Being a Successful Leader

My book Leadership Begins with You, and several episodes in the series, help you to discover the real you by surfacing your subconscious tendencies, priorities, and preferences. This episode provides additional guidance to help you to increase your self-awareness. It takes you through two powerful exercises relative to thinking about your life story. These exercises can provide you with insightful revelations to further your self-awareness.

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In the last episode, Meetings, Damn Meetings, we discussed ways you can enhance the productivity of your meetings, especially staff meetings, by effectively planning, conducting, and following up on your meetings. In this episode we discuss one-on-one meetings. A highly recommended practice that can yield high returns for you and each of your direct associates.

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Meetings are neither bad nor good. They just are. But meetings are generally dreaded by many people. The problem is that they are poorly planned and conducted. This is unfortunate in that a well-managed meeting can be a vital conduit for leadership and management problem solving, decision-making, action planning, and communications. In this episode we discuss practical and proven ways to make meetings work for you..

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The previous episode concluded a four-part mini-series  focusing on leader-manager decision-making approaches or options when interacting with the organization or immediate reports. The four episodes were: Approaches to Managing; Leader-Manager Decision-Making Options; Using the Collaborative Decision-Making Option; and, The Art of Delegating.. This episode serves a corollary to the previous episode on delegating. The focus shifts from interpersonal interacting and delegating to organization-wide delegation. It offers two constructs that can be useful in thinking through, implementing, and keeping current delegation of authorities relating to the organization as a whole.

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This episode is the final of a four-part mini-series focusing on leader-manager decision-making interactions with associates. The first episode in this mini-series described what I call Approaches to Managing. The second episode looked at specific Leader-Manager Decision-Making Options when working with associates. The third episode focused on the Collaborative Decision-Making option. This final episode focuses on the delegative decision-making option by discussing the Art of Delegating. The episode stresses the importance of looking at delegating as an investment in both the quality of the decision as well as the development of people.

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This is the third of four episodes in a mini-series relative to leader-manager decision-making interactions with associates. The first episode was Approaches to Managing. The second was Using the Various Leader-Manager Decision-Making Options. And the final of the four episodes in this mini-series will be The Art of Delegating. The three leader-manager decision-making options discussed in the last episode were: directive, collaborative, and delegative. In this episode we take a more detailed look at the collaborative decision-making option.

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In the previous episode we discussed four approaches to managing your organization. The approaches being: Manager as Doer/Technician; Manager as Conductor; Manager as Coach; and, Manager as Working Leader. In this episode we move from general approaches to managing the organization or organizational unit, to discussing leader-manager options in interacting with your individual associates in solving problems, making decisions, and planning actions.

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In this episode we look at four general approaches to managing. There is no one best approach. The most appropriate approach depends on the situational variables at play. We will discuss each of these four approaches in some detail, as well as the situational variables. Also the importance for you as a leader-manager to diagnose just what approach is most appropriate, and to develop the behavioral flexibility to effectively use the approach called for. 

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In this episode I discuss a conceptual framework for thinking about and optimizing your potential. My thinking was sparked by Adam Grant’s new book Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things. Based on research, he posits that growth is not so much about the talent or genius you possess, but the character you develop to advance that talent. The lesson for me, and what I attempt to communicate with the conceptual framework, is that to realize your potential with regard to any particular talent you possess, you not only need to continually acquire and apply knowledge and skill, but you need to also develop and apply character skills to catalyze and truly develop your potential in using that talent in the real world.

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As a leader it is important to find your voice, and use it. As previously discussed, one of the essential leadership practices is to Model the Way. And in so doing to find and use opportunities to deliver powerfully articulated messages relative to your organization’s Identity and Direction. In this episode we lay out a unique, valuable, and often fun way for you to plan and communicate your presentations to deliver key messages.

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