Posts Tagged ‘delivering results’

Anyone who makes it to the role of the leader is good at what they do. At the same time, not everyone stands out as a leader.

So I thought it might be interesting to share my thoughts and invite your thoughts on what it takes to stand out as a leader.

1. Focus on delivering results rather than personal survival
2. Learn to recognise when to step in and when to step back
3. Take responsibility for the results that are and are not achieved
4. Support your people publicly when things don’t go to plan
5. Encourage and support others to achieve what they want from their career
6. Avoid blaming others or circumstances when things are not going well
7. Be consistent in the way that you deal with people
8. Be an expert listener, not just an expert communicator
9. Make the most of the time that you have available
10. Make your expectations clear
11. Be a role model for the behaviours you expect from others
12. Give feedback promptly and regularly
13. Seek regular feedback on your own performance
14. Learn from your mistakes and move on
15. Take decisions and action even when you don’t have all the information you would like
16. Balance the here and now with the longer term
17. Anticipate barriers and obstacles and plan for responding to them
18. Don’t ask others to do what you won’t do yourself
19. Keep yourself up to date
20. Be professional and act with integrity.

The reality is that standing out as a leader is not just about skills and knowledge.  Great qualities are also a huge contributor.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to become highly effective leaders and managers. He invites you to take advantage of his free audio e-course Leadership Success at www.goalsandachievements.co.uk

As a leader your goal is to deliver results. So what might be stopping you getting results?

As a leader, you want to achieve great results. Right?

So what are 5 keys that can help you to achieve better results as a leader?

Key 1:
• Getting clear on the result that you want to achieve.

Key 2:

• Getting the insights from others who can help you to achieve the results you want.

Key 3:

• Involving others in the decision process.

Key 4:

• Building a good team around you and getting them to do what they do best.

Key 5:

• Being ready to adapt and be flexible when things are not going to plan.

I wonder what else you would add to the list?

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

As a leader you are ultimately judged on the results that you deliver.  The further you climb the career ladder the more you earn.  This higher level of earning can sometimes lead to complacency which can result in performance going down rather than up.  So how can you transform the results that you deliver and stay on the high performance track?

 

Get clear on the goals

 

What are you ultimately judged on?  Contrary to what many of us believe, we rarely have a crystal clear picture or understanding of what it is we are expected to deliver.  Clear goals allow you to say explicitly whether you have or have not delivered.  They are not vague, fuzzy or a list of activities.  If you are not crystal clear on what you are to deliver or on what your success is to be measured, make a pint of finding out straight away.

 

Allocate your time to things that contribute to results

 

Time is everyone’s ultimate limiting factor.  We can buy more of it even if we wish we could.  Before you can start to decide how to allocate your time, you need to know what the critical things are that contribute to you delivering results.  We can all keep ourselves busy doing stuff but are you doing stuff that contributes to results?  Remember the 80:20 rule.  In essence, 20% of the things that you do contribute to about 80% of the results you achieve.  So what’s your 20% that contributes towards 80% of the results you achieve?

 

Coach your team and provide feedback

 

It does not matter how driven or committed you are, you cannot do it all by yourself.  You need a team around you that you empower, can solve their own problems and make their own decisions so that you deliver.  Invest time coaching your employees and providing feedback on how they are doing and how to get better, so that they become more valuable to you and the organisation.

 

Develop a what’s possible mindset

 

Ask people to come up with 1 solution and chances are that you will get 10 problems.  It is natural to focus attention on the obstacles rather than on what can be done.  When you see yourself falling into this trap, step back and think about what is possible from where you are right now. Even a small step can act as a catalyst for moving forward and once you have momentum you start to make rapid progress.

 

Bottom Line – Leadership is ultimately about results and by having a clear direction, investing your time wisely, equipping others to be more self sufficient and focusing on the possibilities you can make huge steps forward to achieving more success as a leader.

 

 

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to become highly effective managers and leaders.  For more information click here