Applying a systems thinking approach to the development of a personal leadership model enables a leader to help clarify and challenge their understanding of leadership, and visually conceptualize the interrelationships and patterns surrounding their leadership approach. Using Latham’s (2013) formula, “Leadership + Design = Sustainable Excellence” to personalize a leadership systems design model increases internal value and aligns external stakeholders needs to design and orchestrate organizational value with the strategy of the organization. The following paper uses the nine key components from Lathan’s (2012) design framework to construct a personal leadership model. These nine components are progressive building blocks that define the design’s purpose, that start by unraveling the nature of the system and its …show more content…
Thus, the purpose of a leadership system is to support leadership activities using a supportive framework that incorporates leadership principles, guidelines, and processes that advance the provision, promotion, and development of individuals, teams, within an organization’s leadership structure. Latham identifies an often overlooked element in his Management Systems Design for Sustainable Excellence article (2012) that the need of a leadership system to encapsulate all the stakeholders, ensure a leader’s purpose and requirements reflect the bigger picture and not the traditional select needs of select few high-demand stakeholders. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (Project Management Institution, 2017) defines the scope of a stakeholder and the level of stakeholder inclusivity needed in leadership systems as “an individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceived itself to be affected by a decision, activity or outcome of a [system] project, program, or