Google talent management models and you will discover a plethora.
Google talent leadership models and you will find a lot of the same models.
This research suggests we are still searching for what 21st century leadership and management actually is.
Is
success in the future about leadership or management? is a question I
am often asked. My answer is that success is always about both
leadership and management, never one or the other. Therefore it is
essential to understand, appreciate and value the difference between
them.
This is where there is often trouble. For many
management is still seen as controlling people and dictating what they
feel, think and do and don’t feel, think and do. This is a nasty
hangover from the industrial revolution where it was assumed we could
treat people like machines. The headache this hangover has been allowed
to cause is a massive barrier to progress in the 21st century in almost
every aspect of our lives. It is a fundamental reason for
non-achievement of what is possible in business, politics, education,
family, religion, you name it.
Further we have got carried away
with leadership often seeing it as a cure all. We are drawn to
individuals who offer us hope and fail to remember than unless we take
action ourselves hope is nothing more than a wish.
I define
leadership as the art of inspiring people to bring everything remarkable
that they are (that unique and special person that each of us is) to
everything they do.
I stress to anyone who will listen that
leadership is usually a massive failure without management. I define
management as the practice of making it simple for people to bring
everything remarkable that they are to everything we do.
Leadership
is primarily about inspiring and influencing people. Management is
primarily about systems and processes that help people to bring their
best to their work. We need both leadership and management working in
harmony with one another and at the same time.
Most talent
management or talent leadership models address many components such as
recruitment, induction or onboarding, engagement, learning, performance,
remuneration, succession etc., etc,. etc.
The better models also
address how leading and managing talent fits with business goals and
how deploying talent in special ways means achievement of these goals
and beyond.
The problem with most models and frameworks and
approaches is that they are beyond the desire and sometimes the capacity
of micro, small and medium sized business owners and leaders because
they are too costly, too time consuming and too complicated to
implement. My Enhancing Their Gifts System is different of course and was specifically designed to address these challenges and more.
I
have never met a micro, small or medium sized business owner/leader who
isn’t time poor. I have rarely met one of these people who easily
invests money in people either. And certainly I have never met anyone
who wants anything to do with people to be complicated!
Uppermost
in my mind in my work always is helping my clients to invest wisely in
time, giving you very high value for money service, and making leading
people for you as uncomplicated as possible. And I add a fourth
challenge for my clients and one for me. Most business owners/leaders
don’t yet know how to lead people or how to design systems and processes
that are good for people in uncomplicated ways. My challenge is that
more often than not you don’t want to admit that you don’t know how and
your silence is often deafening!
We humans are complicated.
Inspiring us isn’t complicated and nor is co-creating appropriate
management systems and processes when you know how.
The one
action you can take in your business in 2013 that will make all the
difference is to admit that you don’t have all the answers, particularly
when it comes to dealing with people, and to seek help in the areas
where you don’t yet have the skill required.
Admitting our shortcomings is simple to do. Simple is rarely easy!
Some things to consider.
Would you leave important financial matters in your business to people who don’t have the expertise?
Would you leave important legal issues in your business to non-lawyers?
Would you trust the supply of essential items for your business to people who can’t deliver?
I
am sure your answer to all three questions is no. Why are you battling
on and struggling with getting the best out of your employees?
The
most important words I have said to the many mentors I have engaged for
my personal development and the development of my businesses is “I
don’t know.”
Being prepared to say “I don’t know” is a
tremendously freeing up statement. And it opens the door for the most
valuable learning of our lives.
You don’t have the time, energy,
or the money to any longer put your challenges with your employees on
the backburner. Learn how to truly lead people and co-create with them
systems and processes that make things simple for them to bring their
best to their work consistently and you will change your business and
your life forever.
Please, uncomplicate your life and take the
one action you can take in your business in 2013 that will make all the
difference, admit that you don’t have all the answers and seek help in
the areas where you don’t. Free yourself from worry and guilt which
Wayne Dyer once described as life’s two most useless emotions.
My
clients tell me that I see what most people don’t and say what most
people won’t. I am candid and contrarian. I have also learned to be
caring and compassionate. I am not for everyone though.
Three possible choices for you.
1) Give me a try by taking up a complimentary Monday morning mentoring session. Details here.
2) Contact one of my accredited mentors.
3)
Contact someone you already know who has expertise in leading and
managing for people and engage them to help you ensure that 2013 is off
to the flyer that you deserve.
Be the difference you want to see in the world.
Ian
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
John Watson
PS
I was delighted to contribute to an ebook produced by my friend and colleague Gihan Perera for the seventh year in a row.
Please download Expect More From 2013 with our compliments here.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
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