SEVEN
Ensuring Better Leaders and Leadership
To take action on the leadership code:
1. Establish a clear theory of leadership.
2. Assess leaders.
3. Invest in leaders.
4. Follow up to align organizational practices.
PREVIOUS CHAPTERS DESCRIBE rules for becoming better strategists, executors, talent managers, and human capital developers and for improving personal proficiency. We like the metaphor of rules because having rules enables disciplined action and taking disciplined action helps accomplish desired outcomes while allowing for improvement. Examples of rules that enable action are all around us:
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Rules of the road help you drive more safely.
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Rules of the game let you play better.
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Rules of writing (grammar, spelling, punctuation) ...
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