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Leadership checkup


Check out your leadership health

Does your organisation have the leadership power it needs to get results? Take our quick, anonymous leadership health check now. Note down the number of 'no's you get in each of the three sections.

Section A: Do we have the leadership pipeline we need?

1. Do we have a clear view of what we need from our leaders?

2. Do we systematically identify and grow our emerging leaders?

3. Do we have a robust succession plan for our most critical roles?

4. Do we develop our people to step up, lead and deliver?

5. Are we attractive to those whom we want to recruit and retain?

Section B: Do we have a cohesive, productive leadership team?

6. Is our team aligned behind a clear direction?

7. Is our team aligned behind our priorities and a clear plan for execution?

8. Does our leadership team have the right processes in place?

9. Does our leadership team work productively together?

10. Are the attitudes and relationships in our leadership team productive?

Section C: Does our organisation support leadership?

11. Does HR appropriately support us in developing and managing talent?

12. Do our managers effectively develop their team members?

13. Do our people share a set of productive mindsets that guide daily work?

14. Do our people collaborate well within and across teams/divisions?

15. Are our people well prepared to work in changing or challenging times?

Making sense of your answers

If you put yes to all questions, congratulations. You have worked hard to get and develop the right leaders and help them work together.

If you answered no to some questions in section A, look again at how you are building your leadership pipeline. You might be getting by today but, over time, you are unlikely to have the capacity you need to grow or sustain the business. Find out the challenges our clients face in developing leaders and how we help them.

If you said no to some questions in section B, it sounds like your organisation is not getting the most from your leadership team. This is very common. Great leadership teams are productive and fun: it doesn’t have to be a grind. Find out some of the challenges our clients face with their teams and how we help them.

If you put no to some questions in section C, you are identifying organisational barriers to effective leadership. Perhaps managers or HR are not providing the necessary support. Or perhaps there are tensions between divisions or a mismatch between strategy and behaviours. Read about our client challenges in how organisations support leadership and how we help them.