Leadership Qualities Framework

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Leadership Qualities Framework
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Leaders find meaning in negative events and learn
from trying experiences. It is the combination of
hardiness and ability to grasp context that
allows a person to convert the crucible of
experience into learning. Bennis and Thomas, 2002
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Leading from Within

• Exhibiting self-awareness, emotional intelligence
  and resilience
• Understanding how biases influence underlying
  beliefs, assumptions and behaviors
• Clearly articulating own frames of reference and
  mental models
• Modeling principled and ethical behavior
• Accurately identifying own strengths and areas
  for development engaging in action oriented
  self-reflection

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Creating the Future

• Providing clarity of purpose promoting
  organizational alignment
• Understanding the larger environment
• Identifying cultural blocks and other
  organizational impediments to change and taking a
  role in dismantling those obstacles
• Encouraging and supporting others to take
  positive risks rewarding innovation

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Managing Complexity

• Leading change through systems conceptual
  thinking
• Managing across boundaries and in diverse
  environments
• Building and nurturing webs of relationships
  established on mutual trust and respect
• Negotiation and influencing

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Building Human and Knowledge Capital

• Developing talent and guiding high performance at
  all organizational levels
• Demonstrating effective coaching
• Developing effective, highly motivated and
  connected teams
• Creating an environment that promotes global
  connection and organizational learning