There are ways to reinforce leadership strengths in your life. One possible approach is to view your leadership qualities through the lens of Blue Ocean Strategy. Few people lead this process better for executive teams than @LaurenMathys of BlueCrestConsulting.com. My attempt to offer some insight as to how you can leverage this great strategic model for personal use is very well explained via the app for iPads by Blue Ocean Strategy.
In this short visualization, I leveraged the As-Is Strategy Canvas software available via Blue Ocean Strategy. I also used a study published in Inc. Magazine. This study covered the qualities of 300,000 leaders. Most of the Key Factors of Success are featured. I added fitness and reading/ongoing learning as well.
There are two leaders represented. One is the poorly performing leader. The other, in red, is a highly effective, excellent leader.
Ranking each leader's Key Factors of Success from high to low makes this the most obvious strategy canvas ever constructed. The real work for you? Plotting where you are in the midst of these two lines.
The question to ask?
What are your Key Factors of Success? In your role in life or the role that you envision yourself in given the years ahead, what are the key qualities that will lead to your success? Plot them along the horizontal axis and measure your current effectiveness against where you need to be. In the course of doing so, you'll develop an "as-is" strategy map. As most of you know, this step is a modification of what all of us know as the simple gap analysis.
In the Blue Ocean Strategic mindset I live in, I'm utilizing this tool to measure where I am personally against the leader I need to be to capture my own version of uncontested market space. In professional terms, that means for me, what kind of leader will capture the hearts and minds of future customers, clients, employees, investors, board members, colleagues, and so on.
Sherman Mohr serves as a Chief Digital Officer and CEO. He is a Certified Blue Ocean Strategists residing in Nashville, TN.Inquiries around Blue Ocean Consulting may be directed to https://ourstrategists.com
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