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How successful
managers lead up,
across, down,
and inward
Successful leadership is more ost leadership development focuses on being a
than being a good boss. It starts good boss to the people who report to you. While
leading down is important if you want to be
with self-leadership and requires Min all directions.
successful, it’s mission-critical that you lead well
leading across your peers, and Mission-critical leadership, as I define it in my book by the
up to your boss. same title, is “using influence to build relationships and deliver
results in all directions within an organisation, accelerating it
faster and further toward its mission”. In other words, you have
By Jon Lokhorst, CPA
IMAGE BY BEN MINERS/IKON IMAGES yourself well, since all leadership starts with self-leadership.
to do well leading up to your boss, across amongst your peers,
and down to your direct reports. You must also learn to lead
In my presentation at the 2021 AICPA & CIMA Women’s
Global Leadership Summit, I explained how mission-critical
leadership is accomplished. Here are some key considerations.
Use ‘ties’ to help you lead well in all directions
organisation faster and further towards its mission. A simple
12 I FM MAGAZINE I June 2022 Numerous leadership behaviours will help you move your
