GROUNDED SERVICE
A blog for all the reluctant leaders who know what needs to get done, step up to shoulder their responsibility, and make a difference
FOREWORD
This work is intended to be a concise handbook for emerging and experienced leaders to provide a reality based systematic approach towards rapidly developing or enhancing competency and coherence in leadership. Key references are cited and the intent is to provide a few new ideas framed in the backdrop of concisely summarized great works the reader should further explore on their journey of development.
1. INTRODUCTION: Getting Results
After being critical in the foreword of oversimplification of complex systems I will immediately launch into a simplified modelling of something highly complex. This is a common practice in science and engineering in order to be able to take a complex problem and at least reduce it to complicated and make design decisions. The skilled engineer or scientist makes the right simplifying assumptions, AND is aware of the limitations and dangers inherent in those assumptions and when the model will break down.
5 Conclusion
Really great leadership boils down to:
Getting the right people on the bus, in the right seat (Collins)
Knowing who you are, where you are going and effectively communicating it.
Leading by example. Including in building people up and developing mutual respect and coherence.
Your organization’s Values matter. Codify them and live them out. At least one of your core values must have a direct connection to physical reality. These values are the foundation upon which decision making rests.
"Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership."
- Peter Drucker