Leadership

"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion."
Theodore Hesburgh

Leadership translates vision into reality by inspiring followers to want to experience the change process. And to influence their followers to willingly jump into that experience, leaders need a specific set of competencies1 to guide their actions. Although competencies will always differ from one leader to the next, having a core set to draw from increases the chance for success. These competencies can be thought of as the inner tools for motivating employees, directing systems and processes, and guiding the business towards common goals that allow the organization to increase its value. This leadership guide is broken into three main parts that form a “Pyramid of Leadership”.

• Core competencies form the foundation of leadership. Without a solid base, the sides of the pyramid will soon crumble away.
• Leadership Competencies form the basic structure (walls) that separates leaders from bosses by building the knowledge and skills required for driving the organization towards the cutting edge of its business. Without these competencies, a leader has a shallow base from which to work, or as Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert best characterizes it, "a pointy-head boss."
• Professional Competencies add depth to the pyramid. The main driver of these competencies arrives from experiences and LEARNING from these experiences. While a person might have a firm grasp on the core and leadership competencies, it is only through trial and error, and later through reflection to increase the depth of those experiences, that an average leader grows into a good leader. Each organization requires a different set of professional competencies for each leadership position.

More reading ..............
Leadership: Theory and Practice
Core Competency-Based Strategy