A leader’s ability to successfully conduct difficult conversations in the work place can make the difference between success and failure – both for the leader and the organization. Not being fully equipped to deal with difficult situations related to your subordinates, peers, or superiors can be seriously career limiting.
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A commitment to make things happen, along with the willingness to learn can help leaders overcome today’s complex challenges
As a performance coach I spend a lot of time with CEOs and senior executives who are profit center heads. Their decisions have a large impact on the success or failures of their organizations. In my role as the Executive in Residence at the NUS Business School I facilitate the building of bridges between academia and industry – I speak to a lot of Business Leaders, HR practitioners, and heads of Learning & Development looking at their evolving needs particularly in this economic downturn.
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BNET carried an interview with Carl Spetzler, CEO of the Strategic Decisions Group and Director of the Strategic Decision and Risk Management program at Stanford University. Spetzler is credited with developing a decision-making framework used by managers from leading MNCs for all types of decisions: strategic, typical and on-the-fly.
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A couple of months ago, TrainingZone carried an exclusive interview with Ken Blanchard, the co-author of the famed One Minute Manager series.
His interview touched upon several points that are at the core of what we try to do at Thought Perfect: self awareness for leaders for performance enhancement, leadership development and human capital management.
Below are some excerpts from the interview that business leaders will do well to remember.
Self-awareness is key to good leadership
“You have to teach people in the heart not just the head. …. one of the reasons why people make lousy leaders is that they don’t know who they are. …. If you don’t have your heart right, you don’t realise you are here to serve, not to be served.”
Leaders set the right goals and articulate their vision well
“Leading at a higher level involves setting the right goals. It is also crucial to set a compelling vision that tells people who you are, where you are going and what is going to guide your journey. The first part of leadership is showing direction.”
Leaders help people achieve desired results
“I define leading at a higher level as a process of helping people achieve worthwhile results. Leadership should take into account the needs and concerns of everyone in the business and not just think that profit is a worthwhile goal. Profit is the applause you get for taking care of your customers and creating a motivating environment for your people.”
“If you don’t treat your people right, they will not take care of your customers.”
The first two points listed above epitomizes what we do as part of our leadership coaching. We help leaders become better aware of themselves and achieve complete clarity of thought, which enables them to make the right decisions and actions that result in perfect outcomes.
CEOs & entrepreneurs have little recession-related experience and this clearly shows up the difference between leaders and managers.
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Coaching more than training can help deliver a much higher ROI that leaders can rely on to master the art of achieving deep, serious, long lasting change
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