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The Total
Leader™
"Building
Leaders for the 21st Century!" |
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The
Total
Leader Concept
is a four phase process based on proven
principles and experience for complete leadership
development.
As the world of business has changed and evolved, the need
for effective leaders has skyrocketed. For businesses to
become truly empowering and innovative enterprises, they
must develop leaders throughout the organization. In fact,
the organization of the future is an organization where
everyone is a leader. It is only when people are able to
lead themselves that they are actually empowered to be
creative and innovative. This means leadership must be
developed in every employee!
This is the very foundation of our
Total
Leader Concept
and it is based on two vital
principles:
- The first principle is that for
organizations to succeed in the 21st century, they must
develop leaders throughout the total organization
- The second principle is that for
leadership development to be effective, it must utilize
a complete, integrated, total leadership development
process
Too many organizations have attempted to
develop leaders with a fragmented, piecemeal, hit and miss
approach. They focus on one area, or one attribute, or one
facet of leadership believing that is all they need.
Leadership is much more complex than that. Trying to develop
leaders this way is like trying to become a professional
golfer by only practicing your putting. The best golfers are
total golfers-they excel at driving, approach shots, sand
shots, pitching, chipping and putting. They also must
possess the confidence and mental strength to perform in the
heat of competition.
The same is true for leaders. The best
leaders,
Total
Leaders, excel at all parts
and facets of leadership. The
Total
Leader Concept identifies four
critically important areas that a person must master to
become a
Total
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1. Personal
Productivity
Personal productivity is the
ability to manage yourself, manage your time and manage your
priorities to operate at maximum effectiveness.
2.
Personal Leadership
Personal leadership is the
ability to lead yourself, to be a leader of your own life. Most
people just let life happen to them and then suffer the
consequences. Personal leaders determine the life they want, and
then through planning and action make it happen. Personal leadership
also means becoming a Total Person® – growing and
developing in all six areas of life.
3. Motivational
Leadership
Motivational leadership is the
ability to lead and motivate others. A motivational leader
understands that people are the source of all progress and
innovation, and thus the key to success in the 21st century. A
motivational leader is able to help people develop and utilize more
of their full potential.
4. Strategic
Leadership
Strategic leadership is the
ability to lead an organization. A strategic leader is able to
define and develop the purpose and vision of the organization, the
key strategies, the optimum structure, the right people in the right
roles, and the most effective processes for an organization to
succeed
The
Total Leader Concept
is a thorough, comprehensive, complete, whole leadership development
process. It literally develops people into
Total Leaders!
It’s difficult to imagine that a top leader in an organization could
really be effective if they were missing one or more of these key
components. Many leaders today are frustrated because they haven’t had
the opportunity to develop all four areas. They feel like they are
standing on the first tee of an important golf tournament and they’ve
never practiced a single swing with their driver. The only thing they
have ever practiced is how to putt.
That is exactly the problem with leadership development today. When all
you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail! The time
has come for a new paradigm. A new process for developing leaders.
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