S02 Ep106 Work of Leaders

Leadership involves articulating your vision, creating alignment within your organization and driving execution.

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The Work of Leaders DiSC Assessment identifies and describes your work style, and explains the benefits and opportunities for growth within the framework of vision, alignment, and execution. 

Here are the three Work of Leaders elements: Vision, Alignment and Execution. 

Vision is an imagined future condition for the organization or team. It expands assumptions about what can be accomplished. It unifies people and provides purpose. 

How you craft your vision and how you communicate your vision is related to your DiSC style. You might prioritize details, or you might prioritize the big picture, you might be extremely bold, or you might focus on analysis. 

Alignment involves gaining buy-in from the organization and your team. It takes a team to achieve a vision. Alignment sets the stage by proposing a plan for effective implementation, provides a forum for questions and concerns, brings people together behind the vision and it generates excitement. 

If a team is aligned towards a vision and they understand the strategic plan and where they're going in the future, they're going to be much more resilient and less likely to jump ship when things get tough.

Execution is how you turn vision into reality. Vision is achieved through tactics. Choose the right person for each position, consider resources, and finances for your organization. 

Using OKRs - objectives and key results - or another form of metrics is important for managing execution. They provide team milestones and the opportunity to recognize and celebrate progress. 

The work of leaders varies at different levels.

CEOs should be focused on vision and alignment while delegating execution. 

Middle managers should be focused on some vision and alignment with a greater emphasis on managing execution.  

Entry level managers will primarily focus on execution and managing execution. 

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