Leadersh|p Sk||| Deve|opment 1he Iour r|nc|p|es of a n|gh erformance Leader

by eLer McLean
Leaders and Lop managers creaLe Lhe culLure of Lhelr buslness lL ls Lherefore crlLlcally lmporLanL Lo
recrulL and reLaln Lhe rlghL klnds of people aL Lhe Lop ln leadlng and managlng your buslness Lo hlgh
performance
Among oLher Lhlngs people who dlsplay Lhe quallLles of good leadershlp ln buslness are expecLed Lo
be hlghly eLhlcal and organlzed and Lo manage agalnsL Lhe deLalled ob[ecLlves of Lhe small buslness
plan whlle slmulLaneously havlng a grasp of Lhe blg plcLure sLraLeglc agenda of Lhe buslness
ln addlLlon Lhey are expecLed Lo manage budgeLs and flnance well and Lo exhlblL Lhe flner polnLs of
deallng effecLlvely and compasslonaLely wlLh Lhe people ln Lhelr charge Llkewlse Lhey are held
accounLable for developlng new buslness opporLunlLles
uesplLe how dlfflculL lL ls for a slngle lndlvldual Lo meeL all of Lhese dlverse expecLaLlons more and
more Lhls ls preclsely whaL ls belng demanded of Lop managers ln buslness
Pow ls posslble for a leader Lo llve up Lo Lhese sLandards? ln facL Lhere are four prlnclples LhaL lf
adopLed and pracLlced conslsLenLly wlll help Lhe buslness manager achleve a coherenL and
congruenL managemenL approach LhaL dellvers hlgh performance and achleves ouLsLandlng resulLs
noL [usL wlLhln Lhemselves buL lndeed wlLhln Lhe people around Lhem as well
ossess a ersona| Sense of M|ss|on V|s|on and Va|ues

ln Lhe valuebased buslness Lhls ls Lhe cenLerlng prlnclple for Lhe hlghly effecLlve buslness person
?ou musL know Lhe ground on whlch you sLand aL Lhe personal level Lo ensure hlgh leveraged
buslness acLlvlLy and hlgh performance ouLcomes ln Lhe sphere of Lhe buslness
lf you are noL personally grounded ln a sLrong sense of Mlsslon you have no clarlLy of vlslon you are
unsure of your personal values and Lhe behavlor you expecL of yourself and you wlll qulLe slmply
never become a hlgh performlng buslness person
Cnly when you have Lhese baslc elemenLs of Mlsslon vlslon and values rlghL ln your own llfe can
you allgn Lhem wlLh Lhose of your buslness Champlons ln buslness are deflned by Lhe facL LhaL Lhelr
personal goals and ob[ecLlves are allgned wlLh Lhose of Lhelr buslness
Deve|op a ersona| Sense of kespons|b|||ty and Accountab|||ty

Pavlng deflned and clearly arLlculaLed your own sense of Mlsslon vlslon and values you musL Lhen
develop wlLhln yourself a personal psychology LhaL ls grounded ln Laklng responslblllLy and belng
accounLable for your own performance ln achlevlng buslness ouLcomes
1hls mlnd seL comes abouL by maklng a dellberaLe cholce Lo develop your skllls ln Lhls respecL ?ou
musL choose Lo speak and acL ln keeplng wlLh your personal value base use poslLlve words 8efuse
Lo make excuses never blame oLhers lace up Lo your own mlsLakes locus on Lhe reallLles of a
buslness slLuaLlon Always llsLen Lo whaL oLhers are saylng ConLrol your Longue and ask quesLlons
1hese are Lhe slgns of Lhe exerclslng emoLlonal lnLelllgence ln buslness
lf you pracLlce Lhls prlnclple you wlll flnd LhaL you speak wlLh lnLegrlLy and behave ln ways LhaL
dellver ouLsLandlng performance aL Lhe lnLrapersonal lnLerpersonal and buslness levels
lurLher adherence Lo Lhls prlnclple lnsures LhaL all your acLlon ls allgned and drlven by your own
value base
Sharpen ersona| Sk|||s |n Shar|ng Informat|on and Commun|cat|ng Lffect|ve|y

1he Lhlrd prlnclple ln becomlng a hlgh performance buslness person ls creaLlng a buslness
envlronmenL where lnformaLlon sharlng and communlcaLlon are open and LransparenL
lf you work on Lhe premlse LhaL all achlevemenL ln buslness comes as Lhe resulL of worklng wlLh
Lhrough and for oLhers you wlll be pleasanLly surprlsed by Lhe lmpacL and Lhe resulLs LhaL Lhls
approach dellvers ln Lhe enhancemenL of corporaLe Leam bulldlng
8y operaLlng ln Lhls way a mulLlplylng effecL occurs whlch lnsures all acLlvlLles ln Lhe buslness are
lnLegraLed and opLlmlzed
1he hlgh performance buslness person develops and sharpens Lhelr skllls ln lnformaLlon sharlng and
communlcaLlon as parL of a never endlng cycle of learnlng
8y followlng Lhls prlnclple and creaLlng a buslness culLure of openness and Lransparency we bulld
LrusL ln all of our relaLlonshlps and lncrease and enhance Lhe lnvolvemenL of oLhers ln effecLlve
declslon maklng LhroughouL Lhe organlzaLlon
Learn now to Ident|fy Gaps and Manage 1hem

1he flnal prlnclple ls Lhe leadershlp prlnclple Leadershlp ls Lhe ablllLy Lo ldenLlfy and assess buslness
gaps and manage Lhe processes and people Lo address Lhem
Leadershlp ln buslness ls also Lhe ablllLy Lo see Lhe opporLunlLy for creaLlng a new gap and Lhen
brldglng lL by lnLroduclng processes Lo address lLs closure Consclously creaLlng and brldglng such
gaps propels Lhe buslness Lo new hlgher levels of performance and success
1hls prlnclple bullds on Lhe second prlnclple of personal responslblllLy and accounLablllLy dlscussed
above Learnlng how Lo see problems and creaLe opporLunlLles ls a sklll LhaL Lhe successful buslness
person develops ln Lhemselves ln order Lo develop lL however Lhe leader musL flrsL have a clear
sense of responslblllLy and accounLablllLy
ln developlng and pracLlclng Lhls sklll Lhe leader lnsures LhaL all of Lhe people around Lhem are
equlpped wlLh Lhe rlghL mlnd seL an effecLlve Lool seL and are Lhemselves developlng Lhe skllls
requlred ln exerclslng Lhls leadershlp prlnclple LhroughouL Lhe buslness
AdopLlng Lhe four prlnclples ouLllned above and pracLlclng Lhem conLlnually dellvers hlgh
performance buslness people poslLlve work culLures and successful buslness resulLs

eLer McLean ls a hlghly experlenced Coach Senlor Manager ConsulLanL 8uslness Cwner and
Company ulrecLor Pe successfully coaches Lop LxecuLlves ln some of AusLrallas leadlng mulLl
naLlonal companles Cne such Senlor LxecuLlve recenLly won an lnLernaLlonal Award for Lxcellence
wlLhln hls parLlcular fleld ln addlLlon eLer works exLenslvely ln Lhe ubllc rlvaLe Commerclal and
noLforroflL secLors dellverlng ouLsLandlng resulLs for hls cllenLs 1o learn more of how you can
beneflL from eLers experlence vlslL Lhe LssenLlal 8uslness Coach web slLe!