GROUNDED SERVICE
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2.cont. HOW TO DRIVE COHERENCE AND QUALITY - post 2/2
The development and implementation of strategy is the most important accountability and responsibility of the leader and of leaders in general. Does this mean the leader does the strategic planning in isolation in their ivory tower? No! (except in very small organizations, and even then debatable) The strategic planning process should be consultative with the entire organization, and at minimum actively involve the leader’s immediate team.
3. How to Develop Competency post 1
The recommended practices around building of competency are the most applied and action-oriented of this handbook. On an individual basis, and for many organizations the building of competency is a worthy result to pursue in and of itself.
High functioning teams need to build a high level of mutual respect and a connectedness with each other and their leaders. Essentially one of the things that is happening in the application presented below is that people within the organization are constantly being recruited; recruited into continuous improvement of themselves and the organization.
3 cont: Leading By Example
Continuation of leading by example with subsections on:
Work Load Management
Removing the Training Wheels
Flexing Your Style
Be Available (but not too much!) and Pay Attention to Interfaces