Aligning Leadership Behaviors
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Alignment is not an innate
characteristic of an organization….
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Alignment occurs
when leaders practice specific
behaviors within a flexible
structure that effectively
engages the hearts of the
those around them.
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Four Aligning Leadership Attributes
Practices Intention: Consistently
expresses purpose for all leadership actions.
Capacity for “Seeing”: Expert ability to
see the unobvious, To see the same things
differently.
Engagement Skills: Exceptional
ability to create trusting
relationships.
Facilitates Adaptive Change:
Continuously effects changes for constant
improvement. Does not tolerate the status
quo.
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Intention creates vision.
It links process to outcome.
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Seeing creates possibility.
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Engagement doesn’t lead to quality of life…
It is quality of life.
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Source: Brenda Zimmerman - Getting to Maybe
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Simple and Complicated problems
require technical solutions.
Complex problems
adaptive8
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Alignment brings beauty to our work
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Do not let what you cannot
do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
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