How to go about developing leaders is not well understood. Yes, there are certain types of knowledge that is needed and relatively easy to come by. There are important skills that help the accomplishment of a leader’s objectives and there are many sources to drawn from to learn them. The right type of experience can play an important role and it’s typically not hard to discern If a developing leader has that or not. Most people, however, are not aware of a number of behavioral competencies that, when mastered, are highly predictive of success in leadership. Wayne Lynn introduces the most important one in this article to illustrate the point.
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Wayne Lynn is an advocate of the adage that "you can't manage what you can't measure". Combining his considerable strengths in leadership, economics, and strategy with broad experience in both public and private companies, he brings focus and discipline to the task of creating and sustaining success in today's chaotic environment.
Wayne has managed businesses ranging in size from $5 million to $500million in annual sales. He has guided those organizations through a number of diverse market sectors including magazines, catalogs, inserts, direct mail, and general commercial printing.
A student as well as a practitioner of the fine art of business, Wayne's latest focus is on helping business leaders make their companies more viable economically, more relevant in the market place, more adaptive to constant change, and more durable in the long haul. It's about people, what they know, and how well they execute on what they know.
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