Leaders focus on many qualities when selecting, developing, and promoting colleagues in an organization. Core competencies, such as: 1. Setting a clear strategy and vision 2. Understanding and navigating the organization 3. Making quality decisions …allow leaders to differentiate between worthy colleagues. By assessing the skills and behaviors that contribute to superior performance, leaders discern the gap between where a team member is and where they need to be.
Thanks for addressing this topic in writing so that we can refer back to this post and share it with our team members. If done well, I know this will make a difference. Thanks again for your guidance on this topic.
Perhaps, but it's difficult to turn things that are on the principle level (standards) into things that would work on a checklist (which would typically be actionable behaviors).
It might be better to present them as bromides instead of a checklist as some people will look at something like a checklist as a one-and-done if they don't have the AL behavior as defining context for what that means. This is, of course, in the context of providing the list for a team. If you're creating this list just for yourself, then absolutely
Randall,
Thanks for addressing this topic in writing so that we can refer back to this post and share it with our team members. If done well, I know this will make a difference. Thanks again for your guidance on this topic.
Thanks for saying so, John.
Please share widely!
Would you recommend turning these Standards into a set of 'Checklist Questions' and then 'Living with the Decisions before you Make Them'?
Perhaps, but it's difficult to turn things that are on the principle level (standards) into things that would work on a checklist (which would typically be actionable behaviors).
It might be better to present them as bromides instead of a checklist as some people will look at something like a checklist as a one-and-done if they don't have the AL behavior as defining context for what that means. This is, of course, in the context of providing the list for a team. If you're creating this list just for yourself, then absolutely
Love this Randall! Thanks for writing it up. It’s another “game changer” for me.
Thanks Alex!
Thank you, Alex. Share it widely!