Ivy Tech Student Affairs Summit, June 30, 2009
Good to Great
LEVEL 5 LEADERSHIP
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
What does it mean to be a Level 5 Leader?
Blending extreme personal humility with intense professional will.
Professional Will
· Creates superb results, a clear catalyst in the transition from good to great.
· Demonstrates an unwavering resolve to do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results, no matter how difficult.
· Sets the standard of building an enduring great company; will settle for nothing less.
· Looks in the mirror, not out the window, to apportion responsibility for poor results, never blaming other people, external factors, or bad luck.
Personal Humility
· Demonstrates a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation; never boastful.
· Acts with quiet, calm determination; relies principally on inspired standards, not inspiring charisma, to motivate.
· Channels ambition into the company, not the self; sets up successors for even greater success in the next generation.
· Looks out the window, not in the mirror, to apportion credit for the success of the company – to other people, external factors, and good luck.
“Look for situations where extraordinary results exist but where no individual steps forth to claim excess credit. You will likely find a potential Level 5 leader at work.”
Level 5 Leadership Discussion Questions From a Student Affairs Perspective
1) What do I ask myself when making professional decisions?
2) Whose interests are at the forefront of my professional decisions?
3) What results am I currently committed to and why?
4) What can Ivy Tech do to better support Level 5 Leadership from me?
Dr. Laura Naff, Jefferson Community & Technical College, ; (502) 213-2136
Ivy Tech Student Affairs Summit, July 1, 2009
Good to Great
HEDGEHOG CONCEPT
“All the good to great companies attained a very simple concept that they used as a frame of reference for all their decisions, and this understanding coincided with breakthrough results.”
The hedgehog concept is constructed by the intersection of three questions:
What can you be the best in the world at?
What drives your economic engine (resources)?
What are you deeply passionate about?
Ivy Tech is a complex institution and Student Affairs is made up of many different functional areas. Think about how a hedgehog concept might be developed for Student Affairs. Collins is clear that this is an iterative process and does not happen overnight. The first step is in examining the three questions as well as grasping the brutal facts and acknowledging what you cannot be the best at.
Hedgehog Discussion Questions From a Student Affairs Perspective
1) What are you deeply passionate about?
2) What can (not want) you be the best in world at?
3) What can’t you be the best at?
4) What drives your resource engine?
Dr. Laura Naff, Jefferson Community & Technical College, ; (502) 213-2136