{"id":3425,"date":"2013-10-12T08:12:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2013-10-12T08:12:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T13:12:28","slug":"how-to-bring-clarity-through-tuning-fork-leadership-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/12\/how-to-bring-clarity-through-tuning-fork-leadership-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Bring Clarity Through Tuning-Fork Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;\">Originally posted July 3, 2012<\/em><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><em><\/em><strong>Take a minute and ask yourself these questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Is everyone in the organization clear on our overall direction?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is everyone clear on our highest present priorities?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Does everyone see how their contribution fits into the big picture?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2293\"><a title=\"Tuning Fork Stock photo File #: 1558161\" href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-photo-1558161-tuning-fork-path-included.php\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-photo-1558161-tuning-fork-path-included.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"iStockPhoto #1558161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/TuningFork.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image via iStockPhoto.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If any of these questions cause your leadership alarm bells to go off, it might be time for <strong>tuning-fork leadership<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tuning-fork leadership is a skill leaders can develop to make sure that clarity is being re-established throughout the team. My teammate\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/brgmckenzie\">Brian McKenzie\u00a0<\/a>introduced me to this term after I had helped to re-clarify his understanding of a key initiative.<\/p>\n<p>An actual tuning fork is a simple tool used as a standard of pitch to tune musical instruments. And like a piano tuner, your job is to chime the tuning fork to make sure your teammate is operating with complete clarity.<\/p>\n<p>How does it work?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are 4 key components of tuning-fork leadership:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A \u201c6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0sense\u201d ability to perceive misalignment<\/strong><br \/>\nAs a leader you must be constantly listening and watching for indications of very subtle mission drift among your team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A patient, listening posture<\/strong><br \/>\nFollow up your hunch with a casual, inquisitive conversation. Your job is to confirm, or dispel, your notion that a teammate has drifted off course. Such a conversation must be safe and unthreatening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>An environment of affirmation<\/strong><br \/>\nIf your teammate has drifted, chances are they are only off-base by 10%. Affirm the 90% they are getting right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A clear ringing of the tuning fork<\/strong><br \/>\nNow you\u2019re ready to ring the fork. This involves unflinchingly pointing out where the drift has taken place, and ensuring your teammate\u2019s understanding is back on pitch.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that tuning-fork leadership is an ongoing, never-ending process. Mission drift is inevitable in every organization. And just when you think you\u2019ve brought everyone back into alignment it will be time to re-clarify things for someone else on the team.<\/p>\n<p>So always keep your ears open to the subtle indications that a part of your organization is out of tune.<\/p>\n<p>Always keep your tuning fork handy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you keep your organization in tune?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted July 3, 2012 Take a minute and ask yourself these questions: Is everyone in the organization clear on our overall direction? Is everyone clear on our highest present priorities? Does everyone see how their contribution fits into the big picture? &nbsp; Image via iStockPhoto.com If any of these questions cause your leadership alarm&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738,478,7,579,583,744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-leadership","category-ministry-2","category-staffing","category-team-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3429,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions\/3429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}