Last updated: November 18, 2021
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Motivating for peak performance involves knowledge and skills in using motivational techniques such as job design, role clarification, reward systems and performance appraisal to motivate optimum subordinate performance.
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Promoting empowerment involves knowledge and skills in using processes such as delegation and information sharing to enhance subordinate ownership and empowerment over their task and performance.
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Developing people involves knowledge and skills such as mentoring, performance evaluation and feedback, career planning and coaching to enhance subordinates growth and development.
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Building team orientation involves knowledge and skills in developing group identity, participative decision making and open and effective communication.
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Vision and goal setting involves knowledge and skills in establishing official and operative goals for the organization/units and to establish a system of measuring effectiveness of goal attainment.
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Designing strategy and structure involves knowledge and skills in the analysis of the environment, size of the organization, strategy and use of technology.
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Creating and managing change involves knowledge and skills to manage in the organization through setting direction and urgency, building a coalition of support, communicating widely, handling resistance to change and facilitating implementation of successful change actions.
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Corporate intrapreneurship focuses on venture creation, governance, differentiation and integration of new ventures within the organization.
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Seeking and using feedback involves knowledge and skills of seeking and using feedback from other to improve one’s performance and authenticity. This requires active listening and modeling personal change in order to foster trust in the whole organization.
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Fostering trust involves knowledge and skills to build and sustain trust in an organization and between the leader and his/her colleagues, through integrity, concern for others and consistent behaviour, following through on commitments and open communications.
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Solving problems creatively involves knowledge and skills in fostering creative problem solving in the organization through critical reflection, problem analysis, risk assessment and rewarding innovation.
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Building strategic alliances involves knowledge and skills to engage in internal and external stakeholder analysis and to negotiate agreements and alliances based on a full understanding of power and politics.
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Negotiating/conflict management involves knowledge and skills to engage in 2 party/multi-party negotiations and to facilitate third party intervention or mediation into conflict situations.
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Communicating effectively involves good presentation skills (verbal and written), careful listening, problem framing and use of presentation technologies.
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Handling crises involves effectively managing risks and crises and handling public relations.
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