{"id":1791,"date":"2022-04-20T20:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T03:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadershipchoice.com\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2022-04-20T20:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T03:51:03","slug":"leadership-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.taylorsolutionsinc.com\/lc\/leadership-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A “Leadership Profile”? And Why Is Your Organization Losing Big If You Don’t Have One?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A leadership profile\u00a0designates the attributes a leader within your company should have. It becomes not only the checklist used during the hiring or promotion process, but is also used to evaluate current leaders and to predict talented up-and-coming future leaders within the company.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Making the Right Decision When Hiring a Leader<\/h1>\n

When you are looking to hire a customer service representative, you know you are looking for someone who is friendly, communicates effectively, can resolve conflicts, manages stress well, and has a talent for mitigating confrontation.<\/p>\n

When searching for the perfect window glazier or a machinist, you’re on the hunt for someone with knowledge and expertise in the industry, a track record for upholding safety protocols, the ability to work well within a team, and with proven consistent output.<\/p>\n

Yet when it comes to hiring or promoting a leader, studies show we’re not only less discerning about the traits we’re looking for, but we also get our choice wrong almost 9 out of 10 times.<\/p>\n

How Wrong Are We, Exactly?<\/h3>\n

Very wrong, according to several recent studies. In a recent report by Gallup (the market research guys), they revealed that only 1 in 10 people have the five essential, god-given talents needed to be a top-performing leader.<\/p>\n

1 in 10 doesn’t sound like that big of a stretch, right? If you have a pool of 50 applicants then there are at least 5 who will be exceptional leaders. And you are probably pretty confident that you have the capacity to sniff them out.<\/p>\n

However, this same study showed that 87% of the time, organizations pick incorrectly. That means 87% of the time, the wrong candidate is hired or promoted to fill a leadership role.<\/p>\n

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Where Did We Go Wrong?<\/h3>\n

Blame it on our old-fashioned idea that if you work hard, you’ll eventually ascend the company ladder.<\/p>\n

No, really.<\/p>\n

Multiple studies have found that the majority of leaders come from two major sources:<\/p>\n

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  1. They were the highest-performing individuals in their department,<\/strong> so when a leadership role emerged, they were promoted into the position as a reward for their excellent work.<\/li>\n
  2. They have seniority at the company,<\/strong> having been around longer than any other employee in the department. When a leadership position opens up, their tenure grants them the promotion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There may be some discussion around “whether so-and-so is up to the role,” but in both of these situations, neither the\u00a0candidacy nor the ultimate selection are based on that person’s\u00a0actual capacity to excel in a leadership role.<\/p>\n

    There are lots of reasons why this misstep occurs. For one, it’s risky and costly to go without a leader for any extended period of time. When you also take into account that a hire from outside the company would also need significant time to gain their bearings within the organization, the months of diminished performance quickly add up.<\/p>\n

    Second, promotion into a leadership role has long been the expected “reward” for good performance within a company. After all, salary is typically based on job title; not on performance or contribution.<\/p>\n

    All of these reasons add up to one unfortunate truth: most of the leaders in today’s organizations don’t have the talent to lead with the skills that drive high levels of performance. Even more unfortunate is the fact that in all of this hullabaloo, most organizations aren’t even quite sure what a good leader looks like.
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    Over 50% Of Organizations Can’t Articulate What A Good Leader Looks Like<\/h3>\n

    In a survey to hundreds of organizations across multiple industries, HR and those in hiring roles admitted that, for the most part, they didn’t know exactly what to look for in a leader outside of the fact that the person had industry knowledge and a track-record for individual performance within the company.<\/p>\n

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    • 52% of organizations surveyed cannot clearly describe the qualities they look for in a leader.<\/li>\n
    • 95% of organizations that do<\/em> have list of attributes they look for are lacking one or more of the 5 most essential qualities of a top-performing leader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      You Can Fix The Leadership Dilemma Within Your Organization:
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      Step 1: Design A “Leadership Profile”<\/h3>\n

      A LEADERSHIP PROFILE<\/strong> designates the attributes a leader within your company should have. It becomes not only the checklist used during the hiring or promotion process, but is also used to evaluate current leaders and to predict talented up-and-coming future leaders within the company.
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