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Strategic Leadership Type Indicator (SLTi): Leader's Self-Assessment (Packet of 5)
Strategic Leadership Type Indicator Leader's SelfAssessment - SLTi - Packet of 5 Author:Alexander Hiam Restructuring and reengineering. Downsizing and cost reductions. Regulatory and legal requirements. Increased competition and pressure to do "more with less." In today’s challenging leadership environment, it is difficult to achieve or maintain acceptable performance levels. Unfortunately, traditional management approaches and tactics may no... more »t produce the desired results. Leaders can make more progress when they take a revolutionary, new approach to leadership... a strategic approach. Why a strategic role for leaders? Employees have varied needs based on the work they are doing and what skills and attitudes they bring to it. Strategic leadership responds to these varying needs with appropriate strategies to guide the leader’s efforts. The leader chooses from a handful of general strategies, then uses judgment, experience and creativity to find (many) good ways to implement the strategy, depending on the circumstances. Strategic Leadership Type Indicator (SLTi), Leader’s Self-Assessment gives leaders the powerful knowledge and insight to adjust their approach to reflect employee capabilities and desires. The SLTi Leader’s Self-Assessment is: An innovative assessment tool
A model of leadership behaviors
A prescriptive job aid for managers and other workplace leaders SLTi helps leaders understand their own patterns of responses to varied leadership contexts and shows them how they can respond more effectively. Part I is a self-assessment that gives leaders feedback about their use of multiple leadership strategies. In each of the 16 case studies leaders are asked to read descriptions of possible responses and decide how well they think each response would work. Part II guides participants in selecting the best strategy for a context. Part III illustrates how leaders can develop their direct reports using these strategies.« less