when leaders really matter: becoming indispensable

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When Leaders Really Matter:

Becoming

Indispensable

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



2. Internal org dynamics



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


Integrity & trust

Anticipates problems

Clear vision of desired results

Effective feedback

Displays Integrity & Honesty


Assertiveness

Decisiveness

Trust


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


Takes initiative


Decisiveness


Takes initiative


Decisiveness

Innovates

Strategic Perspective

Acts independently

Powerful Communicator


Innovates

Develops Others

Inspires & Motivates Others


Innovates

Develops Others


Establish stretch goals

Networking

Trust


Innovates

Customer Focus

Business Acumen


Innovates

Customer Focus

Business Acumen

Establish Stretch Goals

Champions Change


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