Connected Leadership: How to Invest in Your Management Teams

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Learning Culture and Employee Engagement

Cassie WhitlockDirector of HR

BambooHR

Erin BoettgeContent Marketing Manager

BizLibrary

Defining Leadership



Management is

doing things right.

Leadership is

doing the right things.

- Peter Drucker



“Leadership is a process of social

influence, which maximizes the

effort of others toward the

achievement of a goal.”

- Kevin Kruse

What is Leadership?



Leadership vs. Management

Leadership: Social Influence Management: Operational Counterpart



Identifying Skills



Identifying Skills

Communications

Coaching Skills

Collaboration and Teamwork

Goal Setting

Connected Leadership



Managers are responsible for

70% of the variance

in employee engagement.



Succession Planning:

1. Identify Your Organization’s Needs

2. Assess Your Employees’ Skills

3. Connect Your Employees to a Career Path



Identify Your Organization’s Needs

• Work with senior leadership team

• Define your overarching goals

• Discover your organization’s pressure points

• Perform a cost/benefit analysis of structural changes





Dunbar’s Number: 150 People





Developing a Unified Culture

• Fully define your organization’s mission and values

• Translate your values into actions and outcomes

• Encourage your managers and employees to work on

personal and company-wide values-based goals





Assess Your Employees’ Potential

• Desire to Lead: Is leadership the primary motivation?

• Tactical/Strategy Skills: Does the leadership position require new planning?

Or is it supporting pre-approved processes?

• Job Skills: Is the employee good at his or her job?

• People Skills: Can the employee provide effective feedback? Does the employee

have emotional maturity? Clear communication? Relatability? Sincerity?



Connect Employees to a Career Path



Epiphany Moments

• 6% increase on the anniversary of a hire date

• 9% increase on the anniversary of a promotion

• 12% increase after birthdays, especially milestone birthdays

• 16% increase after attending a high school reunion

Job-hunting activity jumps when employees make comparisons.



Leadership and Engagement



Employee Engagement

87% of this generation rate “professional or career growth and

development opportunities” as important to them in a job.

Only 39% strongly agree that they have learned something new in the

past 30 days that they can use to do their job better.



80% of people quit their boss

not their company



Engaged employees are:

• 2x more likely to help others

• 2.5x more likely to stay late

• 3x more likely to do something good

• 5x more likely to submit a referral



Mapping Skills to Desired Outcomes

Delegation

Listening Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Presentation Skills



Formal Learning and Training



RegularFeedback

Resources for




Internal Tools

• Technology

• Mentoring/Coaching

• One-on-ones

• Performance Reviews

• Peer Feedback

• Individual Development Plans



Leadership vs. Management

Intent Statement Strategic Initiatives Deliverables




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Connected Leadership: How to Invest in Your Management Teams