Sunday, February 21, 2010

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

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