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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Positive Leadership: What The Top Performers Do Right

A survey conducted by Six Disciplines reveals what top-performing organisations do differently, and provides insights for business leaders who want to know where they should focus their efforts going forward.

The original survey, conducted several years ago with over 300 C-level executives from small and mid-sized US businesses, has now been re-published by Six Disciplines, in an effort to share the insightful results, and to validate the original research findings.

Based on the research, the top performers are very good at the following set of 10 best-practices. The numbers behind each best-practice are the average scores for the top quartile of top-performing businesses, on a scale of 1-to-5, with 5 being the highest score.

  1. Expect/Demand Quality 4.78
  2. Technology Is Seen As An Investment Not Expense 4.62
  3. Leaders Are Involved In Strategic Change 4.57
  4. A Teamwork Approach To Challenges 4.51
  5. Employees Are Engaged and Fulfilled 4.44
  6. People Help One Another Succeed 4.40
  7. Leaders Set Clear Vision 4.39
  8. Technology Is A Competitive Advantage 4.32
  9. Technology and Training Are Up-To-Date 4.32
  10. Seek/Listen To Advice 4.29 
Click here to read the entire press release about this research study. 
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Positive Leadership: Why Leaders Must Think Systemically

Vision, purpose and hard work (three of the Values of Positive Leadership), although excellent in and off themselves, are not complete without a holistic view of an organisation’s leadership system.

Within such a system, a leader must be a continual learner, placing all of the Values of Positive Leadership into his arsenal of leadership tools. He must learn and understand the implications of each Value individually, but through his systemic mindset, he realises that the true magnifying power occurs only when the Values are viewed as a total system.

Leaders learn; leaders do; leaders teach - an unbeatable cycle when adopted by all leaders within an organisation. Leaders communicate the leadership strategy and how it aligns and interacts with the business strategy to deliver results, while identifying the systemic causes hindering the achievement of desired results.

Therefore, if a potential leader cannot think in a systemic fashion, he literally is unqualified for top leadership positions in today’s interconnected world.

For more on how Positive Leadership can help leaders throughout your organisation think systemically, please contact: graham.watson@positiveleadership.co.uk

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