In the first three modules, we focused on helping you learn about and strengthen three foundational dimensions of future ready leadership – the power of observation, reflective practice and ensemble intelligence.
In this module, our focus moves to a fourth dimension of future ready leadership – shaping the leaders you lead by helping them to learn and grow.
Why? As legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch put it, “Before you are a leader, success is all abut growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
That shift in focus has profound implications for your developmental trajectory as a leader. In fact, it requires you to cultivate a whole new mindset – one that readies you to:
- discern patterns of thought and behavior in others
- recognize when you should prioritize helping others to gain new capabilities
- create learning and growth conditions to support your reports, teams and organization
- integrate fostering growth and development in others into your professional identity skillset
Simultaneously meeting your daily leadership responsibilities, continuing your own learning AND helping others learn make for a very challenging set of endeavors. But they’re all essential to successful leadership.
Your turn
As a thought experiment to get you started, think of an individual you work with. It could be someone who currently reports to you, a teammate or a peer. Then complete this exercise on page 2 of the workbook.
Micro-Lessons for Shaping Leaders
- A New Mindset
- The Leader’s Force Multiplier
- How Leaders Learn
- Four Ways Leaders can Help
- Three Ways Art can Help
- Leaders Shaping Leaders: Case Studies
- First Steps
- Meet Shakespeare, Leadership Guru
- Audit your Progress
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