What Constitutes Leadership Effectiveness? | ReadyToManage

Just what is leadership effectiveness? I am frequently asked to explain the concept (mostly because clients get a “Leadership Effectiveness” score on their GAPPS profile.) And whilst we have always recognized that leadership effectiveness is a multi-faceted beast that operates in all directions (up, down and sideways), is contextual and necessarily requires flexibility to adapt in approach and style, this in itself makes it almost impossible to be specific. Here is an article by Dr Jon Warner, perhaps he can explain it better…

The whole concept of what constitutes leadership effectiveness is difficult to be completely clear about because it is a multi-faceted topic that may have a wide variety of possible components: But despite the challenges, let’€™s make an attempt to define what in broad terms is likely to be involved. It also assumes that a team of people can be led to better coordinate their efforts. However, thinking about effective leadership has increasingly shifted to a much broader base and now includes any successful attempt to influence a group, whether or not there is formal authority or control in place (and in fact willingness to follow has assumed much greater importance).

Historically, leadership effectiveness was measured in terms of a leader’s influence in controlling others, to set and achieve goals and to coordinate the reporting team’s efforts on a “top-down” basis. However, although these factors may still play a part, leadership effectiveness is now likely to involve other factors, some of which are more important in terms of determining overall success, and to apply in part to individuals in a non-formal leadership role.

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