Executive Labor Efficiency

The efficiency of executive labor in 2016 is about the same as it was in 1885. Leaders, in this respect, are laggards. That can’t be good for people and companies.

Business leaders have spent the last 130 years getting workers to conform to ever-more precise standards for performing work. As a result, employees’ work is orders of magnitude better today than it was in 1885.

Shouldn’t senior leaders also conform to ever-more precise standards for their work as well? After all, the remaining inefficiency of workers, which is significant (due to waste, unevenness, and unreasonableness), is driven by the enormous inefficiency of leadership.

In terms of both efficiency and effectiveness, there is massive opportunity for “Scientific Leadership,” especially for today’s fast-moving businesses and industries, or those facing disruption.

I have created something new called Speed Leadership. It does not mean speeding leaders up. What is means is for leaders to do their work in a new way, one that enables workers to complete their tasks on-time and with less effort, while eliminating the leadership errors that kill productivity and create chronic stress environments that harm employees’ physical and mental health.

Speed Leadership thinks of leadership in a totally new way: as processes. This change in perspective enables one to quickly recognize errors and correct them using some simple tools and methods.

We begin by understanding the wide-ranging consequences of leadership process errors. Next, we “rightsize” leadership to simplify it and improve its effectiveness. After that comes the creation of standards for leadership processes, followed by methods to eliminate leadership process errors and improve leadership processes.

With Speed Leadership, you can do away with leadership competency models, which don’t work very well anyway.

With Speed Leadership, you will turn leadership from an error-prone activity into one that is largely error-free.

With Speed Leadership, you will transform leadership into a true profession.

With Speed Leadership, the measure of success is time, not profits, yet profits will be greater than before.

With Speed Leadership, you will create a new understanding of leadership among the executive team.

With Speed Leadership, you will bring order to chaos, resulting in happier and more productive employees.

Leaders with an open mind, a willing heart, and genuine concern for the long-term success of an organization and its stakeholders will find Speed Leadership extremely helpful if not life-changing.

from Bob Emiliani http://www.bobemiliani.com/executive-labor-efficiency/