Musings from the CU Suite

 

Written by Anthony Demangone

Yesterday, John Spence led our Management and Leadership Institute through a fantastic leadership workshop. The culmination of the day was for the entire group to name the characteristics of great leaders.

There's John at work. Here's the list the group created.

• Communication. A great leader would demand robust, open communication that goes both ways.
• Shared vision and purpose. This leader would ensure that everyone within the credit union has a shared vision and purpose.
• Clear expectations and goals.  Everyone would have clear expectations about what the credit union was doing, as well as themselves individually.
• Integrity, honesty, authenticity, consistency. The  leader would be chock full of all of these qualities. 
• Passion. The leader would  inspire others
• The leader would be devoted to getting the right people into the right positions. The leader would understate team member strengths and weaknesses. 
• Courage. 
• Trust.
• Accountability. This leader would hold others and himself/herself accountable. 
• Teamwork and collaboration. The leader would foster both.
• Recognition. This leader would dispense the right amount in the right way.

How do you measure up? 

John had another exercise that would be great for you to do. Come up with your own leadership style. List the characteristics that you want your leadership style to follow. Once you have that list, review it at the end of each day, and score yourself on how you did.

It was a fantastic day.  Here's hoping you have a fantastic week!

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Details on NAFCU's 2015 Management and Leadership Instititute.