The Leadership Rubric operationalizes the leadership attributes by defining a spectrum of behaviors for guidance in leadership development. Here are the eight key leadership attributes upon which we are focused.
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8 Key Leadership Attributes
Takes responsibility & seizes authority
Accepts full responsibility and accountability for one’s own professional decisions and actions, or those delegated to others.
Reflective, especially about own nature
Comfortable and self-aware, which enables the ability to respond consistently to complex situations. High EQ, flexibility, and resilient in times of stress. Ability to see how one’s own values, passions, and aspirations, fit with culture and have impact on others (and vice versa).
Embraces complexity & ambiguity
Handles challenges with grace and professionalism. Can recover from setbacks and adversity. Refers to core values to make principled decisions. Accepts and faces conflict as natural. Comfortable not having all the answers.
Vision & long-term outlook
Strives to achieve our long-term vision with each task laddering-up to our strategic and operational objectives with purpose.
Principled decision making
Decisions are consistently made based on principles with the long-term vision in mind.
Passionate & optimistic
Has a powerful and unlimiting belief in what is possible. Shows a positive attitude towards new and challenging demands, embraces lifelong learning. Passion and optimism fuels greater enlistment and embrace among colleagues and partners.
Inspires
Develops deep and lasting human relationships internally and externally. Always invests the time to understand and implement what and how colleagues are inspired. Inspire them to NOT to do the next thing right, but rather the next right thing.
Plans & implements
Consistently translates dreams into action by creating and following a plan and enlisting others along the way, and has proven and measurable outcomes.
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