Every Board of Directors, and every seasoned executive, knows that the quality of leadership defines the performance of a business. Yet in spite of great effort, improving the quality of leadership often remains an elusive goal. A rethinking of the meaning of leadership is needed.<\/p>\n
Leadership is today almost universally defined and addressed solely as a characteristic of a leader. At Linden Leadership we have adopted a different view. We see leadership as a dynamic condition that emerges from the relationships, interactions, and behaviors of groups of people. This definition emerges naturally from the framework of the Four Fields; we refer to this kind of leadership as field leadership.<\/p>\n
The traditional view of a leader is someone who declares a vision and directs people to achieve that vision. The role of a Field Leader is richer and more challenging than this traditional view. Field leaders must be capable of traditional leadership, but they must also be skilled at creating the conditions under which all people learn and adopt the behaviors that give rise to field leadership. The result is a culture with strong, sustainable leadership that perpetuates innovation, vision, superb execution, and learning, at all scales of the organization and in all of the activities within the organization. Field leadership ensures that the organization will continually transform itself and adapt to the constantly changing challenges and opportunities of a hyperconnected world and a relationship economy.<\/p>\n
To learn more about the framework of the Four Fields and field leadership, download our paper, Building a Leadership Culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t Our work with organizations is grounded in the framework of the Four Fields and our model of the Cycle of Leadership. Within these we have developed powerful practices to establish high performance leaders, teams, and individual contributors, and a corporate-wide Leadership Culture. In organizations that have established a Leadership Culture the mood is optimistic; people take pride in their work, have a shared commitment to the success of the organization, trust one another, and believe that collectively they can solve any challenges that arise. The practices of innovation, vision, superb execution, and continuous learning are evident at all scales of the organization.<\/p>\n\n\t\tCulture Transformation \n\t<\/h3>\n\t