Welcome to the Leadership Climb:
A Self Coaching Journey to Leadership Maturity
January Leadership Maturity Theme:
Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive Leaders practice situational leadership in their changing environments.  They are committed to individual's growth and are mindful/intentional of succession planning.
 
Click to explore our resources on Adaptive Leadership                                                            

Week 3: Putting the Plan into Action
There are a few things you can do to get the most benefit from your self-coaching.  We recommend recording your answers to assessment below in a designated "Leadership Climb Self Coaching" journal or notebook.   Your review and reflection on your answers now and in the future will be key to your continued growth.    

This week is about putting the plan you created to improve upon your skills and knowledge in the characteristics of Adaptive Leadership in to ACTION. If you have not already done so, take steps to execute upon your plan from last week and then come back here to record your progress.  Again, you may choose one or more of the following characteristics to investigate over the next 4 weeks. 

Click here to get the questions from week 1 or 2 if you missed them.
Situational Leadership

A leader must often adapt their approach as necessary to meet the needs of a person or situation to achieve the best results. 

To assess your personal competency in Situational Leadership, we invite you to learn more about a popular leadership style model 
taught by Ken Blanchard in his  Book Leadership and the One Minute Manager.

  Self Coaching - Putting the Plan Into Action:   

As you re-read and execute your Plan from last week, consider the following... 

1. What successes have you encountered in developing the new leadership approach? What was at least one key success factor?
2. What road blocks have you encountered in implementing your new leadership approach?  What will you try differently next time?
3. What new information have you learned?  
4. What other opportunities will you create to practice this new skill? 
5. What other adjustments will you now make to your plan?   
Committed to Individual's Growth
As an effective/adaptive leaders, you have and important a role to fill in the growth and development of the people you lead/influence.  This growth and development should include organizational performance goals as well as personal goals.
 
Adaptive leaders are actively engaged in regular discussions to understand how to best support the development of their team members.
  Self Coaching -  Putting the Plan Into Action:   

As you re-read and execute your Plan from last week, consider the following... 

1. What successes have you encountered in creating your more frequent and/or effective goal setting sessions/processes with your team members? 
2. What road blocks did you encounter? What are at least 2 steps you will take to remedy them?
3. What new information have you learned – identify at least one specific item?  
4. Are there any adjustments to the plan you will now make – (use SMART goals)?   
Succession Planning
Leaders of all levels should be conscientiously planning for members of their teams to take on their current leadership role as they look to the next promotion and/or retirement. 

A key aspect to succession planning is to have a clear understanding, supported by evidence of skills, knowledge, desire and abilities for a person to be ready to move to the next level. 
Equally important, a leader needs to work with that team member to identify gaps, areas that are not mentioned in the job description (such as having political savvy, and connections, etc.) and create a development plan.
  
There may also be times when a team member is a strong contributor but their strengths are better suited for another team/department.  In this case, a leader should work with the team member to identify other opportunities that best utilize their strengths in the organization (or even outside the organization). 
  Self Coaching- Putting the Plan Into Action:   

As you re-read and execute your Plan from last week, consider the following... 

1. What successes have you encountered in creating your succession plan? 
2. What road blocks did you encounter? What are at least 2 steps you will take to remedy them?
3. What new information have you learned – identify at least one specific item?  
4. Are there any adjustments to the plan you will now make – (use SMART goals)?   
MSBCOACH Leadership Maturity Model
Depending on whether you (or your team member) are at the executive, mid-manager level, supervisory, entry, new to organization or new to role level, there are core competencies that are necessary for successful progression on the Leadership Climb. Adaptive leadership is one of these competencies.  

The leadership competencies as defined in our MSBCOACH Leadership Maturity Model create the backbone of our coaching, training and the we work we do everyday. 

Learn more here...

If you find that your commitment to develop your leadership maturity is high, but your proficiency or resources lower than you'd like, our coaches can help you more carefully assess and develop your skills.   Contact Us  or  find more information here. .  

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