Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Leadership Development Program For One

Yesterday we published the April issue of our monthly newsletter. In the article titled, “Moving Beyond the Leadership Cult of Personality,” we advise executives to develop a model of leadership for their organization and measure all leaders against it.

What we imply in the article is that this should be done for every leader. This is the best way we know to transform an entire organization.

But, what if you are an individual leader trying to get better and do not have the CEO-level authority to initiate an organization-wide leadership development effort? Can you use our advice to create a “leadership development program for one?”

Absolutely, yes! Define you personal list of leadership principles. Ask people close to you in your organization to give you feedback on how you are doing in leading according to those principles.

You may not transform your whole organization, but you will transform yourself!

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To your continued success,

Rob Linn and Rich Ottaviano

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