Friday, August 23, 2013

Competency - #2

Leadership Trait #2

We continue our ten part series on Leadership Characteristics based on a Harvey McKay weekly blog.

The research for these ten words came from a four-year series of executive seminars conducted by Santa Clara University and the Tom Peters Group/Learning systems.  This list first appeared in Management Review Magazine).  These thoughts are my own creation.

Leadership Characteristic #2

Competent

Can you or can’t you?
Will you or won’t you?

Everybody wants competency in every form and variety.  Competency begets competency.  And when it comes to leadership and whether we will follow a leader, we surely want to be convinced of one’s competency rating.

Here are some synonyms for this study:
  Capability
    Ability
      Aptitude
        Proficiency
          Experience
              Expertise

If you lead, can you add the above synonyms to your resume? 

If you can’t score 100%, what is your competency strategy for reaching a 100% score?

Competency begins with self-understanding and your own skill set as an executive.

Are you competent?
Are you a learner?
What are you learning?
Where do you turn to gain extra knowledge?

Competency in people skills is perhaps the second most important ingredient. 

Always remember:
Your employees can tell whether you care or not.

Questions to ponder:
-Do I trust those in my charge?
-Do I set the kind of example they need to follow?
-Am I reliable?

One of the significant quotes I found for this subject is this one:

“Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty.  Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them.”
~Harvey Mckay

Always remember, first you manage people - not money, or projects, or the corporate bottom line.  All of these “things” are affected first by the people you manage.

Show your competency! 


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