Comparative Study in Leadership Practices - Place of Employment (25 questions) - Demographical Information

Comparative Study in Leadership Practices - Place of Employment (25 questions)

Demographical Information

1. In what ZIP code is your current residence located? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)

ZIP/Postal Code:

*2. Which of the following best describes the principal industry of your organization?

*3. What is your job role?

*4. How many employees are in your company?

5. OPTIONAL: If you are willing to participate in a short interview, please provide your contact information (you may or may not be contacted).

Name:

Email Address:

Mobile Number:

1. Leadership Mindset: When the organization fails to achieve an objective, the first assumption is that it's some kind of leadership issue. The leadership team believes that developing leadership skills will increase organizational effectiveness.

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2. Influence and Relationships: The leadership team relies on influence rather than on their position /title to get others to follow a stated course of action. The leadership team relies on relationships with others rather than organizational systems and procedures to get things done.

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3. Leadership as an Ongoing Process: The leadership team has a concrete, specific plan for personal growth that they engage in weekly. The leadership team has found experts and mentors for key areas of their life with whom they engage on a regular basis. The leadership team promotes professional growth.

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4. Charting the Course: The leadership team communicates a pathway for the implementation of a specific vision, including not only the process but also the people and resources needed. The leadership team is effective in spotting problems, obstacles, and trends that will impact the outcome of initiatives the organization puts into place.

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5. Serving Others: The leadership team finds great personal satisfaction in helping other people become more successful. Rather than being annoyed when team members have issues preventing them from doing their jobs effectively, the leadership team sees the issues as an opportunity to serve and help those people.

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6. Trust: The leadership team can be trusted and people feel confident sharing sensitive issues. The leadership team does not tolerate passive-aggressive behavior such as undermining others or talking behind people’s backs.

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7. Strength of Respect: The leadership team goes out of its way to show respect and loyalty to the people they lead. The leadership team makes courageous decisions and takes personal risks that could benefit others even if there is no benefit back to the leadership team.

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1. Intuition: The leadership team makes an effort to understand company morale. The leadership team can correctly read situations and sense trends without having to gather (a lot of) hard evidence.

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2. Magnetism: The leadership team has similar values, skills, and leadership ability. To attract highly qualified employees, the leadership team focuses on self improvement more than a sophisticated talent acquisition process.

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3. Heart Connection: The leadership team avoids asking people to help accomplish the vision until they have built a relationship that goes beyond the nuts and bolts of business. The leadership team knows the stories, hopes, and dreams of the people they lead. The leadership team develops a personal connection with the people they work with.

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4. Inner Circle: The leadership team acknowledges that 50 percent or more of the credit for their accomplishments goes to the people on their team. The leadership team relies on key individuals to accomplish their goals. The leadership team is strategic and (highly) selective about which people are closest to them personally and professionally.

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5. Empowerment: The leadership team makes it a regular practice to give people they lead the authority to make decisions and take risks. The leadership team feels secure (in their position) even when very talented people work for them. The leadership team embraces change easily and can get dissatisfied with the status quo.

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6. Self Examination: The leadership team strives for consistency between words and action. The leadership team does what it should rather than what it wants because it is conscious of setting an example for others. The leadership team looks for undesirable action within itself before addressing it with others.

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7. Buy-In: The leadership team waits until most of the people they lead have confidence in them before asking for a commitment to the vision. The leadership team understands that a lack of credibility can be as harmful as a lack of organizational vision. The majority of employees side with the leadership team even when the proposed idea is not very good.

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1. Collective Win: The leadership team makes personal sacrifices to help ensure a collective win for the organization. The leadership team feels ultimately responsible for achieving the company goals. If employees are not unified in their efforts to achieve the company vision, the leadership team takes action to get them on the same page.

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2. Momentum: The leadership team is enthusiastic and maintains a positive attitude every day for the sake of the people they lead. The leadership team considers how their decisions will impact momentum in the company. The leadership team initiates specific actions with the purpose of generating momentum when introducing something new or controversial.

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3. Priorities: The leadership team is effective at delegating tasks. The leadership team avoids tasks that don't have a tangible return or organizational benefit. The leadership team sets aside time daily, monthly, and yearly to plan upcoming schedule and activities based on company priorities.

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4. Sacrifice: Knowing that trade-offs are a natural part of leadership, the leadership team makes sacrifices (without violating their values) to become better leaders. The leadership team “gives more” than their followers do in order to accomplish the company’s vision. The leadership team is willing to give up its “rights” (privileges, perks, status, etc.) to reach their potential as leaders.

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5. Timing: The leadership team expands as much effort figuring out the timing for an initiative as they do figuring out the strategy. The leadership team will launch something using less-than-ideal strategy because they know the timing is right. The leadership team senses whether or not people are ready for an idea.

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6. Growth: The leadership team believes they can grow the organization more rapidly by developing leaders than by any other method. The leadership team spends significant amount of time every week investing in the development of the “top 20 percent” of the company’s leaders. The leadership team wants their leaders to succeed even if that means moving to other (external) positions or opportunities.

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7. Legacy: Individuals on the leadership team have a strong sense of why they are in their job and why they are leading. The leadership team has a robust (healthy) succession plan and they invest in the people who can carry on after them. One of the strongest motivations of company leaders is to leave any team they lead better than they found it.

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