The_Essential_Manager_s_Handbook

160 / DEVELOPING LEADERS

OTHER-

AWARENESS

SELF-

AWARENESS

GUIDANCE

TAKING UP THE NEWLETTING GO OF THE OLD

STATE OF

LEADERSHIP

>>^ Doing more than the job

description

>>^ Performing excellently

>> Accepting more

responsibility

>> Inheriting corporate

memory

>>^ Becoming a team player

>> Suggesting

improvements

>>Greater empathy

>>^ Helping fellow workers

>>^ Being diplomatic

>> Looking for win–win

solutions

>>^ Preferring people to

procedures

>>^ Referring to “We”

>>^ Looking for added value

opportunities

>>^ Accepting responsibility

for growth and results

>> Understanding and

promoting vision and

purpose

>>^ Prioritizing high value

opportunities

>>^ Doing the job description

>>^ Keeping to yourself

>> Focusing on your own

performance

>>^ Carrying out everything

to the letter

>>^ Referring to “I”

>>^ Conforming to previous

procedures

>>^ Carrying out without

challenging

>>^ Not questioning the brief

>>Going your own way

>>^ Focusing only on own

excellence

>>^ Valuing people based

only on technical skills

>>^ Using only financial

indicators

>>^ Focusing on people^

not results

>>^ Going for the easy option

>> Blaming everyone else

for poor performance

Making leadership transitions

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