The Single Best Predictor of Sustainable Organizational Performance

Posted by Jim Connolly on 3 September, 2009  Email This Post -  Print This Post

Wouldn’t work be easier if you coud do the work of all of your employees?  Well, of course, it’s not possible for any of us who lead people to do the work of all of our direct and indirect reporting employees.

So, if we need others to help get the work done, wouldn’t THE single best predictor of organizational performance be our effectiveness at getting the work done by working with and through others?  And, to do so more effectively than our competitors.

If this is the case, why is it that we spend so much more of our time focusing on measuring sales, gross profit, operating profit, productivy, etc. than on the time we spend improving THE one thing that predicts all of these results?

Leadership effectiveness is THE single best predictor of sustainable organizational performance. 

How will you use this insight to improve results in your organization?

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