Succession planning and leadership development must become priority for
organization looking to succeed. Many
organization did not prepare for the senior leader gaps leading to mature
managers and senior leader exiting the workforce taking with them their wisdom
and wide experience. Organization are
compelled to fill the leadership gaps with those lacking with the right skills,
knowledge and behavior necessary to take on the fill weight of a senior
management position. The much needed
“things” in order to move the organization to the next level.
Transitions can be times of both great opportunity and great risk when
assuming a new leadership role regardless of the amount of experience a leader
may have. The challenges for leader who
are newly promoted to roles lies in understanding and developing the
competencies required to be successful at the next level. A manager’s success in his previous role does
not necessarily equate to success in the current new role.
Core transitional skills required.
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1.
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Goal, Setting and strategy
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Important to identify the right goals
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Develop a supporting strategy
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Align the architecture of the organization
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figure out projects to pursue to secure
early wins
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2.
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Develop
emotional intelligence
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Demonstrate a high degree of emotional intelligence
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Create an environment of positive morale and higher productivity
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Sensitive to team member, subordinates’ needs and an understanding of
what motivated them.
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3.
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Build and foster key relationship
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Develop skills set
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Relationship management
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Communication
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Negotiation
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Conflict resolution
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4.
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Manage personal outlook
and Perspective
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Consider working with a coach who help examine leadership attitudes,
perspective
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Develop a plan to work on areas that need improvement
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From article by:
Merle
Chan
The
Star, Thursday
27
October 2011
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