The influence a leader has on those above them in an organization exerts a profound impact on how others below them view them. The question on everyone’s mind, especially when promotions, bonuses, or new policies are in play, centers on how much credibility and influence our leader has to shape the outcomes.
Thinking out loud here… To some degree, I have measured my effectiveness as a leader by some standard other than effectiveness (getting desired results). Now I'm curious to know what paradigm I've been leaning on - what standard I've been using to self-congratulate for my leadership & what I can do to shift to better metrics. Thanks for waking this up in me today. Thanks also for letting me vent a half-baked thought here. :) I'll be continuing to think on this.
As we get closer to the end of the year and start lining out our plans for 2022, it's important that leaders create a mix of both process/performance goals as well as outcome goals.
People often set their expectations based solely on the outcomes goals.
So, a basketball player might have a process/performance goal of always boxing out when a shot goes up. He might also have an outcome goal of winning 80% of the games. Am I tracking correctly?
Thinking out loud here… To some degree, I have measured my effectiveness as a leader by some standard other than effectiveness (getting desired results). Now I'm curious to know what paradigm I've been leaning on - what standard I've been using to self-congratulate for my leadership & what I can do to shift to better metrics. Thanks for waking this up in me today. Thanks also for letting me vent a half-baked thought here. :) I'll be continuing to think on this.
Sure thing, Dave.
As we get closer to the end of the year and start lining out our plans for 2022, it's important that leaders create a mix of both process/performance goals as well as outcome goals.
People often set their expectations based solely on the outcomes goals.
So, a basketball player might have a process/performance goal of always boxing out when a shot goes up. He might also have an outcome goal of winning 80% of the games. Am I tracking correctly?
Yes, good example.... and then as coach Bill Walsh would say, the scoreboard takes care of itself.