| Level 5 Leadership | June 21, 2010 |
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Greetings!
Many of you attended the NHSA Leadership Academy with me last week that was held in San Antonio. What a fun week!
The theme for the week was 'raising the bar,' and I'm told it was the largest number of participants to date for the Academy. It was so exciting to be part of the faculty and have such great dialogue around leadership issues.
There has never been a greater need for solid, effective leadership than now, for a variety of reasons. What makes an effective leader? As you well know, it's not that "one thing," but there are a few things that top the list for effectiveness as a leader, and servant leadership is one of them.
If you were in San Antonio last week, I hope you have already started applying a new leadership principle you learned there. Or whatever training, mentoring, and growth opportunity you are involved in, keep taking another step forward toward greater understanding of what characteristics you are building to become the very best you can be!
Unleash the leader within!
Teresa Gilbert
Pathways to Excellence, LLC
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MONDAY MORNING LEADERSHIP TIP #167
Level 5 Leadership | |
 In his well known book, Good to Great, Jim Collins describes what he refers to as level 5 leadership. It's important that we understand what he means by this term.
Collins performed exhaustive research into a number of businesses that were transformed from good businesses to great performers. His research showed that the top leaders of such businesses did not match the usual macho image we have of great leaders. The common denominator in all these CEOs was they were humble and modest, though very single-minded. Let's look at his distinction between Level 4 and Level 5 leaders.
Level 4 leaders have their own visions of what the business needs to do to succeed. They decide on direction and then get people to implement their vision. This is what Collins refers to as "first what, then who." Level 4 leaders may be effective when it is not too difficult to decide what to do, but they struggle in more complex, high tech businesses.
Level 5 leaders are humble because they see clearly their own limitations in a complex environment. So, instead of promoting their own visions, they get their best people together and grill them with penetrating questions to draw new strategies out of them. Hence the related Collins slogan: "first who, then what." Because Chief Executives can't decide what to do alone, they need the input of a team of smart associates. They get the best "who" into a room and together decide the best "what." This makes them participative leaders.
The essential difference, therefore, is that the level 4 leader provides direction while the level 5 leader is a facilitator who draws ideas for new directions out of others. Level 5 leadership is really a modern version of the participative leadership style that has been around for decades.
Food for thought - what level leader are you? What could you do to "raise the bar"?
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| ABOUT TERESA |
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Teresa Gilbert is founder of Pathways to Excellence, LLC, a company devoted to inspring excellence in others, empowering them to rise to their potential and "unleash the leader within"! She is also a Consultant, Leadership Coach, and author.
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This, Teresa says, is the most important key to bringing out the best in all of us!
Teresa specializes in working with rising executives and managers to fully develop their leadership potential. Teresa has a Masters Degree in Education and 25 years experience in the field of management, administration, staff development and coaching.
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Teresa Gilbert, "The Emerging Leader's Champion"
Pathways to Excellence, LLC
P.O.Box 2562, Carbondale, IL
teresa@teresagilbert.com
Phone: 618-658-2554
Fax: 618-223-5181
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