Encyclopedia of Leadership

2.4 VISIONING AND VISION STATEMENTS Inspired by Peter Block, John Kotter, and Peter Senge. A key distinction of a leader is the ...

HOW DOES A VISION STATEMENT FIT WITH OTHER STATEMENTS? If you lead a unit or a project inside a larger organization, your vision ...

Vet with some key stakeholders: − Explain what you are trying to do with a vision statement and why. − Verbally present your e ...

RELATED LEADERSHIP TOOLS 1.10 The GAS Model 2.3 Directional Statements 3.2 Sigmoid Curve 2.2 7S Model 2.6 Clarifying Purpose 5.1 ...

2.5 VALUES AND LEADERSHIP Inspired by Ken Blanchard, Michael O’Connor, James Kouzes, Barry Posner, Patricia Jones, Larry Kahaner ...

EXAMPLES OF VALUE STATEMENTS To help you get a sense of the power and impact of values, search the Web sites of organiza- tions ...

A gang of thieves can share values, but they are in violation of ...fundamental principles.” Consistent with the values of this ...

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2.6 CLARIFYING PURPOSE: HARNESSING PEOPLE POWER IN ORGANIZATIONS Inspired by John Jones, Patricia Jones, Larry Kahaner, and nume ...

NESTED PURPOSES A specific purpose keeps a workgroup or team in touch with the larger organizational purpose. Each purpose shoul ...

purpose comes as a result of allowing others to influence in meaningful ways, not simply through directing, informing, or sharin ...

2.7 WRITING CLEAR GOAL STATEMENTS Inspired by Russell Ackoff, Shaun Murphy, and David Irvine. The goal of writing goals is not t ...

Action Plan:As you write your intent and goal statements, a hodgepodge of ideas for achiev- ing your goals will likely come rush ...

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2.8 MEASURING SUCCESS: THE BALANCED SCORECARD Inspired by Robert S. Kaplan, David Norton, Joseph and Jimmie Boyett, David Ulrich ...

There are no magic measures. They will be different for each organization, depending on the organization and its direction. They ...

WEB WORKSHEET Think about a balanced scorecard for yourself, your workgroup or team, your business unit, or your organization. A ...

TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC THINKING With the business environment changing so rapidly in this dot- com age of sound bites and e-commerc ...

3.1 THE LEADER AS STRATEGIST Inspired by Joseph and Jimmie Boyett, Michael Porter, Gary Hamel, C. K. Prahalad, Lee Perry et al., ...

HOW TO USE THIS LEADERSHIP TOOL “As Kierkegaard once observed, life is lived forward but understood backward. Managers may have ...