The WHAT vs The HOW

As you embark on your leadership journey, you should read or listen to a lot of books. There are plenty to choose from and consume, that's for sure.

I'll tell you right now what nearly all of them have in common:

They tend to focus on the WHAT of leadership. What great leadership looks like. What personal qualities you ought to adopt in order to be a great leader. What pitfalls you should avoid. What the benefits of great leadership are.

These books are helpful to define WHY leadership is important and to move aspiring leaders in the right direction.

The trouble with this approach comes when you start contemplating HOW you will integrate these concepts into your personal, daily practice. Because knowing the WHAT backwards and forwards doesn't by itself translate into effective leadership.

Once you've consumed enough content describing the WHAT of leadership, you're left to design a framework that addresses HOW to be that leader, with your personality, your personal boundaries, and in your particular work environment.

I am driven to be a great leader. Called. Passionate. I believe it to be my spiritual ministry.

It still took me 8 years in Chief Technology Officer positions to create a framework for IT leadership that I believed worked well.

8 years!

This is a real problem - it takes far too long for IT managers to transform themselves into great IT leaders.

Now, Baton Pass has created the first flexible IT Leadership Framework that can be delivered in 3 months then customized and applied in 9 months.

How would knocking off 7 years in your development as an IT leader help you personally and professionally? How would it help your organization? How would it help the people placed in your care?

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