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Three Leader Behaviours for Competent People Oriented Management

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

DEVELOPS OTHERS

A) Creates and provides opportunities to allow staff to invest the appropriate amount of time to ensure personal development.

B) Uses the Performance Management System to cultivate and develop employee talent.

C) Actively undertakes personal development discussions with subordinates and encourages them to participate in appropriate learning activities.

D) Analyses individual strengths, weaknesses, plans and implements development activities. Matches people’s activities to developmental goals and bring out and expand individual potentiality.

DIRECTIVE

A) Gives adequate directions and inform requirements clearly without going into unneeded details.

B) Uses legitimate authority to refuse unreasonable requests and limit behavior of others to what they can or cannot do.

C) Insists on compliance to his/her instructions in order to maintain agreed set standards.

D) Willing to confront others openly regarding required standards of performance. Institutes corrective measures for non-compliance.

EMPOWERS OTHERS

A) Demonstrates confidence in others ability to accomplish given tasks and recognise people for their ideas and shares decision making with others in work group.

B) Encourages direct staff to own their jobs and rewards ownership behavior.

C) Offers help to the empowered person without removing authority.

D) Gives others the authority to determine what to do and how to do it.

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