One of the most important leadership lessons that I learnt as a District Leader for several years is to know your game as a leader. The success of our leadership journey in many organizations like Toastmasters, can be measured on a set of KPIs that are critical to the organization. Knowing your game and how your performance is measured is important in defining your success as a leader.
For example, when I was District Governor of District 80, the success of my leadership was measured on the 4 Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of the district, which are club growth, membership growth, Competent Communicators and Advanced Communicators. Similarly, the success of a Club President is measured based on the achievements in the Distinguished Club Prorgram (DCP), the success of an Area Governor is based on the Distinguished Area Program and the success of a Division Governor is on the Distinguished Division Program (DDP).
Knowing your game and understanding the performance indicators of the programs that defined your leadership success allows you to stay focus. It helps you to direct your limited resources, time, and energies into the strategic areas where you can create the maximum impact. Being focus, directing limited resources to achieve success goals defined by the organization and knowing how to play the game are what I have personally witnessed some of the successful leaders within the district has done.
One of the biggest benefit that I discovered by understanding my game is how I can apply these to work in my professional life. I remembered when I was a regional marketing leader with a NYSE listed company, working on the strategic plan using Hoshin Kanri and LEAN Management tells me that my performance are measured on a few key factors called Targets To Improve (TTIs). If I do not understand these TTIs and how the overall strategy cascaded and managed, and staying focus on them, it will affect the overall plan of the organization and you know you will never achieve the results that you want.
I encourage all current leaders to stay focus on the goals and deliver the results defined by the programs. I encourage all future leaders to take the opportunity to learn from the success past leaders, read more and contribute in whatever capacity you can for your Club, your Area, your Division and your District. Knowing your game will get you a step ahead of your competitors.
Measurable Leadership 