The Modern Leadership Issue - 7

PERFORMANCE MATTERS / PG 7
leading outside the organization
Many leaders also bring their leadership skills into contexts like community,
religious, and philanthropic organizations. Thankfully, the skills of modern
leadership that enable someone to lead self, others, and the organization
are transferable outside the organization to serve a broad set of
stakeholders. (To learn more about leading with a stakeholder
orientation, go to page 36.)
At this leadership layer, the questions leaders explore may include
some similar to those from leading the organization, but may also
move into broader areas of interconnectivity and impact:
* How might I lead in external organizations that are aligned
with my company?
* How could my leadership build synergy for both?
* How am I going to help shape the future of this organization?
* How and where can my unique strengths and passions benefit
this organization?
Leadership is not a static thing-you have to
stay agile and be ready to flex your style to the situation. Leadership is
difficult and it should be. It is not meant to be easy. It isn't something you just
do-not a step on the ladder of a career. Leadership should be a passion for others, a
commitment to the right things to do for the people of the business, because they are the
business...Give yourself grace-you don't have every answer, you aren't in control of everything.
- Milen Mahadevan, President and CEO, 84.51 (a division of Kroger)
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