DEVELOPING
  THE THINKING
  ORGANIZATION

The fifth instalment of our series deals with the leadership role

(Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 if you missed them.)

Leadership

he thinking organization moves ahead because of its leaders. Some leaders will have been in the organization for a number of years, others will be new to the role. Leaders have one main responsibility -- to move the organization forward by getting people to want to do what is needed. This entails a number of key responsibilities:

Role Model ...
Staff people need to see thier leaders modelling the processes and behaviours the organization wants to implement.

Vision...
Staff want to know their leader has a vision of the end result.

Communication...
The vision needs to be communicated to everyone via simple language.

Respect...
Respect needs to be earned by everyone. If a leader has earned respect, people will tend to follow.

Trust...
Even more important than respect, trust involves knowing your leader will be in front, assisting where needed and allowing people the opportunity to grow.

Walk the Talk...
Very similar to being a role model, this point goes even further. Even under stress, the leader needs to maintain the leadership aura. If a leader shouts at a staff person when something goes wrong or in some other way shows disrespect, the role model has not “walked the talk” and will lose some of the respect previously earned from the staff.

Leaders come in all shapes, experiences and ages. Showing your leadership strength in a small way will help your organization in developing into a thinking organization. And, it might be the beginning of your own rise within the corporation.

Join us in February for the sixth and final
instalment in this series.

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