The 7 Perspective of
Effective Leaders
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In times of uncertainty and constant change, you must see beyond your own knowledge and experience so you can gain the perspective necessary to improve your leadership effectiveness.
What is the 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders framework?
The 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders framework is all about taking your leadership to the next level by expanding how you see the world around you.
Instead of just relying on your own experience and strengths, this framework challenges you to consider seven different angles. By doing so, it helps you make smarter, more informed decisions and boosts your influence in a big way.
The 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders
Current Reality
Leaders must have a clear and accurate understanding of their present situation to effectively manage today's opportunities and challenges.
The Customer
Knowing and understanding the customer’s needs, expectations, and experiences are crucial to delivering value and ensuring the business’s success.
Vision
A compelling and clear vision of the future is essential to guide actions, inspire others, and align efforts toward achieving long-term organizational goals.
Your Role
Leaders need to have clarity on the unique value they bring to the organization and focus their efforts on activities that only they can perform.
Strategic Bets
Leaders make key decisions or initiatives that move the organization from its current state toward the envisioned future.
The Outsider
Seeking insights from external perspectives helps leaders challenge their thinking, identify blind spots, and expand their strategic approach .
The Team
Effective leaders understand their team’s perspectives, leveraging their insights to identify challenges and opportunities that may not be visible otherwise.
Additional Resources
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Study Guide
This study guide is designed to help you think through and apply the concepts from the book. After reading each chapter from the book, invest the time to work through the questions in each section of this study guide.
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Team Retreat Guide
Having effectively deployed this framework with high-performing teams over the past five years, we’ve created this guide to help equip you to lead your team through a process based on The 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders content.
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7Ps Leading Through Crisis
While the framework in this ebook is the same as the full book, the content included here is much different. We explore what you can do in each perspective to best lead yourself, your teams and your organization through any crisis.
The 7 Perspectives Audio Guide
This series of short audio guides is designed to help you make immediate progress in each perspective.
The 7 Perspective Interview Series
Author, Daniel Harkavy and top leaders discuss The 7 Perspectives of Effective Leaders and the impact this framework can have on your leadership and organization.