Building a leadership team

Abstract

We saw in Chapter 2 how the impact of the leader is key to creating the culture of an organization: the common practices and beliefs its members share. Leaders also have a disproportionate effect on the climate, or how it feels for those working there. The culture and climate affect the degree of employee engagement and thereby both the amount of discretionary effort they put in and their intention to stay. Climate and culture have an impact on the bottom line: on the results of the organization in terms of productivity, creativity and profits, and on levels of employee retention.

Incomplete leaders differ from incompetent leaders in that they understand what they’re good at and what they’re not.

Deborah Ancona

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Plutarch