Marshall Goldsmith is one of the most respected executive
coaches in the country and wrote an excellent book, What Got You Here Won't
Get You There. To move to the next level, he suggests we constantly need to
solicit feedback from our peers, reports, friends and family. At his website, you'll
find directions for an exercise he calls Feedforward. And, you’ll
find more about Marshall on my blog post http://bit.ly/2nt7Cg4
Daniel
Goleman is the author of Emotional
Intelligence. In his article, What Makes a Leader?, he explores the
five main components of Emotional Intelligence:
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Regulation
- Motivation
- Empathy
- Social Skill
After you
read the article, ask yourself—as I ask participants in my program, “Which of
the five main components of Emotional Intelligence provides me with the
greatest challenge? Which aspect of that
component? In other words, what could I
focus on to become an even more effective leader?”
As
Goleman said, “People are promoted
for technical, operational and intellectual reasons, but fail for emotional
ones.” And his
colleague, Richard Boyatzis, said, “In a
study of more than 2,000 managers from 12 large organizations, 81% of the
competencies that distinguished outstanding managers were related to emotional
intelligence.”
You can
download the article, What Makes a
Leader? at hbr.org for $8.95 http://bit.ly/2GxWSpB
As
John Maxwell said in The 360° Leader, Developing
Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization, “You don’t need power to bring change to an
organization; you need influence – which is actually a more important skill.”
You can
download the executive summary at http://www.cflblackmba.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Executive-Summary-360-Degree-Leader.pdf or check out any of his books at: http://www.johnmaxwell.com/
McKinsey partner Claudio Feser said in an interview, “We all can lead better by developing a
better understanding of ourselves, so we can make the best of what we have. Our
research suggests that leaders who are self-aware—who know themselves or, as we
put it, are “centered”—are up to four times more effective in managing change
than people who aren’t.”
I have heeded the
recommendations of these two gentlemen as I update my Leader as Influencer program.
Two crucial factors to foster effective leadership are developing a
better understanding of ourselves and developing our ability to influence.
