Four Levels of Leadership
The 7 Habits apply all at four levels of leadership:
As you work from the inside out by building your personal trustworthiness, you create trust on an interpersonal level and improve relationships. As trust is built, you can confidently empower individuals and groups within the organization to produce desired results. With empowered individuals, the organization can align its systems and structures better with the corporate mission and with strategy to meet stakeholder needs. Alignment, then, contributes to greater empowerment and higher trust.
Personal and Interpersonal Leadership
Personal leadership grows out of trustworthiness. To lead others effectively, individuals must first be able to lead themselves effectively. As individuals demonstrate trustworthiness (a balance of high competence and strong character), other people will begin to trust them as leaders.
Interpersonal leadership is built on trust. Trust, which builds strong relationships, flows from trustworthy people.
- Personal
- Interpersonal
- Managerial
- Organizational
As you work from the inside out by building your personal trustworthiness, you create trust on an interpersonal level and improve relationships. As trust is built, you can confidently empower individuals and groups within the organization to produce desired results. With empowered individuals, the organization can align its systems and structures better with the corporate mission and with strategy to meet stakeholder needs. Alignment, then, contributes to greater empowerment and higher trust.
Personal and Interpersonal Leadership
Personal leadership grows out of trustworthiness. To lead others effectively, individuals must first be able to lead themselves effectively. As individuals demonstrate trustworthiness (a balance of high competence and strong character), other people will begin to trust them as leaders.
Interpersonal leadership is built on trust. Trust, which builds strong relationships, flows from trustworthy people.
