Five things that inspiring leaders do
According to Nigel Crouch, who led research for the UK government into 'what makes an inspiring leader', they behave in these five ways:
What makes an inspiring leader?
    1 They listen
    2 They involve
    3 They trust
    4 They appreciate
    5 They have fun
The research work Nigel was involved in has been used to make an online assessment tool that uses forced pairings - pushing you to choose between two descriptions of yourself. Once you have been through about twenty 'forced pairings' it spits out an asessment of you as a leader relative to what the researchers feel are essential requirements in an inspired leader. I don't like forced pairings myself. But, it's an interesting exercise and takes five minutes or so. You can find it here if you want to try it:
http://www.inspiredleadership.org.uk
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My scores
1 Enthusing, growing and appreciating others 100
2 Ideas to Action 96
3 Creating the future 67
4 Clarifying values 51
Rank Attribute Relative score
1 Reflective 100
2 Team Builder 100
3 Self Belief 91
4 Enthusiastic Learner 83
5 Single-mindedness 78
6 Enabler 78
7 Visionary 74
8 Enthuser 74
9 Knowing What Works! 70
10 Self Reliance 70
11 Proactive 65
12 Social Adaptability 61
13 People Champion 52
14 Customer Champion 52
15 Opportunity Awareness 48
16 Consistent 30
17 Values Champion 30
18 Legacy Builder 17
Have to agree with you
Have to agree with you though, the forced pairings were a bit of a pain. Question is though, hubbers, how would you be asking the questions to measure yourself or others like you against these criteria?
Regards, Colin.
Gadget Leader scores for 'Inspirational' self-assessment
And here are my scores. Look like I need to work on 'creating the future', 'self-belief', 'single mindedness' and 'knowing what works', and some other things. Though Marcus Buckingham would probably tell me to forget all that and focus on my strengths ;0)
Rank Dimension Relative score
1 Clarifying values 100
2 Enthusing, growing and appreciating others 89
3 Ideas to Action 84
4 Creating the future 58
Rank Attribute Relative score
1 Values Champion 100
2 Enabler 91
3 People Champion 91
4 Self Reliance 78
5 Opportunity Awareness 78
6 Reflective 78
7 Customer Champion 78
8 Team Builder 70
9 Enthusiastic Learner 70
10 Social Adaptability 70
11 Self Belief 61
12 Enthuser 57
13 Knowing What Works! 52
14 Proactive 52
15 Consistent 43
16 Visionary 43
17 Legacy Builder 35
18 Single-mindedness 26
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lets build a team then
If we were to look at building a team with strength in all the areas, then, I guess that between you and I we have these nailed (assuming a definition of nailed as anything above 95).
Clarifying values 100
Enthusing, growing and appreciating others 100
Ideas to Action 96
So, I guess we need someone who scores well in creating the future, and then, EVEREST ! On bicycles !
Regards,
Colin.
My scores: Ideas to
My scores:
Ideas to Action 100
2 Enthusing, growing and appreciating others 93
3 Creating the future 88
4 Clarifying values 82
Attributes
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Rank Attribute Relative score
1 Reflective 100
2 Team Builder 81
3 Enabler 69
4 Enthusiastic Learner 65
5 Visionary 65
6 Self Belief 65
7 Single-mindedness 62
8 Proactive 62
9 Legacy Builder 58
10 Self Reliance 58
11 People Champion 58
12 Social Adaptability 58
13 Values Champion 58
14 Customer Champion 50
15 Consistent 42
16 Opportunity Awareness 38
17 Knowing What Works! 31
18 Enthuser 19
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Two things
1) A leader listens. Everyone has a unique and personal view of the reality they inhabit. It isn't actually possible to describe your reality to someone else so that they fully understand it. Only by listening is it possible to start to gain some of the perception and empathy required to lead.
2) A leader's job is not to define the reality of others, but to exhibit with conviction and resolution a set of values which achieves consistency in anyone's reality. The stronger (more effective) the leader, the more the strength of their personal values transcends the unique and different realities that we all hold.
Others choose to follow when they are ready.
Two things
1) A leader listens. Everyone has a unique and personal view of the reality they inhabit. It isn't actually possible to describe your reality to someone else so that they fully understand it. Only by listening is it possible to start to gain some of the perception and empathy required to lead.
2) A leader's job is not to define the reality of others, but to exhibit with conviction and resolution a set of values which achieves consistency in anyone's reality. The stronger (more effective) the leader, the more the strength of their personal values transcends the unique and different realities that we all hold.
Others choose to follow when they are ready.