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Planning organizational change through leadership optimization

Leadership optimization is a highly personalized personal branding strategy that helps leaders with timely decision-making and relationship-building at higher levels. It is less operational focused and is designed to raise visibility and credibility with targeted audiences when business transformation is required. 

Business transformation may include targeting new markets, bringing on a new institutional investor, or repositioning a business for success. Of course, there are many other reasons for transformation. 

At this level as an organizational leader, negotiator, and representative, your public relationships are key to unlocking capacity and growth for your firm through your executive presence. 

Working with institutional investors, government regulators, industry think tanks, and the media, your intention must be to focus on consistent and authentic messaging across business ecosystems to build credibility with your intended audiences. 

The firm’s reputation is a valuable asset to be protected through leadership optimization. 

Leadership performance optimization is most effective when it is values-aligned and authentic to you and your firm. Your persona is based on your personal core values which must be strategically aligned with your firm, your investors, and your client. 

Despite the variations in management and leadership styles across geopolitical markets, and across the generations, your core messaging incorporates a golden thread of consistent truth. 

The golden thread will produce confidence in the face of an organizational crisis, market volatility, and the success you build for your organization. Performance optimization helps to build your legacy as a leader. While the organizations you serve, the boards you lead, and the teams you build will differ, your personal brand remains consistent over time.

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Summer Sailing

Maddie Shears (our podcast producer, on the left in the photo below) enjoyed an afternoon of sailing with improv friends on Lake Ontario last weekend. 

They set sail out of the Port Credit Yacht Club on a sailboat named Allegro in Mississauga (near Toronto) and enjoyed three hours on the water. Tim, the owner of the sailboat (on the right), is an improve performer with Maddie at Second City in Toronto. 

They've been doing improv together for 18 months now and absolutely love it! They completed levels 1-5 at Second City, earning their improv program certificate and then auditioned for The Conservatory, a 14-month program that focuses on writing sketch comedy (spoiler alert: they got in). 

If you aren't familiar with Second City, it's a popular institution in the world of improv and comedy with some noteworthy alumni including Tina Fey, John Candy (a Canadian), Dan Akroyd (another Canadian), Joan Rivers, and many others. 

Read our article on using improv as a career development strategy to optimize your performance.

I'm looking forward to seeing Maddie (Maureen left and Maddie right below) in person for our quarterly business planning meeting in Toronto in early August. 

Have an optimized week ahead! 

Maureen Farmer is a CEO advisor and personal branding strategist for next-level executives, investors, and board nominees. 

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