Direction, Alignment, Commitment: Achieving Better Results Through Leadership, First Edition

DO YOU HAVE A LEADERSHIP PROBLEM?

Is your group getting results? Is it hitting targets, achieving quality standards, meeting deadlines, making timely decisions, or exceeding stakeholders’ expectations? If you answered “no” to any of these questions, whether you are the leader or a member of the group, you should explore the roots of the problems your group might be experiencing.

Do you have the right talent or resources in the group to get the job done? Is the group basing its work on faulty assumptions (e.g., what clients or customers value most, the promise of a new technology, the willingness of different agencies or divisions to cooperate)? Has something in your organization’s environment changed, such as additional competition or new forms ...