In episode 6 on Leaders, Leadership Systems and the Impact on Culture Walt Carter, Pat Romboletti and John Vinyard will discuss how to use a leadership system.
Leadership thoughts:
- The culture you are trying to promote must be embodied in your Leadership System, and in every leader
- The Leadership System allows the senior leaders to deploy their 'wisdom' all the way down the organization
- Personal 'styles' and a Leadership System are not the same
- In a strong culture everyone is entitled to have an opinion, and is encouraged to 'speak up'
- In a strong culture if you know about a problem it is unacceptable not to 'speak up'
- You cannot tolerate the person who makes their goals, but do not embrace the organizational culture
Importance:
- A consistent approach to leadership is critical to repeatable organizational success
- The team must understand:
- What we are attempting to accomplish?
- How?
- Who will do each part?
- In high-performing organizations bad news flows up FAST
- Leaders do not take action to suddenly 'micro-manage' because they know:
- The people who 'own' the bad news know the leaders know about it
- The owner is working to fix the problem
- The owner will ask for help if they need it
- How Do I Reflect on Myself as a Leader:
- Do I know the aspects of the Leadership System which are my strengths and opportunities?
- How do I know?
- Do I have a tangible approach to improve each of my opporunites?
- Do people in my organization feel safe in speaking up?
- Do I give any (even subtle) signals that I don't want to hear bad news
- When bad news flows up, do I ask "What happened - what process failed", not "Who did this"