Direction, Alignment, Commitment: Achieving Better Results through Leadership, Second Edition
By Cynthia McCauley and Lynn Fick-Cooper
()
About this ebook
Related to Direction, Alignment, Commitment
Related ebooks
Compass: Your Guide for Leadership Development and Coaching Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCampbell Leadership Descriptor Facilitator's Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Design an Effective System for Developing Managers and Executives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTalent Conversation: What They Are, Why They're Crucial, and How to Do Them Right Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Developing Effective Teams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDevelopmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResponses to Change: Helping People Manage Transition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Leadership in Action Series: On Selecting, Developing, and Managing Talent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTracking Your Development Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBroadening Your Organizational Perspective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEighty-Eight Assignments for Development in Place Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOngoing Feedback: How To Get It, How To Use It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBecoming a Leader Coach: A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Your People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development - 2nd Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdaptability: Responding Effectively to Change Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Making Common Sense: Leadership as Meaning-making in a Community of Practice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInfluence: Gaining Commitment, Getting Results (Second Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeadership Brand: Deliver on Your Promise Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Better Conversations Every Day®: 4 Core Skills That Will Change the Way You Lead and Live Your Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDirection, Alignment, Commitment: Achieving Better Results Through Leadership, First Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeedback That Works for Nonprofit Organizations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAppreciative Leadership (PB) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Feedback That Works: How to Build and Deliver Your Message, Second Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Experience Explorer Facilitator's Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJob Challenge Profile, Facilitator Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLearning From Life: Turning Life's Lessons Into Leadership Experience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPerformance Conversations: How to Use Questions to Coach Employees, Improve Productivity, and Boost Confidence (Without Appraisals!) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVisual Explorer Facilitator's Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches, and Trainers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Leadership For You
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed: The Definitive Book on Value Investing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 15th Anniversary Infographics Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emotional Intelligence Habits Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Robert's Rules of Order: The Original Manual for Assembly Rules, Business Etiquette, and Conduct Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Communicating at Work Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves: Cheat Sheet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Minds for the Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else's Maze Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Overcoming Impossible: Learn to Lead, Build a Team, and Catapult Your Business to Success Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 360 Degree Leader Workbook: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Direction, Alignment, Commitment
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Direction, Alignment, Commitment - Cynthia McCauley
DO YOU HAVE A LEADERSHIP PROBLEM?
Is your group getting results? Is it hitting targets, achieving quality standards, meeting deadlines, making timely decisions, or exceeding stakeholders’ expectations? If you answered no
to any of these questions, whether you are the leader or a member of the group, you should explore the roots of the problems your group might be experiencing.
Do you have the most capable and diverse talent or resources in the group to get the job done? Is the group basing its work on faulty assumptions (e.g., what clients or customers value most, the promise of a new technology, the willingness of different agencies or divisions to cooperate)? Has something in your organization’s environment changed, such as additional competition or new forms of regulation, making the group’s original aims unrealistic or irrelevant?
Or do you have a leadership problem?
The most common definition of a leadership problem
is a leader problem
—a problem stemming from the person or people in charge, such as managers, chairpersons, or team leaders. Are they not doing their jobs? How can they improve their effectiveness? Do they need to be replaced? It is reasonable to examine what the individuals with formal authority in the group are or are not doing that is contributing to the group not achieving results. However, the quick leap from leadership problem
to leader problem
can create a myopic view of the problem.
Leadership involves far more than the person who holds a formal title. It is a social process that enables individuals to work together as a cohesive group to produce collective results—results they could never achieve working as individuals. Central to the process are the interactions and exchanges between all group members. The process is influenced by the skills and values of the individuals involved, the diversity of the people and the quality of relationships in the group, formal structures and procedures, and the group’s culture and informal routines (see DAC Leadership Framework
below). To diagnose the source of the problems impacting the groups’ collective success, one needs to take a whole systems rather than an individual leader perspective. Formal leaders are an important part of the system, yet they are only one component in the multi-faceted and dynamic process of producing