Leadership enhancing the lessons of experience 8th by hughes curphy chap 11

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Chapter

11

Skills for
Developing Others

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Introduction
• This chapter will concentrate on the following
assortment of skills that are related to the leader’s
relationship with followers.
– Setting goals
– Providing constructive feedback
– Team building for work teams
– Building high-performance teams—the Rocket Model
– Delegating
– Coaching

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Setting Goals
• For goals to be achievable, they should have the

following six characteristics.
1. Specific
2. Observable
3. Attainable
4. Challenging
5. Supported by actual commitment
6. Accompanied by feedback

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Providing Constructive Feedback
• The development of good feedback skills is
related to developing good communication,
listening, and assertiveness skills.
• To give good feedback, the provider must:
1. Be clear about the purpose.
2. Choose an appropriate context and medium.
3. Send proper nonverbal signals.
4. Try to detect emotional signals from the recipient.
5. Be somewhat assertive in providing it.

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Providing Constructive Feedback
(continued)

• Leaders can improve their feedback skills by:
1. Providing clear, unemotional feedback about behaviors

under the other person’s control.
2. Identifying specific behaviors that are positive or
negative.
3. Providing descriptive feedback that avoids inferences.
4. Giving timely feedback.
5. Being flexible about when and how they give feedback.
6. Giving both positive and negative feedback.
7. Avoiding blame or embarrassment.

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Team Building for Work Teams
• Team-building interventions, at the team level,
may help members understand why they
struggle to achieve team objectives but are
unlikely to remove the root causes of team
problems.
• Many organizations make top-down efforts to
correct team-building problems.
• Other organizations are committed to teamwork
and are willing to change structures and
systems to support it but are not committed to
the “bottom-up” work that is required.

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Team Building for Work Teams (continued)
Figure 11.1: A Rationale for Individual, Interpersonal, Team, and Organizational Training

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Team Building for Work Teams

(continued)

• A successful intervention at the team level
should:
1. Raise awareness about how teams really work.
2. Use diagnostic, instrument-based feedback so team
members can have a map of where they and their
teammates are currently located.
3. Provide a practice field for each intervention so team
members can test their new behaviors in a risk-free,
protected environment.

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Building High-Performance Teams:
The Rocket Model
• The Rocket Model of Team Effectiveness is a
prescriptive model of team building:
– It tells leaders what steps to take and when to take them
when building the new teams

• The Rocket Model is also a diagnostic model of
team building:

– It helps determine where existing teams are weak and
what needs to be done to get them back on track.

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Building High-Performance Teams:
The Rocket Model (continued)

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Building High-Performance Teams:
The Rocket Model (continued)
• The Rocket Model is comprised of 8 components:
1. Context: What is the situation?
2. The Mission: What are we trying to accomplish?
3. Talent: Who is on the bus?
4. Norms: What are the rules?
5. Buy-In: Is everyone committed and engaged?
6. Power: Do we have enough resources?
7. Morale: Can’t we all just get along?
8. Results: Are we winning?

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Building High-Performance Teams:
The Rocket Model (continued)

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Building High-Performance Teams:
The Rocket Model (continued)

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Delegating
• Delegation gives the responsibility for decisions to
those individuals most likely to be affected by or to
implement the decision.
• Delegation is more concerned with autonomy,
responsibility, and follower development than with
participation.
• Research shows that leaders who delegate
skillfully tend to have more satisfied and higherperforming work groups, teams, or committees.

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Why Delegating is Important
• Delegation frees time for the leader to perform
other activities.
• Delegation develops followers by providing them
with practical experience in a controlled fashion.
• Delegation strengthens the organization by
signaling that subordinates are trusted and their
development is important, which increases job

satisfaction levels.

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Common Reasons Leaders
Avoid Delegation
1. Takes too much time in the short run, although it saves
time in the long run.
2. Is risky because it reduces the leader’s direct control
over work that will be evaluated.
3. Leaders fear the job will not be done properly.
4. Leaders may resist delegating tasks that are a source
of power or prestige.
5. Leaders may feel guilty about delegating because
people are already too busy.

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Principles of Effective Delegation
1. Decide what to delegate
2. Decide whom to delegate to
3. Make the assignment clear and specific
4. Assign an objective, not a procedure
5. Allow for autonomy while monitoring
performance
6. Give credit, but don’t blame

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Coaching
• According to Peterson and Hicks, coaching is the
“process of equipping people with the tools,
knowledge, and opportunities they need to
develop themselves and become more
successful.”
• Good coaches:
1. Orchestrate, rather than dictate development.
2. Help followers clarify career goals.
3. Identify and prioritize development needs.
4. Create and stick to development plans.
5. Create environments that support learning and
coaching.
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Coaching (continued)
• The coaching process of Peterson and Hicks
involves five steps, and works particularly well for
high performers:
1. Forging a partnership built on trust
2. Inspiring commitment by conducting a GAPS analysis
3. Growing skills by creating development and coaching
plans
4. Promoting persistence by helping followers to stick to
their plans
5. Transferring skills by creating a learning environment

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Coaching (continued)

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Coaching

(continued)

• Coaching really takes little additional time.
• Good coaches are equally versatile at all five
steps of coaching.
• Leaders need to assess and develop coaching
skills.
• Coaching is a dynamic process—good coaches
assess where followers are in the coaching
process and intervene appropriately.
• Good leaders are those who create successors,
and coaching may be the best way to make this
happen.
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