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Define Leadership

Define leadership not through studies, but through the real-life expectations in your company. 

Define leadership not by googling “Define Leadership”, but instead by analyzing your organizations strengths and opportunities.

Define leadership and build customized programs to embed leadership throughout your organization. 

Over the last ten years, there has been an intense desire to define leadership.  Countless books and articles have been written.  Competency models have been created.  And studies by large universities have been published. 

Most of these studies and publications have tried to make the distinction to define leadership in contrast to defining management.  But to exclusively set out to define leadership, they are making it very confusing to the leaders they hope to impact.

Leadership and Management is often integrated.  When an executive goes to work each day, they can’t lead from 8am-9am, then take off the leadership hat and manage from 9am-10am.  As an executive, they lead and manage all day…together.   Attempting to exclusively define leadership is often confusing!

I have create the Leadership Integration Model that takes the definition of leadership and the definition of managing and defines the overlap.  As a leader, you set a vision, lead change, influence, and coach your team.  As a manager, you manage your team, manage projects, and manage resources.  The model helps leaders navigate the balance of these responsibilities and assists them in being strategic, not Corporate Exhausted Heroes. 

As your company attempts to define leadership for your organization, let us help you in finding the real-life unique needs and building a program that establishes clear expectations for your leaders to be successful.

By Mark HeydtDefault PostAugust 22, 2019September 28, 2019
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One Year with GPL

Today is a brand new day.  People often say this after something horribly bad has happened.  But not in this case.   Today is the first day of the second year of Game Plan Leader.  And the first year was EPIC, awesome, and fun.  

A year ago I set out on the adventure of entrepreneurship and I was blessed with an awesome year.  I helped several companies define leadership in their organization and reset all leadership expectations.  Taking on projects to define leadership included defining behaviors that were consistently desired and building customized leadership development programs to embed these leadership behaviors.  Before these programs companies relied on situational leadership meaning they hoped leadership would step up in each situation.  Now through defined leadership behaviors, these leaders have a guide point to lean on.

Whether it be in healthcare, advertising, manufacturing, government, or retail, the projects have been hugely rewarding.  So rewarding that I have now created and tested my own model, a standard for defining leadership and the challenges in elevating leadership.  This model is already shaping the year to come with keynotes, leadership courses, executive coaching, and leadership offsites.  And one giant project in the works that I hope to unveil in the next few weeks.  

Today is a new day.  Last year was the adventure of entrepreneurship.  They say the first year is the hardest.  If that is true, I am in for a fun second year!!!

By Mark HeydtDefault PostFebruary 5, 2018September 28, 2019

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