Discussion Adaptive Leadership Toolkit Competency Selection

Ihadselectedtheskillofbuildingcommunicationandthebehaviors

ofactingethically,supportingfollowers,andtreatingfollowersas

individualstoincludeintheadaptiveleadershiptoolkit.Buildingthe

skillofclearcommunicationrelatedtomultiplesuchas“Itrustmy

supervisor”,“MySupervisorletsmeknowwhereIstandandwhatis

expectedofme”,“MySupervisortalkswithmetohelpmedetermine

mytraininganddevelopmentgoals”,and“Iamverysatisfiedwithmy

job.”Thisskillrelatedtoquestionsacrosscategories,butismore

closelyrelatedtomultiplequestionsfromthe“WorkingConditions”

focusarea.Thebehaviorofactingethicallyisalignedspecificallywith

thequestion“Providesleadershipwhoactinjustandethicalways.”

Thebehaviorofsupportingfollowersdirectlyrelatestothequestion

“WhenIamhavingdifficultymysupervisoristheretosupportmeso

Idonotfeelabandoned.”Lastlytheidentifiedbehavioroftreating

followersasindividualsdirectlyalignswiththesurveyquestion

“Providesaninclusiveenvironmentwhereeachemployeeis

consideredasanindividual.”

Whilemostoftheidentifiedbehaviorsaredirectlyalignedwitha

specificquestionandanyimprovementwithpositivelyimpactfuture

scoresforthatspecificquestion.Thisissimplyduetothefactthat

thequestionitselfisthemetrictodetermineiftherehasbeenan

improvementregardingthosespecifiedbehaviors.Improvementsin

clearcommunicationwillbringapositiveimpacttothenextsurvey

resultsfortrustbetweensupervisorsandtheirdirectreports.Intheir

bookLeadershipChallengePosnerandKouzes(2021)statethat

“Trustcomesfromunderstandingeachother'svaluesand

understandingourexperiencesandwhatwestandfor.”Inorderfor

peopletounderstandeachothertheyfirstmustbeableto

effectivelycommunicate.Additionally,ifthesupervisorsarebetterat

communication,thentheycanbetterhelptheirdirectreportshavea

clearunderstandingofhowwelltheyareperforming,whatis

expectedfromthem,andhowtheycanimprovetheirperformance.

Bettercommunicationandtrustwillalsoaidincreatingtrainingand

developmentgoalsasthesupervisorcanbetterseektounderstand

theneedsandgoalsoftheindividual.Asanemployeefeelsthattheir

supervisorcanbetrustedandhasagenuineinterestinhelpingthem

grow,theemployeewillbemoreengagedwiththeirworkandwill

likelyhavehighersurveyresultsinthe“JobSatisfaction”areaaswell.

References

Posner,J.M.K.A.B.Z.(2021).LeadershipChallenge,6thEditionfor

SouthernNewHampshireUniversity.WileyGlobalEducationUS.

https://wileyplus.vitalsource.com/books/9781119850717