LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Leaders, Develop a Great Work Environment

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The future does not become reality simply because of great people. The future lies in providing an environment where great people are encouraged to develop and exchange innovative ideas, where they are allowed to take the risks needed for greatness, and where they are rewarded and appreciated for their effort.

Only with great people working in a great environment can we achieve great plans. A successful leader, manager and coach must be defined as: one who facilitates the emergence of the innate ability in those that he or she leads, so they have a major and sustainable impact on the present and future plans, performance, and profitable growth of the organization. A leader, manager and coach must be like a thermostat rather than a thermometer — a thermostat that is actively determining and adjusting the environment, rather than a passive thermometer which is simply recording the environment.

The leader, manager and coach must hire, train, retain, and reward the best people, the A-level people who are delivering A-level performance, the people who achieve excellence in everything they do. To be successful in today’s crazy economic environment you need the most knowledgeable and hardest working people you can hire or help develop.

Helping people develop takes courage, because it involves understanding what kind of strengths and skills are required to accomplish the business priorities and then to match the right person to the right job. Mismatches need to be dealt with quickly to give the individual and the organization the edge required for effective execution of the business objectives. This requires a disciplined, planned approach.

To assure success, the organization needs to continue to place as much emphasis on developing a great leadership, management, coaching staff that can put the right talent in the right job, as it applies to keeping spending in line. The strength of an organization does not lie in its structure; it is centered in the collective strength of its leaders/managers and the people they lead.

As you strive to become a great organization, you must continually invest in great people and help them grow. Organizations should make sure that, at every level, their leaders/managers and the talented people they lead have an abundance of high performers to draw from both now and in the future. The objective must be to develop a pipeline of people who have the right attitude and aptitude to allow business sustainability and growth.


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