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Decoding leadership: What really matters
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4 kinds of behavior
... account for 89 percent of leadership effectiveness:
- Solving problems effectively;
- Operating with a strong results orientation;
- Seeking different perspectives;
- Supporting others.
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Effective problem solving
Problem-solving - when information is gathered, analyzed, and considered.
Difficult to get right, yet this process is a key input into decision making, for both major issues and daily ones.
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Results orientation
Leaders with a strong results orientation tend to emphasize the importance of efficiency and productivity and to prioritize the highest-value work.
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Seeking different perspectives
Leaders who do well on this dimension typically base their decisions on sound analysis and avoid the many biases to which decisions are prone.
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Supportive leaders
By showing a sincere interest in those around them, they build trust and inspire and help colleagues to overcome challenges.
They intervene in group work to promote organizational efficiency, allaying unwarranted fears about external threats and preventing the energy of employees from dissipating into internal conflict.
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Separate reflection from real work
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Skills Needed In Digital Leaders
- Work together, complement each other, and function as a team.
- Able to operate on and enable environments that are more dynamic, team-centric, and connected.
- Lead and build teams and partner with the broader ecosystems, keep people connected and engaged, and drive a culture of innovation, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Lead a workforce that includes contractors, the contingent workforce, and crowd talent.
- Understand how different business functions, industries, and technologies come together to form solutions.
- Comfortable and competent with risk-taking.
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Curiosity leads us to generate alternatives
When our curiosity is triggered, we are less likely to fall prey to confirmation bias (looking for information that supports our beliefs rather than for evidence suggesting we are ...
Curiosity and innovation
Encouraging people to be curious generates workplace improvements.
When we are curious, we view tough situations more creatively. Studies have found that curiosity is associated with less defensive reactions to stress and less aggressive reactions to provocation.
Reduced group conflict
Curiosity encourages members of a group to put themselves in one another’s shoes and take an interest in one another’s ideas rather than focus only on their own perspective.
Thus, conflicts are less heated, and groups achieve better results.