The Leader's Edge - January 2016

The NEW Leader's Edge - Bringing it all Together

The NEW Leader's Edge - Bringing it all Together

Happy New Year! We hope you are ready to dive right into 2016 - we certainly are!

You may have noticed... we are making some BIG changes to this monthly newsletter. Our goal is for this to be one of the most important resources in your leadership tool bag.

New Focused Format

First, you'll notice each month we will be focusing on one of the core competencies in our MSBCOACH Leadership Maturity Model. That core competency and its related characteristics will be explored in depth by the highlighted Whitepapers, Blogs, and Webinar, giving you a well rounded look at an important leadership concept each month.

New Self-Coaching Program

We are also now offering you a way take your leadership development to the next level with our new program: The Leadership Climb: A Self Coaching Journey to Leadership Maturity. This FREE self-coaching program will dive even deeper into that core competency theme and guide you each week to assess, plan, practice and reflect on your own leadership maturity in that area.

Each Sunday evening, we'll be sending you an email as part of this new program. We hope you will take the opportunity to invest time once a week to read, reflect and journal about your leadership journey as we guide you with this engaging, thought provoking, resource filled self-coaching program. However, we understand that you may not be ready for that level of engagement at this time, so can always opt out at the bottom of the email - but still keep receiving our newsletters.

Keep in mind, you can sign up again any time, and we encourage you to invite your friends and colleagues too. We'll also make the previous months available on our website to make it easy for anyone to go back and explore a competency we've already touched on.

We are truly excited for the changes ahead in 2016 and we look forward to partnering with you in your own leadership journey!

January Leadership Maturity Theme: Adaptive Leadership

Not familiar with our Leadership Maturity Model? Well, it's at the core of everything we do. Depending on whether you or your team member is entry level, new to your organization, or a senior level executive, there are core competencies that are necessary for successful progression on the Leadership Climb. These leadership competencies, defined by our team of seasoned leaders and coaches in the MSBCOACH Leadership Maturity Model, help to create the backbone of the way we coach and train the leaders we work with everyday. Learn more here...

Adaptive Leadership

The first competency that we are going to explore is in the Summit Approach level. This means it is a fairly advanced competency on the Leadership Climb. However, we believe that while the more experienced leaders in an organization will have mastered these skills and characteristics, leaders of all levels will be working on developing them on their own leadership journey.

Adaptive Leaders practice situational leadership in our ever changing environments, are committed to people’s growth and are mindful of succession planning. Check out the resources below to explore this competency.

Adaptive Leadership Whitepaper Highlight:

'To Lead or to Manage? OR

To Lead AND to Manage."

There is an ongoing debate about the differences and definitions of leader and manager and many are striving to identify which is better. The bottom line is, organizations need both leaders and managers in order to be successful. In fact, the more "lean" organizations become, the more we will see leaders who need to be able to manage and managers who need to be able to lead. READ MORE

Adaptive Leadership Blog Highlight:

Developing Emerging Leaders

The development of Emerging Leaders (EL) is often overlooked and/or the EL is not given the energy needed for healthy growth to sustain leadership. To explore why it is important to invest time, energy and funding into EL's, we have to understand their challenges.

LEADING ACROSS GENERATIONS: TRADITIONALISTS TO MILLENIALS

Watch our dynamic webinar that delves into they ways leaders adapt and best lead a multi-generational workforce.

To explore more of our resources on Adaptive Leadership, click here.

Upcoming Webinar Event: Executive Presence: Cracking the Code

DATE: March 9, 2016

TIME: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

COST: Free

Executive Presence, or EP, has become a common term in leadership development; however it is not easily defined and can be a challenge to identify what a leader needs to do in order to establish it.

Is EP the way you dress, talk (voice tone... inflection), or enter a room? Or perhaps it’s the way you choose a seat at the table, handle conflict, or build trust? Maybe, it's how you communicate or use your body language? Indeed, EP can be a confusing and nuanced skill set. In this webinar we will explore:

A workable definition of EP
How to identify your current EP
Creating a plan to grow and develop your EP
How to use this knowledge in order to be more successful as a leader

Leaders of all levels benefit from a strong Executive Presence; join us to evaluate your own EP and learn ways to sharpen your skills. Register Now