Five levels of leadership
Ah, the end of the year. Time for those all-important performance reviews and planning for 2010.
The strength of an organization is proportional to the strength of its people to lead — first themselves, then critical functions of the organization, and, ultimately, the organization itself.
The following are five levels of leadership that any company can consider when developing 2010 performance plans.
| Level |
What it involves |
Applies to |
| Personal |
- Managing promises
- Being a good team player
- Accountability
- Respect for others
- Being an ambassador for the company
|
Everyone in the organization |
| Project |
- Managing multiple responsibilities
- Coordinating actions among multiple employees
|
Project leaders. This can be anyone in the organization assigned to lead a specific project. |
| Client |
- Fostering a deep client relationship
- Annual client planning
- Managing a team of people
- Setting and managing priorities
- Industry perspective, especially trends and competition
- Business development
|
Client team leaders |
| Organizational |
- Managing an organizational function (e.g. HR, IT, marketing, etc.)
- Balancing organizational priorities with client priorities
|
Leadership or associates being groomed for leadership |
| Strategic |
- Protecting mission and vision
- Charting the future for the organization
- Building an engaging culture
- Annual organization planning
- Maintaining financial soundness
- Developing new business
|
CEO, president, and other top leaders |
Related posts:
- Five levels of leadership
- Fearless Leadership
- The Leadership Challenge
- Leadership blind spots
- Bridging the strategy-to-performance gap
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January 12th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
I have always liked “developmental” (evolutionary) models of leadership and consciousness– as the “five levels” of leadership… in my recent book however, I go into much more nuance as to how bravery (bravado), courage, fear-less, fearlessness and fearless, evolve hierarchically, one from the other, and for sure they synch with the five levels (above) to some degree. I am pleased to announce my new transdisciplinary study (and book) just published: “The World's Fearlessness Teachings: A Critical Integral Approach to Fear Management/Education for the 21st Century” (University Press of America, 2010). If you email me I'll send you a pdf book flyer, otherwise you can read about the book from bookseller online, and/or go to updated discussion of my book themes at my blog (http://fearlessnessteach.blogspot.com). I'm all for fearless leadership, as long as we critically examine, explore, and learn what “fearless” really means, and in my thesis, based on a lot of evidence (E-W), there are distinctions and qualities to be made, and so often “fearless leadership” is used in populist ways that is very distortive. But the spirit of wanting “fearless leadership” is valid and I appreciate it coming into business discourses and education.
-R. Michael Fisher, Ph.D.
Educational Consultant
Fearologist