Integrated Leadership Disciplines™ Model
When routinely and systematically exercised in an interdependent fashion, the disciplines of discernment, alignment, execution, and balance create a powerful force that enables leaders and their organizations to thrive on a sustainable basis.
Discernment is the discipline of judging well in order to determine the best path to take. Whether solving a complex problem or planning for the future, this discipline ensures the use of facts, experience, intuition and the input of others in order to see and assess well beyond the obvious. Discernment produces a depth of clarity and insight that empowers the leader and the organization to move forward with confidence.
Alignment is the discipline of lining up people and operations with mission and strategy. It ensures that your daily actions reflect your core values and that your organizational systems properly support your key business objectives. Alignment produces an organizational synergy that facilitates effective and efficient execution.
Execution is the discipline of consistently getting the right things done the right way. This discipline ensures that your organization systematically accomplishes its most important objectives and routinely measures results against expectations. Execution produces a corporate culture of accountability and achievement.
Balance is the discipline of maintaining a healthy blend in one’s professional and personal life. This discipline ensures that you utilize your most critical and valuable resource in a manner that sustains it. Balance produces the greatest source of renewable energy for the leader and the organization.
