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Executive Leadership
Developing Executive Skills
1. Shows interest in learning in a variety of areas.
2. Balances work and personal life.
Gathering Corporate Intelligence
1. Reads industry periodicals.
2. Coordinates analysis of competitor products and services.
Strategic Planning
1. When doing strategic planning, examines organization
strengths and weaknesses.
2. When doing strategic planning, considers the organization's
core competencies.
3. When doing strategic planning, analyzes economic and other
external factors.
Communicating Vision and Direction
1. Describes probable future conditions and potential problems.
2. Communicates a vision for organizational success that sparks
excitement in others.
Focusing on Customers
1. Makes delighting external customers a major goal of business
planning.
2. Makes delighting internal customers a major goal of organizational
development.
3. Places a high priority on improving customer service.
Championing Innovation
1. Encourages others to question accepted practices, patterns
and assumptions.
2. Describes new ways of looking at things and suggests innovative
solutions.
3. Encourages employees to offer suggestions and ideas.
Promoting Ethics
1. "Walks the talk" - demonstrates high ethical standards.
2. Does what is right for the organization, even if not personally
rewarding.
3. Accepts accountability for actions.
Communicating Effectively
1. Communicates easily with people in all parts of the organization.
2. Communicates ideas clearly.
3. Communicates in a logical, organized manner.
Building Relationships
1. Establishes effective relationships with senior executives.
2. Shows knowledge and respect for people's responsibilities
throughout the organization.
3. Establishes trust with people at all levels.
Promoting Internal Communication
1. Encourages managers to give honest feedback to others.
2. Sets up policies that enable inter-departmental coordination
3. Supports efforts to maintain an up-to-date internal computer
network.
Decision Making
1. Brings considerable experience and knowledge of the business
to decisions.
2. Before making decisions, examines in detail all relevant
background information.
3. Before making decisions, gets input from a variety of people.
Leading Change
1. Explains cause and effect of current events on the future.
2. Describes possible future situations and their impact on
the organization.
3. Proactively prepares for the future.
Directing and Inspiring Action
1. Organizes project teams quickly when needed.
2. Ensures that action plans are prepared and used.
3. Requires progress reports for key projects.
Supporting Quality
1. Defines quality for the organization.
2. Works on improving aspects of own leadership.
3. Actively recruits talented people to join the organization.
Developing Leadership
1. Provides a positive role model of effective leadership
behavior for managers.
2. Works on improving aspects of own leadership.
3. Actively recruits talented people to join the organization.
Deploying Organization Assets
1. Relates economic trends to the organization's major business
activities.
2. Explains financial data about the organization's major
business activities.
Supporting the Community
1. Maintains mutually beneficial relationships with community
officials and decision makers.
2. Takes a leadership role in community activities that may
have an impact on the organization.
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