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Effective Leadership: Three Indicators to Measure Yourself

Am I the most effective leader I can be? Isabout doing it without him being physically
my organization well led? Do I always havepresent. This is a truly effective
to be present for my organization to get theleader.Clearly understood standards and
job done? These are questions that everyexpectations are key. Without them, an
leader should be asking himself. The trulyorganization will only do what it is told to
honest answers may not always be pleasant.Fordo on a recurring basis. With no one
smaller to medium sized organizationsphysically there to tell them what to do, it
departments that are part of a largerwill flounder. An effective leader sets
enterprise, my three key indicators ofclear standards and expectations allowing a
effective leadership will enable a leader towell-trained organization to function
determine if he is being effective. For theeffectively during his occasional
senior leaders of large enterprises, such asabsence.I've frequently heard workers say "We
Fortune 500 companies, more indicators, suchwork better without the boss; he only gets in
as increasing shareholder wealth, would bethe way." However, the truth is the vast
needed to assess effective leadership.majority of workers want their leader to
However, large enterprises should use thesesucceed and be effective. Part of that
three indicators to measure the effectivenesssuccess is your organization being able to
of their junior to middle level leadership.survive your occasional absence without a
All three must be present to indicate trulydrop-off in effectiveness. A department with
effective leadership.The first indicator isorganizational discipline succeeds despite
Proficiency which I define as the "thethe occasional absence of its leader.
organization knows the job thoroughly andAdditionally, your boss should notice the
does it well." Proficiency is a result ofwell-trained, disciplined team that you have
both individual and group training. Alldeveloped when you are away.My third
organizations know that individuals must beindicator of effective leadership is High
trained, but individual training should beMorale, defined as "Employees exhibit a
tailored to improving the organization'spositive state of mind; they are proud to be
effectiveness. An individual's training mustpart of the organization."High morale
contribute positively to theindicates that proficiency and organizational
organization.Additionally, in my book, Smalldiscipline are well received, indeed,
Unit Leadership, I advocate group trainingexpected by the people in the organization.
whenever possible, even as a conference roomOrganizations can have proficiency and
exercise if necessary. Athletic teams andorganizational discipline without high
military units use individual training to getmorale, but the proficiency and
to a common language/understanding and theyorganizational discipline will come from fear
then train as a team for maximumor another negative leadership trait.
effectiveness. Why can't otherExperience tells me that negative leadership
organizations? It might require someworks for only short periods of
creativity, but that's not a bad thing.Also,time.Conversely, for a time, there can be
a leader must never assume proficiency.high morale in an organization without
Train as necessary, but always inspect forproficiency and organizational discipline.
proficiency. Many potentially great leadersHowever, a lack of proficiency and
never moved forward in their careers becauseorganizational discipline will eventually
they failed to exercise one of my principles,lead to chaos, never allowing the
"Inspect what you expect." This includesorganization to reach its goals and
inspecting for proficiency.My secondobjectives.High morale by itself will not
indicator of effective leadership isallow an organization to attain its goals.
Organizational Discipline, which I define asHowever, it will confirm that, if the
"In the absence of the leader or keyorganization is meeting its standards and
personnel, the organization executes well andexpectations, then the leader is using
initiates appropriate action." Many leaderspositive, forceful leadership.Drawing on his
believe that to be effective, they must beexperiences in the U. S. Marines, in the
present nearly all the time. They believecorporate world, as a coach, and as a small
that when they take vacation that theirbusiness owner, Greg Ballard has published
organization will struggle without them.his book Small Unit Leadership, a concise,
However, when a truly effective leader takesyet definitive guide for new, junior, and
vacation, his organization can run for amiddle level leaders. His accumulated
period of time without his physical presence.knowledge and insights greatly benefit not
This is because he has set clear standardsonly individuals in positions of
and expectations and has ingrained a sense ofresponsibility, but also those companies or
responsibility in his people. His peopleorganizations that have multiple levels of
understand what has to be done and they goleadership.



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