LAI Flashcards
5 Leadership Responsibilities
- Creating the Vision
- Creating the Organization
- Building a High Performance Culture
- Driving Growth Through Innovation
- Producing Results
6 Leadership Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Communication and Negotiation
- Leading Change
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Problem Solving
- Leading Teams
5 Leadership Competencies
- Focused Drive
- Emotional Intelligence
- Trusted Influence
- Conceptual Thinking
- Systems Thinking
Focused Drive Components
- Focus - Ability to identify an important goal or vision and to channel efforts at specific targets that support that goal/vision.
- Drive - The ability to persevere, sacrifice (when necessary), and expend high degrees of energy to reach high levels of performance.
Emotional Intelligence Components
- Perception - The ability to read the emotions and thoughts of others through the use of insight and analytical skills.
- Emotional Maturity - The ability to master emotions and cope with stress in a way that instills confidence, motivates, and enhances group effectiveness.
Trusted Influence Components
- Commitment - The ability to evoke trust from others by keeping commitments, adhering to high ethical standards and principles, and building shared goals/values.
- Empowerment - The ability to help others reach higher levels of performance through trust, delegation, participation, and coaching.
Conceptual Thinking Components
- Innovation - The ability to create/enhance ideas, products, and services that lead to bottom line success.
- Big Picture Thinking - The ability to see all of the forces, events, entities, and people involved in the situation at hand.
Systems Thinking Components
- *• Process Orientation** - The ability to increase overall learning and performance by designing, implementing, and/or connecting processes.
- *• Mental Discipline** - The ability to sort through ambiguity and alternatives in a way that crystallizes and puts ideas into action.
Strategic Thinking
The skill of using powerful frameworks and approaches for diagnosing and anticipating competitive threats, and taking action on the strategic concerns of your organization.
Communication and Negotiation
The skill of communicating and relating to a broad range of people internally and externally and using that ability to arrive at and reach understandings and agreements.
Leading Change
The skill of understanding and using the most effective tools and processes to drive needed change.
Coaching and Mentoring
The skill of mastering a comfortable coaching style and using it strategically to improve performance
Problem Solving
The skill of employing analytical abilities, pragmatism, and other tools to resolve complex problems in a variety of contexts.
Leading Teams
The skill of inspiring and driving a team to go beyond the expected.
Focused Drive
The capability of focusing on a goal and harnessing your energy in order to meet that goal – a balance between focus and drive.