In addition to Escape + Search = Think leadership thinking can also incorporate 6 principles which we emphasise. I have encouraged trainers and leaders to understand and master the Six CAP Principles.
DFQ #05:
Choose one of the six CAP principles, and say why you think a better understanding of that principle will help you to become a much better leader.
NOTE: After you post your comment today you’ve completed 5 DFQs and the first week of the 4 weeks of the 30-day Pipeline. That’s good. It means you are already establishing new cognitive patterns. Keep it up!
You may have noticed that I sent you 1 lesson a day for 3 days then missed a day. After this lesson, I’ll miss another day and then send you lesson #6 which starts the second week. That means you get 5 DFQs every 7 days.
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Learning by teaching. It is amazing how often gaps in my own knowledge are exposed when explaining things to others. The big trick, is then being able to fill those gaps.
Knowledge into Skill:
I believe this principle will be invaluable to our team performance, as the knowledge is there, or can be acquired, but our performance can always improve.
All six cap principals are relevant to leadership and the passing on of skills and knowledge the improvement of each can never go astray in ones own development however the passing of knowledge from one to another is a two way street and needs the learner to also commit to improvement.
Learning by Teaching — reinforces what you have learned by teaching it to others – something that i definitely need to concentrate on to become a better leader.
I enjoy CAP #1 and have been practicing it for most of my professional career. I will be a better leader of change by understanding the strategy of practice and repetition and turning knowledge into skill.
I have always found “learning by teaching” useful and practice it often because I enjoy it. However, I think that if I could improve in the area of “Effective follow up” then I would actually improve my leadership skills.
Focussing on maintaining my commitment to action would help me be a better leader. Prioritising deadlines and duties really slows my ability to think and work effectively…its an important skill / understanding I need to develop.
The difference between merely having knowledge versus having the skill of performance is paramount to our success as leaders and teachers. It’s a recurring theme.
Measurement is important because without it you would never clearly know if you have improved your skills over time or understand what you may need to do to improve into the future.
#6 is probably most useful for me. Seeing the increments in progress by getting regular positive feedback on the use of some new leadership skill or behaviour should stimulate me to keep using and improving that skill, provided I think that skill or behaviour has real value.