If we read the executive job application notices, we can see that most companies delegate the selection to consulting companies. The curious thing that in Peru (according to the notices) all the companies are “Leaders in the sector” or “Important Transnational Company (Leader in the world market) and in the competency profile the candidate must be LEADER and for him to be LEADER he has than being working in a LIDER company (or with Leaders), features such as: dynamic, proactive, with initiative, ability to work as a team and under pressure, results-oriented and interpersonal skills, among others, are added.
The consulting company submits them to a Psychotechnical test of mathematical, geometric and general culture aptitude, then some finalists go to an interview with a Psychologist to expand the information on their “resume” and, like an espresso machine, they obtain the famous shortlist of LEADERS with all the additional skills to present it to the company.
All of this is understandable when companies try to camouflage their way of "hunting talent" with the euphemism "at least five years of experience in the sector…", what they really require is that the executive who is working in the competition come with "their client portfolio ”under the arm.
It turns out that a company hired my services to evaluate eighteen store vendors in four branches, with the aim of looking at the possibility of one assuming the role of Administrator of a new branch.
Two days after delivering the results, the Marketing Manager informs me that the Human Resources Manager Engineer requested the score of each seller in the characteristics of Leader, Teamwork, Proactive, ¿?. The only thing I managed to tell him is that it was not included in my proposal (happily he did not insist)
While the Management Gurus do not agree on the characteristics that a Leader must have and thanks to this they fill their pockets, the search to find a Leader or model themselves to become a Leader, is a terrorist attack that breaks out in the midst of thinking, of being, and its particles reach everything social:
In companies: Vision and Mission, which is fashionable in its portals "Being Leaders in…".
In Quality Management Systems: Leadership: "Leaders establish the unity of purpose and orientation of the organization…" ISO 9000 Principle (happily, the auditor is not yet required to consider the eight principles in their audit, as stated the rule).
"In our University we train Leaders…". "Our soccer team needs a Leader to lead it to victory." Our country needs rulers to lead the change… "
In the executive environment: if you don't have your coach who models you in a particular way to become a Leader, you have no future.
And you will have to get a partner who feels the desire to follow you in everything, enroll your children and grandchildren in a school that since childhood forms leaders, so that they can thicken the army of leaders who are going to conquer the world.
What if you start by leading your home to be consistent in all your actions?
