Focus on Results

Management and Professional Staff Core Leadership Competencies

The drive to achieve positive results and the ability to focus on accomplishing key objectives for oneself, the team, and/or the university.

Poor Level of Proficiency
- Does not set challenging goals
- Procrastinates
- Lacks commitment to push goals through to completion
- Hesitates when faced with conflict, challenge, or disagreement
- Does not identify what is critical for self and/or others
- Wants to do everything
- Completes work in alignment with key objectives
- Pursues some challenging work and goals
- Seeks direction on what is a priority
- May hesitate when faced with conflict or setbacks
Expected Level of Proficiency
- Pursues their work with energy, drive, and a need to finish
- Seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks
- Pursues challenging work and goals
- Steadfastly pushes self and others for results
- Spends their time on what is important
- Seizes more opportunities than others
- Creates focus for self and others
- Eliminates roadblocks
- Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully
High Level of Proficiency
- Boldly sets goals and challenges for self and others
- Their focus and drive engages and energizes their team
- Their completed work achieves great impact and success for their team, research project, faculty, or university
- Their results redefine the standard for success

Create or contribute to an environment which inspires potential, trust, learning, and excellence while delivering results.

Poor Level of Proficiency
- Does not listen well, interrupts, and/or misses other's point
- Does not know how or is unable to motivate others
- Does not use goals, objectives, and planning to manage self and others
- Does not understand how change happens
- Practices active, attentive listening
- Manages self and others according to plan
- May be able to motivate or engage others
Expected Level of Proficiency
- Has the patience to hear people out
- Creates a climate in which people want to do their best
- Empowers others
- Monitors process, progress, and results
- Is able to motivate diverse people by reading their unique needs and adapting accordingly
- Monitors process and results and refines accordingly
- Sets up benchmarks and ways for themselves or people to measure themselves
- Learns from all results good and bad and creates 'teachable moments'
High Level of Proficiency
- Inspires and motivates colleagues, teams, or faculties
- Engages self and/or others in a compelling vision, purpose, plan, and/or standards of excellence
- Provides opportunities for self and others to grow and challenge their abilities
- Creates continuous learning and improvement for self and others

Facilitate and lead change by involving others and securing the necessary resources even when faced with complexity and/or ambiguity.

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