| Effective leadership begins and ends with the core | | | | recognizes that the adoption of core values is a |
| values. Businesses or organizations with leaders | | | | great performance appraisal tool. If individuals are |
| who consistently demonstrate core values or | | | | not performing according to the core values, |
| those non-negotiable behaviors will always | | | | discussing their performance during those critical |
| outperform those where the values are | | | | appraisal interviews becomes far easier. |
| inconsistently not being demonstrated. | | | | Just imagine for a moment, if you as a business |
| One of my clients recently had to give a | | | | leader had everyone leading from a value |
| presentation to the employees of a company in | | | | centered position? |
| which he was just appointed president. This was | | | | - What would that mean for your business or |
| in an industry that has significant leadership | | | | organization? |
| problems. We worked together to create an | | | | - Would you have less redo's because value |
| effective speech using PowerPoint. (Executive | | | | centered actions would become the prevailing |
| Coaching Tip: PowerPoint is a great tool to outline | | | | attitudes or habits of thought as Zig Ziglar defined |
| a speech even if you are not using this | | | | attitudes? |
| presentation tool to physically deliver the speech.) | | | | - Would you be able to focus more energies on |
| Within this presentation of 21 total slides, the slide | | | | achieving the desired results? |
| for what he perceived as the core values of the | | | | Of course, most businesses lack a strategic action |
| business was repeated 5 times. For his belief as | | | | plan that clearly articulates the core foundational |
| an effective leader is that he must lead first from | | | | statements including the values statement. This |
| these core values as should everyone else. | | | | may help to explain why many of these firms |
| Giving lip service to these values was not an | | | | have failed to achieve their desired results. |
| option. His goal is that within 60 days everyone | | | | P.S. Effective means doing the right thing and |
| will be able to repeat these core values and all | | | | should not be confused with efficient which means |
| actions will be in alignment with these values. | | | | doing things right. |
| Also, this executive business coaching client | | | | |