Leadership Competencies
See & Free Leadership Library References Signature Leadership Series
| SELF AWARENESS | I know myself. I know my purpose. I am aware how my traits, actions and feelings impact others and am able to regulate myself under pressure |
| INTEGRITY | I demonstrate honesty, fairness and ethics in everything I do…especially when nobody is looking |
| TENACITY | I show determination, ingenuity, resilience and persistence, especially when challenged |
| RESPECT | I recognize and empathize with other’s experiences, dreams, perspectives and abilities, even when I don’t agree with them - I show up in deeds more than words |
| ENGAGEMENT | I prioritize winning trust and commitment by making work meaningful and motivating. I ensure everyone has the info, resources, and empowerment to make decisions and get things done. |
| COMMUNICATION | I listen to learn and understand and put my ideas across effectively, through the best means, backing up my opinions and conclusions with facts |
| VISION | I paint a picture of where we are going and why, ensuring everyone knows their roles to work together most effectively, inspiring them to achieve our collective goals over time |
| RESOURCEFULNESS | I exercise great judgment, using the organization's resources (time, people & money) and my professional network in the best, most beneficial ways |
| OWNERSHIP | I act like an owner by doing what I say I will, taking responsibility for mistakes and failures, and consistently meeting expectations and delivering results |
References by lesson
- MODULE 1
- Lesson 1: The importance of balance
- Beyond Business Instinct, Prats & Aguiles (2012), Article
- Action-Centered Leadership, an overview of Adair (1973), Article
- Leadership Styles When East Meets West, Bridge Partnership (2014), Blog Post
- Lesson 2: How to engage and motivate others
- The Head, Heart and Hands of Transformation, Boston Consulting Group (2018), Article
- https://rhrinternational.com/, RHR International (2000)
- MODULE 2
- Lesson 2: My Leadership Path
- Lars Sudmann, Great Leadership Starts with Self Leadership (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlpKyLklDDY_)
- MasterClass Live with Sara Blakely (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml35J1s0gCI)
- Salmony “Individual entrepreneurial orientation: Considering a transition from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship”
- Entrepreneurship as a State of Mind, Ankur Warikoo
- Mentoring 101 - How to establish a Mentoring Relationship
- Lesson 3: My Unique, Special & Different
- My Ikigai
- MODULE 3
- Lesson 1: My Leadership Values
- From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership (Jansen Kramer, Jr, 2011)
- The Value of Core Values (Lisa Huetteman, 2012)
- Master Class: Leadership Values
- Lesson 2: Exploring my Environment & Circumstances
- Everyone Wants to Work Here: Attract the Best Talent, Energize Your Team, and Be the Leader in Your Market (Maura Thomas, 2023)
- “What’s the optimal environment for your workplace?” (HBR, 2022)
- Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Articles on Work Environment
- Lesson 3: The importance of Trust & Credibility
- Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff (Peterson, 2020)
- 3 Steps to Build the Conviction Every Leader Needs (Han, 2023)
- Leadership Scorecard Example
- MODULE 4
- Lesson 1: Open Minded Leadership
- How to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs (HBR, 2023)
- Illuminating the foundational role that mindsets should play in leadership development (Gottfredson & Reina)
- How to choose your mindset: One essential practice all leaders need to know (Blog post, Bridge Partnership 2020)
- Lesson 2: How to Recover and Re-Engage
- Calming your Brain during Conflict (HBR, 2015)
- How to stop your amygdala from hijacking your emotions (Neuropsych, 2023)
- 6 Steps to Emotional Self-Regulation (Zahrai, 2020)
- MODULE 5
- Lesson 1: The relationship of Vision, Brand & Culture
- “Are your company’s brand and culture aligned?” (Thornton, 2019)
- Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Brands (Yohn, 2018)
- Lesson 2: Leadership’s role in shaping Culture
- Warrick (2017) What Leaders need to know about Organizational Culture
- Rhoades (2017) Creating Organizational Cultures based on Values and Performance (2017)
- MODULE 6
- Lesson 1: Management vs Leadership: What’s the Difference?
- Leadership Skills for Successful Managers: Proven Strategies for Motivating Teams and Achieving your Goals (Lagrone, 2023)
- Leadership vs. Management; What’s the Difference? (HBR, 2019)
- Lesson 2: High Performing Teams
- The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performing Organization (Katzenbach & Smith, 2015)
- High performing teams: An evidence review (CIPD, 2023)
- Lesson 3: The Basics of Team Development
- The Four Stages of Team Development (Silsbee, 2023)
- See & Free Team Experience Survey (2024)
- MODULE 7
- Lesson 1. Diversity as a Differentiator
- 8 Strategies for Embracing Diversity in the Workplace (DDI, 2023)
- Affirmators at Work (Barrett and Sloman)
- Lesson 2. Diversity & Us
- Why Diverse Teams are Smarter (Rock and Grant, HBR 2016)
- Beyond Bias: Move from Awareness to Action (Center for Creative Leadership)
- Lesson 3. Diversity & It
- The Inclusive Language Handbook (The Diversity Movement)
- Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz On Gay Rights And Companies' Social Responsibilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAb7rZ1y60Q
- MODULE 8
- Lesson 1. How to get aligned…fast
- The Communication Catalyst (Connolly & Rioanashek, 2002)
- Conversant Prep Chart (Conversant)
- Lesson 2. Listening with Intent
- Coaching Others Uses Active Listening Skills (Center for Creative Leadership)
- The Art of Active Listening (Harvard Business Review)
- 4 Things all Great Listeners Know (TED-Ed)
- Lesson 3. How to Give and Receive Feedback
- How to give the most effective feedback (Center for Creative Leadership, 2024)
- The Leader’s Guide to Mastering Feedback ( Hibdon, 2023)
- MODULE 9
- Lesson 1. How I navigate and adapt to change
- How to get better at dealing with change (Tasler, HBR, 2016)
- How changing your mindset can help you embrace change (Shahi, TEDX, 2019)
- Lesson 2. Leading Organizational Change
- See & Free Organizational Transformation Guide
- See & Free Change Sponsor Checklist
- MODULE 10
- Lesson 1. Strategy-at-a-Glance
- Good Strategy, Bad Strategy (Rumelt, 2011)
- Articulate your Thoughts Clearly: 3 Precise Steps! (Ronin, 2022)
- Quick Study: A Plan is not a Strategy (HBR, 2022)
- Lesson 2. Prioritization and Goal-Setting
- How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai: A Japanese Strategy Setting Guide (Raymond, 2019)
- Do What Matters Most: Lead with a Vision, Manage with a Plan, Prioritize your Time (Shallenberger, 2021)
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (McKeown, 2014)
- MODULE 11
- Lesson 1. Planning to Pivot
- Bringing True Strategic Foresight back to Business (Webb, 2024)
- Startup Experts Reveal Their Favorite Pivot Stories (Y Combinator, 2023)
- Lesson 2. Continuous Improvement and Problem Solving
- The 5 Why’s Explained (Lean Enterprise Institute, 2018)
- Continuous Improvement: How it Works and How to Master It (Clear, 2018)
SELF AWARENESS
- Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World
- The Self-Aware Leader: Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential
- Self-Aware: A Guide for Success in Work and Life
- Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
- Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions
- The Radical Emotional Regulation and Self-Love Workbook for Adults
- Working with People Who Aren’t Self-Aware
- What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
- Advance your self-awareness
- Social Media Companies Should Self-Regulate. Now.
- What is Self-Regulation? (+95 Skills and Strategies)
- What is Self Awareness and Why is it Important at Work
- Career Growth Made Easy: Mastering Self-Awareness in the Workplace
- Signs You Are Not Self Aware
- Self Regulation: What is it and How to Build It?
- Ready to explode at work? Watch this first. Seriously.
- Self Regulation and Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
INTEGRITY
- Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality
- Dear Work: Something Has to Change
- Work: Its Purpose, Dignity, and Transformation
- How to Build a Company That (Actually) Values Integrity
- The Thing About Integrity
- 5 Ways To Demonstrate Your Workplace Integrity
- How To Build Integrity In The Workplace
- Want More Integrity At Your Workplace? Become an Advocate | Rich Sheridan l Freedom at Work Talks
TENACITY
- Truth, Trust + Tenacity: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
- Tenacity: A Vegas Businessman Survives Brooklyn, the Marines, Corruption and Cancer to Achieve the American Dream
- Thrive! The Creative’s Guidebook to Professional Tenacity
- The Two Traits Every Entrepreneur Needs
- What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) — Tenacity
- TENACITY - What is it? Do you have it? Can you get it?
- Entrepreneurs Must Develop TENACITY! Here's How To Do It
RESPECT
- Carrots and Sticks Don't Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT
- RESPECT IN THE WORKPLACE: You Have to Give it to Get it
- We Started with Respect
- The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences
- The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma On the Job
- Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family
- Building Empathetic Leadership
- Want to feel more connected? Practice empathy
- Empathetic Leadership: How to Go Beyond Lip Service
- 7 Ways to Make Employees Feel Respected, According to Research
- Do Your Employees Feel Respected?
- Begin with Trust
- How To Be Empathetic in the Workplace in 7 Steps | Indeed.com
- The Importance of Empathy in the Workplace
- How to Earn Respect at Workplace (Respect Must Be Earned)
- How to Make Employees Feel Respected
- How to Gain Respect at Work | Indeed.com
ENGAGEMENT
- The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery
- The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
- Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community
- Deep and deliberate delegation:
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
- Let It Go!: How to (Finally) Master Delegation & Scale Freedom Across Your Organization
- 10 Laws of Trust, Expanded Edition: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great
- Revolutionize Teamwork: How to Create and Lead Accountable Teams (Ignite Reads)
- How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now
- Four Ways to Increase Your Personal Engagement
- It’s Not Just Your Company – Your Personal Engagement at Work Matters
- To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Delegate Well
- HOW TO DELEGATE EFFECTIVELY: 9 TIPS FOR MANAGERS
- 3 Elements of Delegation All Managers Should Know
- Become a Better Collaborator
- When Leaders Struggle with Collaboration
- Collaboration, the Harvard Business Review, and a personal example
- Mika's Management Minute: How to Stay Engaged at Work
- What it Means to be Engaged at Work
- Does anyone else struggle to stay engaged at work? How do you overcome it? : r/cscareerquestions
- How to Delegate Tasks Effectively (and Why It’s Important)
- How to Delegate Tasks Effectively
- 12 Crucial Strategies for Promoting Team Collaboration — Plus, The Biggest Collaboration Roadblocks, According to ClickUp’s CEO
- How do we create a collaborative workplace? - Quora
COMMUNICATION
- Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition
- Simply Said: Communicating Better at Work and Beyond
- Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
- How Great Leaders Communicate
- 8 Ways You Can Improve Your Communication Skills
- Is Your Workplace Communication Style As Effective As It Could Be?
- How to Improve Communication Skills at Work [FOR WORKPLACE SUCCESS]
- How To Communicate Effectively At Work
VISION
- The Vision Driven Leader: 10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts, Energize Your Team, and Scale Your Business
- The Work of Leaders: How Vision, Alignment, and Execution Will Change the Way You Lead
- Building Your Company’s Vision
- Keeping Sight of Your Company’s Long-Term Vision
- What Is a Vision Statement?
- 5 Ways To Vastly Improve Your Strategic Visioning and Leadership
- How to ensure that all team members will follow your vision - Quora
RESOURCEFULNESS
- The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
- The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It
- Figure It Out: How to Harness the Power of Resourcefulness and Achieve Success!
- The Ingenuity Gap: Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable Future
- Ingenuity in Practice: A Guide for Clear Thinking
- Networking For Dummies
- Relationships at Work: How to Authentically Network within Your Company
- The Importance of Resourcefulness
- What is Resourcefulness? Meaning, Examples & Importance
- Resourcefulness: A Core Competency for Challenging Times
- Learn to Love Networking
- A Beginner’s Guide to Networking
- What is networking and why is it so important?
- How to Be Resourceful Using a Can-Do Attitude at Work - Mark Graham
- C&T Scene: Resourcefulness in the Workplace, April 2021 | It's Your Yale
- Tips For Employers To Enhance Ingenuity At Workplace | CIO VIEWS.
- How to Network Like a Pro [Easy Networking Tips]
- Best Networking Tips: How to Make a Connection | Indeed
OWNERSHIP
- Ownership: Reinventing Companies, Capitalism, and Who Owns What
- 14 Ways That Employees Can Take Ownership at Work
- 7 ways to encourage employees to take ownership of their work
- 5+ ways to establish taking ownership as a core value at work
- The Explainer: How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote
- What is taking ownership at work?
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