We have over 25 years' experience assessing and developing the leadership of CEOs, Founders, Top Teams and whole organisations. Our unique methodology of Authentic Performance Measures for Leadership is grounded in the philosophy of Organic Leadership, aligned with human nature to maximise human potential and performance. We can test leaders to see how they perform under pressure by asking incisive and challenging questions as a Devil's Advocate and by deploying a military-style Red Team to see how they respond to a variety of scenarios.
Quantitative financial measures only account for 50% of a firm's market value. The other 50% is created by the intangibles, the strategy, business model, goodwill, relationships, brand, culture and, most importantly, the people. Amongst the most important of these, is leadership.
An investor's failure to properly assess the quality of leadership before making an investment can be a costly mistake. A founder or Top Team might be enthusiastic and inspiring, but do they have the capability to implement a business plan? They might be individually very intelligent and experienced, but do they have the relationships or team skills required to succeed?
In our experience, investors feel confident with quantitative analysis, but have much more room for improvement in their qualitative analysis of intangibles such as leadership. It's tempting to run a quick check based on track record, personal references and make a decision on gut feeling. With our Authentic Performance Measures of Leadership, investors can take a systematic and rigorous approach to assessing leadership capability.
Some companies offer tick box assessments and off-the-peg psychometrics designed in Ivory Towers which give the appearance of being scientific but we believe these have limited practical business value.
We find that the maximum power and potential is unleashed by discovering the Authentic Performance Measures for leadership (APMs) most suited to your particular business. APMs are a business transformation tool for continuous learning, feedback, quality improvement and adaptation. Leaders and investors find that APMs give them a unique granular transparency that enables accountability, risk management and effective performance management. The leaders and Top Teams being measured usually like APMs because, for once, they are measured according to what they actually do rather than something invented by an academic or someone that doesn't understand their business. Stakeholders like APMs because it measures what they value themselves. The only people who sometimes don't like APMs are political players because the authenticity and transparency reduces the scope for gaming the system and manipulation. APMs inform strategy, leadership and planning. APMs improve the information available to minimise risks and identify areas of good practice.
Applications
Leadership Assessment of CEOs, Founders, C-Suite Executives, Top Teams, Boards and a whole business can be for:
- Investor's decision making
- Assessing potential M&As, Partnerships or Joint Ventures
- Executive coaching
- Leadership development
- Performance enhancement
- Governance
- Recruitment
Benefits of APMs for Leadership
- Better informed decisions on investment, JVs, partnership and M&As.
- Identify the major problems and challenges facing the leadership
- Identify excellence and good practice
- Empower leaders to be the best they can be
- Clarify roles, responsibilities, authority and organisation
- A baseline for benchmarking
- Performance enhancement
- Continuous feedback, learning and quality improvement
- Transparency and accountability with granular detail on performance
- Measure alignment, morale, motivation, engagement & accountability
- Detect problems, threats, risks, conflicts and opportunities for improvement
Get in touch for a conversation to see how this might benefit your business.
Adan's executive coaches have decades of experience working at the executive level with leading organizations around the world. We have expertise in leadership, productivity, organizational change, team building, marketing, sales and motivation.
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