L'art de (se) diriger ( le blog de Laurent Pellegrin)

"Solid leadership principles allow you, your teams, peers, and business partners to obtain and to give guidance. They transmit purpose to your work and life. Like a torch or a compass they assist in directing behavior towards objectives and activities. Moreover, when principles are sincerely practiced based on authenticity, honesty, generosity, courage, respect, and flexibility then you can build valuable and lasting relationships.

In this respect the following three dimensions should be addressed and evaluated:

• Company Leadership Principles: Do they exist in your company? Are they aligned with the company´s mission statement, values, and its overall objectives? Are they precise enough and clear to everyone? Are they stimulating and aspirational? Are they communicated to everyone on a regular basis? Are they implemented and being respected? Are they being reviewed and if need to should be adjusted every 5-8 years?
• Personal Leadership Principles: Have you formulated your own principles based on your values and long-term ambitions? Do you feel comfortable with them? Do you follow them and do you live them in a transparent and authentic manner?
• Congruency: Is there a strong overlap and fit between your organization´s and your own principles? Do they match, stimulate, and strengthen each other? Is it feeling right?

You should be able to answer all questions with "Yes," if your aspiration were to become a truly successful leader in your current organization. 

In order to acquire a sound understanding about how to adequately phrase your and/ or your company´s leadership principles, let´s have a look at various leadership principles of some of the World´s Most Admired companies:

It’s best to do one thing really, really well
Invent and simplify
Fast is better than slow
Insist on the highest standards
You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer
Bias for action
If something does not work, try something else
There’s always more information out there
If you can dream it, you can do it
Vocally self critical
Deliver results
You can be serious without a suit
Think big
Have backbone, disagree and commit
Great just isn’t good enough
Execute in excellence
Earn trust

Source : Andreas von der Heydt ( https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140513175834-175081329-successful-leaders-live-by-lighting-principles