Summary : Resultsbased Leadership - Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger, Norm Smallwood: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line

This work offers a summary of the book "RESULTS-BASED LEADERSHIP: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line" by Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood.

In Result-based Leadership, the authors claim that the measure of the effectiveness of a leader is determined by a simple equation: effective leadership is based on 4 Key Leadership Attributes and 4 Key Stakeholder Groups (Employees, Organization, Customers, and Investors).

Leadership success is only achieved if the desired results in each stakeholder groups are realized in a balanced way.

Different organizations will attach different weightings to each of the four results.Effective business leaders do four key things well: they set direction, generate a commitment from each person, build organizational capabilities and demonstrate personal character.

Furthermore, results-based leaders do more than exemplify leadership attributes - they deliver meaningful results.

Results-based leaders look for direct one-to-one correlations between the things they do and the real-world results their organizations achieve.

Results-based leaders strive for excellence in demonstrating attributes and achieving results because they realize these two factors multiply together to produce the means by which the effectiveness of their leadership will be evaluated.Results-Based leadership is a "must-read" book for leaders seeking to boost their company's results.