What is Organizational Performance?
How well your organization performs depends on the output (performance) of your most important asset, your people. Poor leadership and management stifle organizational performance and growth while the opposite is true of leaders and managers who create a culture based on trust.
Leadership
“Leadership is not something mystical that cannot be understood by ordinary people. It is an observable, learnable set of practices and patterns of behavior. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best for themselves and others.”
The Police Executive, Leadership Development Institute
What is Personal Leadership?
Personal Leadership begins with the realization that the adoption and practice of positive behaviors aligned with your organization’s values and goals is a personal choice and within the reach of anyone.
Each employee within your organization is in control of their own behaviors and, regardless of title or role, plays an essential part in its internal performance. If he or she chooses mediocrity, or worse, to sabotage the efforts of others, organizational performance and productivity suffers greatly.
‘Our choices in life have a huge impact on the kind of education we get, the kinds of jobs we land, the relationships we develop and become involved in, and the quality of the lives we live. The desire to influence the world around us is what real leadership is all about.’ ~ Mark Sanborn
The Personal Leadership Model™
Adoption and practice of the positive behaviors surrounding the Personal Leadership Model™ ensure growth and improved performance.
Why is trust at the core?
Organizations with a deep level of trust are positioned to become well aligned and produce substantial, sustainable results.
In any relationship, if trust is not at the core, the outer behavioral functions are limited and often non-existent.
An organizational culture with high levels of trust has more effective communication because the risks of open, honest, and direct communication are minimized.
Effective communication is essential to good leadership.
When people are openly communicating, brainstorming, and collaborating, the environment is one in which people can be themselves and contribute at a much greater level.
As communication improves…
…so does accountability
‘When there is more effective communication, people choose to hold themselves and others more accountable vs. blaming and judging others’
Lead by example!
Doing what one says they are going to do and encourage others to be accountable to the commitments they make is leading by example and creates a role model for others to do the same.
When there is enhanced accountability, people choose to empower themselves rather than wait to be empowered. They take personal ownership for their contribution to achieving the goal, they take more pride in what they do and they take committed, focused action.
When all of these elements are in place…
…individuals become more courageous…
They are more likely to step outside of their comfort zones. Stepping outside of comfort zones is where growth happens; internally and externally.
…and teamwork improves dramatically.