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In this paper we provide a new definition of leadership that gives organizations and individuals access to new power. In our model, leadership consists of four critical elements:

-- The creation of a vision for the future that represents a significant departure from the past, one that requires breakthroughs for its realization.
-- The creation of a system that facilitates enrollment into and elicits voluntary commitment to the vision by the critical mass of people required to discover and implement the breakthroughs required for realization of the vision.
-- The creation of a system that ensures both the timely identification of breakdowns and the dissemination of information about them that, if unresolved, would prevent the successful realization of the vision
-- The creation of a system for managing breakdowns that causes people to voluntarily recommit to the vision and maintain these commitments through to the implementation of the breakthroughs required for the realization of the vision

We give examples, from both large and small companies to illustrate our principles and advice for putting these principles into action.

leadership, management, breakthrough, breakdown, innovation, commitment

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This article is about creating and managing projects so as to deliberately and predictably produce results well beyond what could have been reasonably expected beforehand. This methodology was originated in the mid-1980's and applied to 20 engineering projects at IBM with spectacular results. In the years since, many projects in a myriad of fields have been managed using the same techniques with similar results. This article describes the original IBM projects and some of the additional projects undertaken since then. It also outlines the methodology used and provides perspective on why the methodology works and the pitfalls to be avoided.

Performance, motivation, goals, commitment

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In this paper we provide a new definition of leadership that gives organizations and individuals access to new power, performance and accomplishment. In our model leadership consists of four critical elements:

• The creation of a vision for the future that represents a significant departure from the past, one that requires breakthroughs for its realization.
• The creation of a system that facilitates enrollment into and elicits voluntary commitment to the vision by the critical mass of people required to discover and implement the breakthroughs required for realization of the vision.
• The creation of a system that ensures both the timely identification of breakdowns (and the dissemination of information about them) that, if unresolved, would prevent the successful realization of the vision.
• The creation of a system for managing breakdowns that causes people to voluntarily recommit to the vision and maintain these commitments through to the implementation of the breakthroughs required for the realization of the vision.

Leadership, Breakthrough, Breakdown, Vision, Committed Speaking, Integrity

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This slide presentation is based on Scherr and Jensen, A New Model of Leadership, see abstract 920623.

Leadership, Management, Breakthrough, Breakdown, Vision, Committed Speaking, Integrity