Leadership is the rudder of any organization –
whether in business, government, or community!
Without appropriate leadership, an organization ultimately will founder. But when it is solidly principled, great heights can be realized.
Lincolnshire International has created a Leadership Development process that is flexible enough to successfully bring young managers into leadership roles, as well as to sharpen, focus and move senior managers into leading positions in their fields.
We’ve found that great leaders demonstrate many of the following characteristics...
- A Coach for others
- Attention to detail
- Action oriented
- Awareness – of themselves, their people, their environment & markets
- Analytical
- Celebrate accomplishments and learn from failures
- Communicate well
- Commitment to values and principles
- Consistency
- Conviction – focus, consistency, optimism, resilience
- Confident, yet modest (laugh at themselves)
- Continuously improve themselves and others
- Document – never allow errors in communication
- Embrace change, but has values that don’t change
- Empower others
- Fiscally responsible
- Goal oriented
- Innovative
- Lead by example
- Listen
- Motivate others
- Never blame, learn instead
- Provide feedback
- Provide Vision
- Resourceful – always looks for new resources
- Team oriented
- Trust – trust in others, and earn their trust in return
- Among several others
In attempting to instill these, as well as other characteristics into its client’s leaders, ourLeadership Development process begins with a formal assessment to discover an individual’s interests, strengths, weaknesses and stresses – indicating behaviors, competencies, and leadership/management style.
Then, coaching/training begins, with a focus of developing/changing chosen behaviors and characteristics.
We subscribe to the thinking of management expert, Peter Drucker, who advises that enlightened leaders ask themselves…
- What has to be done (NOT what do I need)?
- What do I have to do to make a real contribution?
- What are my organization’s purposes and objectives?
- What qualifies as acceptable performance and adds to the bottom line?
Lincolnshire’s Leadership Development process gives clients the tools to answer these questions objectively, and to correct/develop the issues that are found wanting.
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