The Tiers

The Tiered Leadership Approach is split into 4 tiers of skills to master with a foundation of skills underneath fueling the increasing responsibility of the tiers.

The tiers are:

• Lead Self
• Lead Others
• Leading Leaders
• Lead the Organization

The Foundation

Consists of skills necessary for all tiers.

 

The Individual Tiers

Each Tier is a progressive competency-based talent management program.  We develop competency-based leadership education and training development ranging from the individual contributor to senior executive.

 

Tier 1 – Lead Self

• Interpersonal Skills
  • Illustrate Self-direction
  • Demonstrate integrity and honesty
  • Show Initiative
  • Work effectively with others
  • Express consistent positive attitude
• Leadership Skills
  • Display critical thinking
  • Ability to solve complex problems
  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Ability to make difficult decisions
  • Effective communication with others
  • Demonstrate ethical followership
• Business Acumen
  • Track and keep records
  • Effective use of the resource
  • Applies policies and procedures to meet objectives
  • Display resource accountability
• Technical Competence
  • Understand operational policy/procedure
  • Computer literacy
  • Builds technical credibility

Tier II – Lead Others

• Interpersonal Skills
  • Perform active listening
  • Achieve persuasive actions
  • Exemplify impulse control
  • Displays empathy to others
  • Continual learner
• Leadership Skills
  • Effective handle conflict management
  • Build employee development
  • Drives plan performance management
  • Display influence and negotiation within / external organizational units
  • Flexibility and Resilience
  • Conducts stress management activities
• Business Acumen
  • Identify, organize, and use needed resources
  • Drive and produce results
• Technical Competence
  • Establish organizational benchmark
  • Driving the development of 70/20/10
  • Set ASMART team objective
  • Enact risk management activities

Tier III – Leading Leaders

• Interpersonal Skills
  • Displays cognitive intelligence
  • Models trust between co-workers
• Leadership Skills
  • Demonstrate organizational flexibility and agility
  • Create organizational networks
  • Conduct coaching and mentoring
  • Develop crisis management tools/activities
  • Leading people
• Business Acumen
  • Create management control measures
  • Enhance human performance management
  • Maintain engagement management activities
  • Conduct financial / budgeting activities
• Technical Skills
  • Ensure on-time delivery
  • Managing and facilitating 70/20/10 program
  • Define key performance indicators
  • Employ technological innovation into daily operation

Tier IV – Lead the Organization/Institution

• Interpersonal Skills
  • Analytical thinking
  • Conceptual thinking
• Leadership Skills
  • Strategic foresight
  • Illustrates strategic thinking
  • Facilitate strategic planning
  • Create enterprise vision
  • Leading change
• Business Acumen
  • Monitor financial/budgeting activities
  • Enhance human performance
  • Planning and evaluating organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency
• Technical Competence
  • Manage corporate stakeholder relationship
  • Monitor technology management