Go Beyond Innovation, Build a Leadership Culture
Got Leadership Intelligences?
| Organizations Without LI™ | Organizations With LI™ |
| Trapped in Routine Employees are clock-watchers trapped in archaic operating procedures (more commonly called “ruts”) |
Thriving on Innovation Leaders engage in everyday innovation which creates a culture of leadership and innovation throughout the organization |
| Low Morale, High Turnover In the absence of everyday leadership,workplace practices and frictions cause morale to be low, and turnover to be high |
Excitement about work, High Retention Employees are excited about the work they are engaged in; they participate in joint efforts with shared goals; they certainly do not want to leave |
| Inefficient Processes Unclear goals, vague definitions of responsibilities, lack of self-empowerment leads to inefficiencies across the organization |
Productivity Improvements Leaders seek every possible avenue in which they can lead; constant microimprovements create dramatic productivity improvements |
| Vision: Myopic Trapped in everyday crises without an idea of the long-term creates an inability to respond to dynamic markets and environments |
Vision: Strategic Spirit of collective leadership leads to longterm, strategic vision; the organization is flexible and able to respond rapidly to new situations at all levels |
| Backbiting, Backstabbing A culture full of mischief and misgivings creates camps and fosters malignant politics |
Trust Transparent leaders encourage constructive criticism and inspire trust |
| Ego-driven: Focus on “self” “Me-First” employee focuses on what thecompany and colleagues can do for “me” |
‘Other’-driven: Focus on Company and Customers Collective ownership of vision generates a focus on how company can serve market needs better and increase profits |
