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The Organisational Leadership Model

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COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP PARADIGMS

CONVENTIONAL PARADIGM

ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP IMPROVEMENT

OUTPUT

Leaders

Leadership of the business

WHOSE PROPERTY IS LEADERSHIP

Individual leaders

The organisation

PERCEPTION OF LEADERSHIP

Heroes

Organisation well led

MEASURE OF SUCCESS

Leaders' capability (sometimes in the organisation context)

Leadership in, of, by and for the organisation

METAPHORS FOR THE GOAL

The artist
The actor

The painting
The performance

INTERVENTION STRATEGY

Development

Management development

Improvement

Management development plus organisation development

PROCESS

Developing individual leaders (either generically or in their organisation context)

Developing individual leaders in their organisation context

Developing team leadership

Improving systems that affect leadership

Improving the leadership culture

Removing obstacles to leadership

DRIVER

Request for better leadership skills

Need for better-led organisations that serve stakeholders

BENEFICIARIES

Individuals and their organisation

The organisation and its stakeholders

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Increasing the supply of leadership talent

More demand side, blended with supply

FOCUS OF COMPETENCE

The individual

The organisation

WHO IS THE CLIENT?

The individual learner

The sponsoring organisation

SOURCE OF SUPERVISION

Inside the HR function

Top line management

FORM OF NEEDS ANALYSIS

Learner's training needs analysis

Organisation's needs analysis

THINGS RIGHT/RIGHT THINGS

Doing things right

Doing the right things as well as doing things right

ACCESS BY DEVELOPERS

To individual learners

To the organisation's agenda (aims, problems and opportunities)

ENVIRONMENT

The leader's environment in the organisation

The leader's environment in the organisation, plus

The organisation's business environment and society

MOST SIGNIFICANT INPUTS

Developers
Leadership theory

Line management
Business context

TIME HORIZON

Timeless truths

Emergent issues

HR ACTIVITIES

Leadership talent development

Leadership talent definition, recruitment, assessment, appraisal, promotion, succession, utilisation, reward, tenure, exiting

HR SPECIALISMS

Management training and development function

All HR functions/specialisms

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Occupational psychology

Organisation psychology


    © William Tate, Prometheus Consulting, 2003

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