Leadership is the engine that leads to organizational performance. The fundamentals of great leadership are forged by a set of behaviors that influence others and drives outcomes. Outcomes that show up in a workforce fully engaged—in head, heart, and spirit. No organization can rise above the constraints of its leadership or ineffective management.

Leadership is the critical variable impacting employee work/life experience. The requisite is understanding how each person’s personal purpose connects with organizational purpose and then includes the ongoing development of wellbeing, engagement, performance, and, ultimately, career vibrancy.

Research from some of the world’s top consulting organizations like Gallup, Deloitte, PWC, and McKinsey identify leadership as the key motivator for productivity, wellbeing, and performance. Gallup’s work has shown that, “the new workforce wants their work to have deep mission and purpose. They don’t want old-style command-and-control bosses. They want coaches who inspire them, communicate with them and develop their strengths."

Ken Blanchard, best-selling author including The One Minute Manager and Servant Leadership in Action, states, “20 years ago leadership meant power - today it means empowering others.” The Gallup organization says their most clarifying finding is that managers are the most important influencers on an employer's culture and organization's performance. The results from great managers are employees who have a thriving wellbeing which includes the alignment of individual purpose with organizational objectives. Ultimately, great managers lead to higher employee engagement, employment retention, and performance.

Vital Leadership offers consulting, metrics, tools, and evidence-based services to serve the development of vital leadership skills and behaviors required to accelerate an organization’s full potential and thriving culture. The adoption and implementation of Vital Leadership principles advances employee health as a business asset and investment in corporate performance.

Vital Leadership partners with world class providers of services to uncover both positive and counterproductive measurable behavior practices at every level throughout an organization. We then develop a pathway to greater employee health, productivity, performance, and career happiness. Here are some of the values we stand behind and coach organizations on:

• Service to others first   
• Driven by larger/greater purpose
• Exhibiting a positive attitude  
• Expressing more humility than pride
• Listening and facilitating with empathy  
• Willingness to influence more than control
• Looking for everyone’s talents and skills   
• Stewardship on behalf of everyone to build the best team  
• Acceptance of others’ differences
• Empowering others to use their talents /skills  
• Courage in all circumstances
• Standing back more than stepping forward  
• Authenticity in all relationships
• Establishing accountability at all levels