Review, Focus, Reset
During the months of December and January, Compete Weekly will present a selection of nine key thought pieces from the 2017 series that will help you focus and reset for 2018.
Article Seven – Choosing Worthy Leaders
The single most important factor in determining the success of a business is leadership.
But despite all the research that has been done on leadership, we still skate around the most important trait of a leader: character.
When it comes to selecting people to lead our organisations, we are very comfortable in looking at their experience, the results that may be attributed to them, academic qualifications, compatibility and even psychometric testing.
Of course, psychometric testing seeks to provide an insight into someone’s personality and aptitude in a range of areas. But I believe character goes to a deeper level and looks to a person’s moral character, their values and their sense of purpose. And it is through these traits that a worthy leader is to be found.
The ceiling to the success of your business lies in your leadership team’s level of worthiness, with the lowest dominator setting that ceiling. That is, your weakest leader sets the limit to your success.
The market-proven traits of a worthy leader have been known for over 3000 years. Do you apply them in choosing your worthy leaders?
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Additional Reading – ‘Crafting Your Competitive Story To Engage Employee’s Hearts and Minds’
And last week’s article – ‘Supporting The Creative Champions In Your Business’
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Richard Shrapnel
