How good is your boss?

How good is your boss?

Question # 1 How good is your boss at participating?

Research shows that leadership participation is crucial for collaboration.

https://hbr.org/2015/04/why-no-one-uses-the-corporate-social-network

Top 6 excuses of managers for not participating on social media 1. I don’t have time.

2. It’s not about me.

3. It doesn’t replace face-to-face.

4. It’s marketing’s job.

5. Who cares about what I had for lunch.

6. I don’t want to get my company in trouble. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-do-when-execs-avoid-social-media-answer-top-6-excuses-li

On a scale from 1 to 10, how good is your boss at participating?

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Question # 2 How good is your boss at asking people questions?

Question from school principal to cafeteria worker: “I've been thinking about how to improve the flow of kids as they enter the kitchen to get their food.

What do you think?" http://www.edutopia.org/blog/questions-principals-should-be-asking-mitch-center

Leaders who ask their people, “What can our company do to help you grow and achieve your goals?� will find it comes back 10-fold. https://hbr.org/2010/07/when-your-employees-know-more

You want to create an environment where new ideas are popping all the time.

If you do, old problems and ineffective ways of doing things will begin dissolving. http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2008/03/_the_root_of_th.shtml

https://twitter.com/Leadershipfreak/status/453403663885541376

The most effective leaders actively ask for feedback

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joefolkman/2013/12/19/the-best-gift-leaders-can-give-honest-feedback/

On a scale from 1 to 10, How good is your boss at asking people questions?

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Question # 3 How good is your boss at listening?

Of all the skills of leadership, listening is one of the most valuable.

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/leading_in_the_21st_century/developing_leaders_in_a_business

Outstanding leaders are people who first listen.

Daniel Goleman Sources http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2525/Leadership-by-Harvard-Business/5

They spend a significant amount of time talking with people to understand what motivates and how they can support and boost enthusiasm in others. http://www.theworkfoundation.com/assets/docs/publications/232_leadership_execsummFINAL.pdf

On a scale from 1 to 10, How good is your boss at listening?

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Further inspiration https://issuu.com/frankcalberg/docs/listening

Question # 4 How inspiring is your boss?

The boss's role is to enthuse, enable and encourage.

Vineet Nayar

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Staff-first-customers-second-for-HCL-boss/articleshow/6039039.cms#ixzz13Yu5pFxH

It is every leader's responsibility to make every single employee know they matter.

https://hbr.org/2017/05/above-all-acknowledge-the-pain

Inspiring leaders encourage people to be innovative.

https://hbr.org/2013/06/what-inspiring-leaders-do

4 people who are all leading 1. The first-shift line worker, who tells her boss she needs to watch the third shift to find out what they are doing differently, is leading.

2. Her boss who says, "Great, let me know what you find out," is leading.

3. The plant supervisor is leading when he celebrates the line worker's initiative and acts on the information she found.

4. And the COO is leading when she inspires others to action by telling the whole story throughout the company. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/09/why_we_need_more_women_leaders.html

On a scale from 1 to 10, how good is your boss at inspiring people?

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Question # 5 How good is your boss at involving external people?

The age of customer capitalism has come of age.

http://www.customerthink.com/blog/what_leaders_of_21st_century_customer_centric_organisations_do

Research showed that CEOs spent 3% of their time with customers. Also, the CEOs clearly felt that that was too low.

https://hbr.org/2018/07/the-leaders-calendar#how-ceos-manage-time

Leadership is the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations.

Jim Kouzes Barry Posner http://www.inc.com/brian-evje/quick-define-leadership.html

On a scale from 1 to 10, how good is your boss at involving external people?

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Question # 6 How good is your boss at delegating?

https://issuu.com/frankcalberg/docs/delegating

Question # 7 How good is your boss at helping people find and use their strengths?

At Gore, leaders emerge, and once they’re in a leadership role, they understand their job is to bring out the strengths of their teams, to make their colleagues successful. http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2010/03/18/lessons-from-a-middle-aged-revolutionary-at-wl-gore/

What can you do to encourage people?

http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/energy-for-a-new-year/

What can you do to help people be more effective?

Sources http://blogs.hbr.org/hill-lineback/2011/04/the-most-important-question-a.html http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/apr2011/ca2011045_217749.htm

When you think of your leadership as services you do for others, who would buy which services from you? Why? http://hbr.org/2014/05/blue-ocean-leadership/ar/1

On a scale from 1 to 10, how good is your boss at helping people find and use their strengths?

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Question # 8 How good is your boss at thinking creatively?

Great leaders  see before others see,  understand before others understand, and  act before others act.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/want-to-be-an-outstanding-leader-keep-a-journal

To thrive as a C-level executive, an individual needs to be a good communicator, a collaborator, and a strategic thinker. http://hbr.org/2011/03/the-new-path-to-the-c-suite/ar/6

The 3 most important leadership qualities

Study based on one-on-one interviews with over 1,500 corporate heads and public sector leaders across 60 nations and 33 industries. http://www.fastcompany.com/1648943/creativity-the-most-important-leadership-quality-for-ceos-study

A creative person is someone who decides to produce ideas, to support ideas that go against the crowd. http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/22/robert-jeffrey-sternberg-leadership-managing-varghese.html

On a scale from 1 to 10, How good is your boss at thinking creatively?

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Question # 9 How good is your boss at thinking globally?

Leaders with a strong stock of global mindset know about cultures as well as political and economic systems in other countries, and understand how their global industry works. https://hbr.org/2010/05/bringing-the-global-mindset-to.html

Any leader must think globally.

http://kolindkuren.dk/2006/12/21/leder-21-taenker-globalt/

On a scale from 1 to 10, How good is your boss at thinking globally?

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Question # 10 How good is your boss at seeking simplicity?

Guy Wollaert literally followed oranges from the groves to the consumer to understand every step of the juice-making process and to identify where there was opportunity for change.

https://hbr.org/2016/04/when-was-the-last-time-you-asked-why-are-we-doing-it-this-way

A good leader cuts away at complexity until simplicity emerges.

http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/ten-radical-shift-in-thinking-all-leaders-face/

On a scale from 1 to 10, how good is your boss at seeking simplicity?

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Question # 11 How well does your boss know who she / he is?

http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/the-first-secret-of-developing-a-leader/

http://www.frankcalberg.com/values