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What are practical examples of Legitimate Leadership’s intent test?
In Legitimate Leadership’s introductory programmes, one of the ideas we work through is the Intent test. Legitimate Leadership argues that the only real measure we have of whether we can trust someone is whether they are able to suspend their agenda for ours; whether they are able to set aside their self-interest, and act instead in our interests. It is on this basis alone that trust is granted or withheld and, in the leadership relationship, the manager is seen to be worthy of support, or not.
So what does it mean to pass the intent test in practice?
Will Your Business Survive Your Exit?
Whether it is a family, a small business, a corporation or a country, the true success of any leader can only be measured by the performance of the entity long after the leader is no longer in charge.
Imagine you have a thriving business with good people. The business grows and sets up the usual hierarchies. The senior management team is established and working well, with managers taking responsibility and accountability for their departments. Business thrives and the measures of success in departments – typically OTIF (On Time and In Full Delivery), financial stability, and production efficiency – are visible and tangible. This goes on for a number of years, the business grows further and the people get older. Some may even be getting close to retirement age.
‘Service Leadership’ And The Work-From-Home vs Return-To-Office Debate
Peter Diamandis’s article endorses many of the Legitimate Leadership principles and practices. I love his point that a focus on broad outcomes, or what Legitimate Leadership calls ‘enabling givers’, is analogous to engaging with employees as grown-ups. If you want your staff to behave as grown-ups, then don’t infantilise them. Secondly, I appreciate his focus on location – neither home nor office, but for frontline workers the clients’ premises; and for leaders, out with their people, both caring for them and enabling the best in them to be realised. Leaders, unlike managers, go to where their people are, as opposed to their people coming to them.
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Question Of The Month
By Josh Hayman, Director, Legitimate Leadership.
Question: What are practical examples of Legitimate Leadership’s intent test?
Answer: In Legitimate Leadership’s introductory programmes, one of the ideas we work through is the Intent test. Legitimate Leadership argues that the only real measure we have of whether we can trust someone is whether they are able to suspend their agenda for ours; whether they are able to set aside their self-interest, and act instead in our interests. It is on this basis alone that trust is granted or withheld and, in the leadership relationship, the manager is seen to be worthy of support, or not.
So what does it mean to pass the intent test in practice?
- A lead has arisen that could lead to an important sale for your business. You have two sales people you can assign the work to. Jill is your top sales performer and realistically has the best chance of securing the deal. Andrew is a good sales performer, and giving this deal to him will stretch his ability and he will have gained some much-needed experience in pursuing the opportunity. His prospects of success are not as good as Jill’s. Who do you give the opportunity to? Read the full response by clicking here
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Article: Will Your Business Survive Your Exit?
By Dieter Jansen, Associate, Legitimate Leadership.
Whether it is a family, a small business, a corporation or a country, the true success of any leader can only be measured by the performance of the entity long after the leader is no longer in charge.
Imagine you have a thriving business with good people. The business grows and sets up the usual hierarchies. The senior management team is established and working well, with managers taking responsibility and accountability for their departments. Business thrives and the measures of success in departments – typically OTIF (On Time and In Full Delivery), financial stability, and production efficiency – are visible and tangible. This goes on for a number of years, the business grows further and the people get older. Some may even be getting close to retirement age.
Supposing someone does leave. The department initially carries on the momentum, but slowly the disciplines fall away – and the measures show the decline. The blame is laid squarely on the shoulders of the current manager, with secret (and sometimes not-so-secret) thoughts of wishing that the previous manager was still in charge, because then things worked. Where can the business get another manager like that?
READ THE FULL ARTICLE BY CLICKING HERE
Article: ‘Service Leadership’ And The Work-From-Home vs Return-To-Office Debate
By Peter H. Diamandis, an American marketer, engineer, physician, and entrepreneur.
COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE BY WENDY LAMBOURNE, LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP: Peter Diamandis’s article endorses many of the Legitimate Leadership principles and practices. I love his point that a focus on broad outcomes, or what Legitimate Leadership calls ‘enabling givers’, is analogous to engaging with employees as grown-ups. If you want your staff to behave as grown-ups, then don’t infantilise them. Secondly, I appreciate his focus on location – neither home nor office, but for frontline workers the clients’ premises; and for leaders, out with their people, both caring for them and enabling the best in them to be realised. Leaders, unlike managers, go to where their people are, as opposed to their people coming to them.
OUR SUMMARY OF THIS ARTICLE: Amazon recently made returning to the office a requirement, starting January 1, 2025. Is that the right way to go?
Is there a 3rd option? Jack Hidary, CEO of the unicorn startup (a unicorn is a startup company valued at over US$1billion which is privately owned and not listed) SandboxAQ, says yes, there is a 3rd, and much better, way. SandboxAQ is a US-based start-up which ‘leverages the compound effects of AI and advanced computing to address some of the biggest challenges impacting society.’
I just had a fascinating conversation with Jack on my Moonshots podcast about this topic.
READ THE FULL SUMMARY OF THIS ARTICLE BY CLICKING HERE