Developing Employees
Guiding Change
Managing Process
Inspiring Others
Inspiring Others
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Developing Employees
Managing Retention and Selection
Leading a Team
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Inspiring Others
Developing Employees
Mobilizing Collaboration
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Guiding Change
Leading a Team
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Developing Employees
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Developing Managerial
Effectiveness
Managing Internal Stakeholders &
Politics
Guiding Change
Developing Employees
Inspiring Others
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“ Workload is very challenging at times. Lots of different
critical projects and activities going on with limited resources in the group. Juggling priorities
is always at the forefront.”
“To motivate a group of 70 staff who had been working with the organization for more than 10
years. Some of the staff have been in the same position without
promotion for more than 6 – 8 years.”
“Leading the organization through a business-wide
transformation program as part of the executive team.”
“How to enhance the department position in the organization to add more value to the organization in
both operational and strategic perspective.”
“Creating a really collaborative team in a newly established
unit.”
“My biggest leadership challenge is…”
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Important Lessons from over 40 years of Research
• People can learn, grow, and change.
• Self-awareness is the cornerstone of development.
• Creating a plan for your development greatly increases your odds for success.
• To implement sustainable change successfully organizations need direction, alignment and commitment (DAC)
• Transformation requires organizational focus on three core areas:
1) Strategy 2) Culture 3) Talent
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TalentSustainability!
It is evidence that this is no longer a focus for just the HR department anymore.
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Talent Sustainability is an organization’s
ability to continuously attract, develop, and
retain people with the capabilities and
commitment needed for current and future
organizational success.
It’s about your successor,
… and her successor,
… and his successor,
… so on.
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What is your talent trajectory?
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Talent Strategyarticulates the intentional choices on the capabilities employees need to have collectively and individually, as well as policies and practices for generating these capabilities and for generating employee commitment.
Talent CultureOne in which people’s beliefs and day-to-day behaviors reflect a shared commitment to talent sustainability.
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Polling TimeDo you think that your organization has effectively developed talent strategy and talent culture across all levels of the organization?
No, not developed.Yes, effectively
to some extent.
Yes, we have both the
Talent Strategy and Talent
Culture in place.
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Critical Metrics that is outside typical
HR functions:
• Executive Commitment &
Engagement
• Critical Talent Identification,
Development, & Succession
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Key roles of leaders in achieving Talent Sustainability
Talent Management is a Shared Process
HR Leaders
“Talent Accelerators”
Board of Directors
“Talent Overseers”
Executives
“Talent Orchestrators”
Business Leaders
“Talent Influencers”
Employees
“Talent”
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Ability to provide systems, processes and coaching in order to accelerate
the development of organizational talent, reducing the “readiness-to-
lead” cycle time.
TalentAccelerators
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Often overlooked even though they are the target of all of this effort.
Understanding their career aspirations is key.
Talents
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Provides oversight on the organization and the decisions of senior leaders. By
ensuring talent sustainability is a priority within the organization, the board
impacts the overall effectiveness.
TalentOverseers
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Business leaders being mindful to influence the development of talent,
through their close proximity to the talent.TalentInfluencers
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Orchestrates the organization’s efforts by aligning resources, and
demonstrating commitment and engagement through their own
behaviors.
TalentOrchestrators
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Key considerations for Talent Orchestrators
Business Strategy
Operational
ExcellenceBusiness
Development
Branding
C.S.R.Talent Strategy
Balancer – In – Chief
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How to spearhead the talent culture in your organizations?
Best PracticeNext Practice
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Is your organization focused on Talent Sustainability?
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Is your organization focused on Talent Sustainability?
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Do you and your leaders have the
TalentMindset?
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Do you and your leaders have the
TalentMindset?
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DevelopmentalRelationships
20Coursework and Training
10ChallengingAssignments
70
Based on our research – how we learn best:
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Experiences that impact us most…
Global
Sri Lanka
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Things to consider as you think “Talent Sustainability”
LessonsShifts in ….
Experiences
Memorable events that influence the way in which a person leads & manages
Knowledge
Skill level
AttitudesBehavior
Values
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We must ask ourselves…
How can we make
learning from experiences
intentional not incidental
nor accidental?
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One of the most critical roles for an executive is how they orchestrate talent within their
organization and develop those around them. Roland Smith, Ph.D.
“The Conductor brings out the spirit of the music
and the passion of the players.”
Noah Smith, age 14, 2007
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Your Talent
is Watching
