Leader Development

As managers realize sustained productivity and attain more senior roles, they may find themselves challenged by a "leadership" position.  Preparing for, and making the pivot from management towards leadership is a developmental exercise that can benefit the leader, the team, and the organization.

A Manager's view

Most managers spend their career building the skills necessary to make productive contributions to the company.  When they have achieved a certain level, it's often a time of reflection on what they value and how they will now lead others.  Managers make that pivot to leadership by:

• Ensuring fundamental business acumen
• Demonstrating functional mastery of the role
• Achieving sustainable, superior performance in-role
• Establishing industry leadership and presence
• Building a reputation for thought leadership

a leader's view

Leaders must rely on a core set of values in order to help to develop those they lead.  By identifying those values and using them to guide their service of others, leaders can build their own personal brand of leadership by:

• Developing future managers and leaders
• Managing throughout hierarchies and matrices 
• Identifying a vision for organizational success
• Learning nuanced leadership acumen
• Embracing change as a discipline of leadership