Projecting an Executive image

Hold yourself to highest standards; create a feeling of energy and excitement


Set standards and accomplish goals in spite of obstacles

Maintain a broad view; communicate a desirable future state for the business; ensure shared values, mission, and goals within the organization; link these with priorities, objectives, and action plans; clarifiy key performance indicators; ensure interdependence of functional objectives to support the mission. Redefine and communicates changing vision

Stay informed of social, political, and economic trends and their impact on the business

Manage multiple demands and activities; clarify roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities; establishes agreed-upon objectives and standards

Use ongoing feedback, recognition, and praise to encourage higher performance

Encourage individuals to initiate projects, correct own errors, take calculated risks, and follow through; provides resources and coaching to ensure desired results; confront performance problems directly and constructively

Project authenticity; maintain personal integrity; actively elicit others' ideas and feelings and listen carefully; react to others' and presents own viewpoint openly, objectively, and non-defensively; open to changing own point of view; seeks integrative solutions to problems.

Get along well at all levels in the organization; exemplify and encourage cooperation and interdependence within and between work groups; draw on informal networks to engender support of goals and organizational mission; build own team for high performance

Write effectively; speaks succinctly and with purpose; inspire confidence and handle questions well

Networking: Staying in touch

Pass along an article of interest: Julie, I read this article in the Boston Globe today and I thought of you and wanted to pass it along. This sounds like its right in the sweet spot of what your team is working on. Hope all is well. Best, Erica.

Congratulate someone on good news: Adam, I spoke with Aaron last week and he mentioned your promotion / new baby / move to Chicago. Congratulations, I’m very happy for you. Once you get settled in, let’s schedule coffee to catch up and see how things are going. Fondly, Kevin

Share a job lead: Cynthia, I wanted to reach out let you know that L&M is looking for a new property manager. If you know anyone who might be interested, please feel free to forward along to colleagues or friends. Warm Regards, Casey

Acknowledge a sport fan’s win: Nathan, congrats! I watched the game last night and saw that the Buckeyes pulled it off at the last minute, enjoy your bragging rights today. Roger

Reference a run-in with a mutual friend: Elise, Eric and I saw Katherine today and she’s just come back from L.A. and sends her regards. Let’s try to all get together soon. Jodi

Creative Leadership Competencies

Key leadership behaviors and internal assumptions that lead to high fulfillment, high achievement leadership:

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  Relating (caring connection, fosters team play, collaborator, mentoring & developing, interpersonal intelligence),
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  Self-Awareness (selfless leader, balance, composure, personal learner),
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  Authenticity (integrity, courageous authenticity),
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  Systems Awareness (community concern, sustainable productivity, systems thinker)
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  Achieving (strategic focus, purposeful and visionary, achieves results, decisiveness).