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Institutional Leadership

Alan L. Wilkins November 20, 2008. Institutional Leadership. Institutional Leadership. Organization = tool, structure, rules (expendable) Institution = responsive, adaptive organism; we assume or are passionately loyal (not expendable)

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Institutional Leadership

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  1. Alan L. Wilkins November 20, 2008 Institutional Leadership

  2. Institutional Leadership • Organization = tool, structure, rules (expendable) • Institution = responsive, adaptive organism; we assume or are passionately loyal (not expendable) • Key differences have to do with commitment, meaning, values

  3. What do Effective Institutional Leaders Do?

  4. Which Leader: A or B?(Handout) • Negotiates a shared vision throughout the company. • Helps the organization move from average performance to excellence (a strong “turnaround”). • Is seen and remembered by both outsiders and insiders as a real leader. • Creates a strong reputation for the organization. • Provides a role model and creates a system that will foster the development of future leaders. • Fosters a strong company culture oriented to success and improvement in the long run (that is beyond the tenure of the leader).

  5. Level 5 Leadership • Ambition for the Company: setting up successors for success • Compelling modesty • Unwavering resolve to do what must be done to make company great; focus on results • The window and the mirror • Share credit for success (the window) • Take personal responsibility for failure (the mirror) • (Almost always come from within the company) (Good to Great, 2001, Collins)

  6. Negotiating a Shared Vision about Distinctive Competence • Logical incrementalism • Listening to what is valued, needed • Inspiring confidence • Acting before announcing • Exercising power in support of vision (Developing Corporate Character, 1989, Wilkins)

  7. Gospel Connections • Examples from scriptures and Brethren of Institutional or Level 5 leadership? • Seeing the Savior at the “head of the line” • D & C 107: 30-31 (divine nature, conversion, and leadership)

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