03/01/2024

Five Fundamentals of Uncommon Leaders

Uncommon leaders are those who engage, develop and value others

How are you... really? Many leaders are struggling. One reason they cannot escape their challenges is they have a gap; they are lacking in one area or another. Think about a football team that is having trouble winning. The keen observer can often pinpoint the problem — is it an offensive or defensive deficit? Are their special teams competent? Maybe, just maybe, the team is not sound with the fundamentals of the game — blocking and tackling.

Our recent study of more than 4,000 leaders from six countries confirmed our hypothesis: Like football and virtually every other discipline in the world, leadership has its own fundamentals. Look at the following and see how you’re doing in these crucial areas.

See the future

Leadership always begins with a picture of the future. Is your image clear and compelling? How much time and energy have you invested to clarify your hopes and dreams for your organization? How much work have you done to cascade your vision throughout your organization? To see the future requires a leader to weave the threads of what you know to be true and what you want to be true into a compelling picture of a better tomorrow.

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