Implementing New Leader Behaviors

Most large companies have long known that it’s not just what is accomplished by leaders, but how it is done that has a lasting impact on both business performance and the corporate culture. Implementation of critical leadership behaviors that drive performance and reward discretionary effort has a direct bearing on your company’s financial and operational efficiency, and also contributes to your ability to attract and retain top talent.

Shaping New Behaviors with CLG’s DCOM^® Model

CLG uses a process that engages your senior management in identifying the critical few leadership behaviors that will create both the business success and working environment that is conducive to engaging employees to function at their personal best. Our research has shown that building these behaviors around our DCOM^® Model has achieved the best results for providing consistent effective leadership.

This key implementation tool is used by many of our consultants and clients to ensure consideration of the antecedents and consequences that are levers of high performance. DCOM consists of four elements:

• Direction - Giving clear direction about what is expected and why
• Competence - Ensuring people have the competency to perform these skills
• Opportunity - Providing opportunity or removing obstacles that might impact others from exhibiting the desired leadership behaviors
• Motivation - Providing the appropriate consequences to motivate people to behave consistently with the desired leadership behaviors

CLG’s Performance Catalyst^® Process

When the desired leadership behaviors are tied to the success of a specific business metric or initiative implementation, the power of the “how” and “what” for which leaders need to be held accountable are reinforced.

CLG’s Performance Catalyst^® is a powerful leadership process that aligns critical work behaviors to reach targeted results. Application of the Performance Catalyst process activates and sustains “critical path behaviors,” leading to greater success at all levels of your organization. When the behaviors of your top leaders, managers and front-line employees are aligned to your targeted business results, your organization flourishes.

Proven Results

CLG has guided significant performance and cultural transformation through implementation of new leadership behaviors for a wide array of diverse companies across varying industries. Our successful work with these clients reflects the power of strong sponsorship from top management, as well as the importance of achieving full alignment around the key behaviors that affect the business. This engagement, coupled with the power of positive and consistent consequences, has created measurable impact on our clients’ bottom line and significant cultural changes within their organizations.

To learn more, explore our case study, Leadership Coaching Helps Construction Contractor Improve Performance and Reduce Costs on Large-Scale Projects.