Have you ever been on 'the tube', aka subway, in London, England? The Mind the Gap signs are everywhere.
Do you know what competencies are?
Competencies are agreed upon behaviours between Human Resources or The Board and the individual that would signal that a particular desired skill is being met on a consistent basis.
The American Management Association and the HR Institute conducted an extensive Leadership study in 2005 that revealed the following as the top desired leadership competencies:
1) Strategy development
2) Communication skills
3) Developing leaders
4) Hiring talent
5) Fostering creativity and innovation
6) Driving for results/satisfaction
7) Know the organization
8) Role Model for values
9) Ethical behaviour
10) Know the industry, government, associations
11) Building internal relations
12) Aligning organization with the market/stakeholders
Putting It Into Action:
If your organization had to post the CEO position tomorrow, what would the required leadership competencies look like? Determine how many of those competencies you already possess and you would rate as highly effective. Identify what behaviours you can begin doing today to diminish your leadership competencies gap.
With you along the path towards success,
Joseph