TRANSITIONSGrowing Your Organization and Growing as a Leader Simultaneously

Dr De Hicks, President/CEOSCGI Performance Management Consulting for Leaders

IS YOUR MISSION BIG ENOUGH?

As your organizations grows, am I growing as well?

What are the stages of organizational growth? What are the key competencies and skills I

need to lead a growing enterprise?

HOW DO ORGANIZATIONS GROW?

People: Me Me + 1 Small Team Group Groups

Traditional: Revenue and Position Driven Growth

Personality Vision Plan Execution Impact

Organic: Expand and Contract Opportunistically

Greiner’s Model: 5 Phases of Growth (Crisis-Driven)

STATIC EXPERTISE OR DYNAMIC EXPERTISE?

I’m good at something I’m good at getting good at things Questions:

Do you know how you learn?

Do you rearrange your world so you learn?

Corollary: Change is Learning

COMPETENCIES OF HIGH IMPACT LEADERS

Obsessive about creating understanding and action

Think “We” Resilient: They know what matters…and what

doesn’t Emotionally Consistent; Optimistic

Explanatory Style Sport Mentality Obstacles are not in the way, they are the way

SKILLS OF HIGH IMPACT LEADERS

Compelling communicators create clarity and alignment

Spot Talent Group Talented People Together Results Orientation (Create ROWE) Prioritize According to Leverage

IS IT ME?

Am I the motivator or does my team have larger, intrinsic motivators?

Am I delaying anything because I don’t have time to get to it?

Do I make organizational decisions based on what I like or dislike?

Do I need to give approval for details?

Am I the only one who understands?

Am I the only one who has the relationship?

Do people on my team feel the need to make me happy?

Do I think “add” or “multiply” when it comes to my time?

Am I busier than last year?

THE FOUR HABITS OF HIGH IMPACT LEADERS

Think backwards Think Leverage What matters? We not Me (and, the resources already exist)

SCGIPERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FOR LEADERS CONTACT: DONNIE QUITUGUA, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DONNIE@DEHICKS.COM