Leadership inventory

If this chapter causes you to identify deficiencies in leadership in yourself or in your company, there is still some good news. The ability to lead effectively is a skill that can be learned. It is a difficult skill that may require you to make some changes in the way you have become used to doing your job over many years. Our own experience is that progress can be made, and the results are worth the effort. We now turn to the leadership inventory, a series of questions to help you reflect on the leadership capabilities of you and yonr organization. This is not a validated survey, and the objective is not to see how your score compares to those of other leaders. Rather, it is a way to see where your strengis lie and discover areas of opportunity for improvement. 

Hammer, M. R, (2009), The Intercultural Development Inventory An approach for assessing and building intercultural competence. In M. Moodian (Ed.), Contemporary leadership and intercultural competence Exploring the cross-cuUural dynamics within organizations (pp. 203-218). Thousand Oaks, CA Sage. 

Assessments focused on inclusive leadership practices, such as the Global Competencies Inventory (http //kozaigroup.com/ inventories/the-global-competencies-inventory-gci), the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (http //kozaigroup.com/ inventories/the-intercultural-effectiveness-scale), and the Inclusion Measurement Survey (Davis, 2010) (see also Bird,... 

In the building of market-driven value networks, an important shift for leadership teams is to move from a focus on inventory levels to look at the form and function of inventory. Today, most companies focus on the level of inventory—how much inventory is the right amount—for their supply chain. The shift to look not only at the amount but also at the type of inventory requires a deepening of processes and technology. These shifts are outlined in Table 4.2. 

This process innovation was a wake-up call for the Samsung management team. The leadership team at Samsung became innovators in inventory management and supply chain processes championing horizontal process evolution of S OP, revenue management, and supplier development to never have to write off inventory. 

If Bound 1 is used as the criterion for selecting the buildings to be evaluated, approximately 40 % of the inventory would be included in the study. It is probably doable, provided that economic and engineering resources are available and the political leadership is willing to assign those resources to the cause of limiting human and economic losses. 

One of the exemplars of world class demand management and planning is Dell Inc., the computer company. Their ability to offer high levels of product availability with minimal inventory has given then a leadership position in many markets (see box below). 

This inventory can be used to examine your own leadership. It can also be shared with a team or leadership group. We have used it with leadership groups, having the participants return the surveys to us anonymously. We look at two things in the compiled data (1) Where are the strengths and weaknesses in the group And (2) where is there a lot of variation in response, meaning that different respondents have very different points of view Both analyses then provide a basis for discussion of such topics as ... 

As an organization may have a very large number of jobs to review, a budget for time, and resources is essential. Each analysis takes considerable time and attention and a schedule is needed to work through entire job inventory. Leadership commitment and support is necessary to make the JHA process possible. Resources and coordination in additional to time and budget include access to equipment, materials, and tools in use. 

Step 1 begins with selecting the areas to improve — injury reductions, product improvement, inventory management, etc. A well-defined scope is established that will validate the business issues under review. The scope and objective can be established by a designated team, the process owner, and/ or a member of the leadership team. 

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