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104 What Type of Leader Are You?

ther too narrow in scope nor too lofty, complex, or imprecise for
practical implementation; enlisting and aligning key individuals and
groups with the vision; communicating the vision through multi-
ple modalities (written, visual, and auditory) on a continuous basis;
and ensuring that the vision is used as a guidepost.

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COMPONENT 8: DEFINING A VIABLE MISSION This involves clearly
identifying the business you are in for the medium term; making
sure the mission is aligned with the overall vision; accurately iden-
tifying your customers and their requirements; providing a unique,
value-added contribution to both the customer and the business;
understanding your competitors and potential collaborators and
how you are positioned in relation to them; and basing the mis-
sion on a realistic assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of
the organization, business unit, or team.

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COMPETENCY 9: DEVELOPING SYNERGISTIC STRATEGIES This
involves creating three to five viable strategies that enable you to
achieve both your mission and your vision; clearly defining these
strategies so that you can readily determine effective resource allo-
cation and make other critical business decisions; understanding
how the different strategies support one another so that all of them
can be prioritized, sequenced, and leveraged; analyzing potential
conflicts between and among strategies, and either resolving these
or accepting the ambiguity; leading from these strategies and mak-
ing your decisions based on them; and revisiting the strategies at
regular intervals to evaluate their success and to adjust goals or
tactics as needed.

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