{"id":1690,"date":"2019-01-18T01:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T01:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.resourcezoneinternational.com\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2019-06-23T01:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T01:31:45","slug":"develop-your-leadership-effectiveness-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/?p=1690","title":{"rendered":"Develop Your Leadership Effectiveness (4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life-long learners constantly cycle through a developmental process to sharpen their leadership skills. It may be intuitive or it may be intentional. But the 6 steps they follow are real:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>LEARN-EMPOWER-ASSESS-DECIDE-EVALUATE-REVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fourth step in the leadership developmental process is DECIDE<\/strong>:\u00a0know how<\/strong><\/em> and what to measure<\/strong><\/em> to ensure the vision, the goals and the team member\u2019s contributions are on track.<\/p>\n

Goals can be measured in four key areas:<\/p>\n

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  1. Quality<\/li>\n
  2. Quantity<\/li>\n
  3. Cost<\/li>\n
  4. Timeliness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I\u2019ve had very similar conversations in both the business and ministry context. It seems to come down to this \u2013 You measure, what matters!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Quantitative data is the easier to come by.\u00a0 For example, the number of bodies on seats each Sunday.\u00a0 Cost and time are concrete.<\/p>\n

    Qualitative measures are a bit more complicated to track; but can be done.\u00a0 Bottom line, effective leaders track the measures that are the best indicators of, or lack of, progress against the goal. In their book\u00a0The 4 Disciplines of Execution<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the authors introduce Wildly Important Goals (WIGs). From their experience, the challenge comes not to create the goal; but when the team executes<\/em> the plan to reach the goal!\u00a0To support leaders, the authors break down Wildly Important Goals (WIGS) into Lead and Lag Measures.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>Lead Measures<\/strong>\u00a0are focused on the outcomes you are aiming for in the WIG \u2013 these are:<\/p>\n