Build your approach to
leadership development on four
essential tasks:
Recognize the importance of
leadership
to your
business success;
Have in place a specific process
for
developing leadership talent;
Define
leadership attributes
behaviorally, for the benefit of
future leaders;
Use the leadership competencies
stipulated in the Leadership
Effectiveness Survey (LES)
to integrate a number of
management practices with the
purpose of building quality of
leadership.
Build self-confidence
"Your got to have the
self-confidence to hire
brilliant people, may times
smarter than you are sometimes.
You've got to feel very
comfortable with that
situation."
Look for team players
You need
new-type managers, those
"who can swallow their ego, blur
their identities, and work for
the good of the company."
Look for coaches
Coaching is an important
part of the good
leaders' role. Leaders must
seek to develop high value in
other leaders below them.
