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The current roles we have in the Management Path are:

  • Coordinator
  • Manager
  • Senior Manager
  • Head of

Each one of the roles is expected to have different leadership traits as we explored in the chapter Leadership.

Management Path Levels

In the Management Path, there are 4 Levels per role that you can grow into. To move up from one level to the other it’s evaluated the authority and involvement regarding:

  • Technical Leadership
  • Business Leadership
  • Career Management Leadership
  • Adaptive Leadership

Coordinators - Our pace setters

The core duties of a coordinator are to get the work done through process management. They are in contact with customers, suppliers, and employees of all levels; therefore, they need to navigate frequently between different audiences to set-up the right context.

Our Coordinators are required to deliver fast results. These leaders are primarily focused on performance. They often set high standards and hold their team members accountable for hitting their goals.

The fast-paced work environment fostered by the coordinators can also create miscommunications, so in order to ensure effectiveness, they have to be able to provide clear instructions and have an outstanding ability to manage adversities, chaos, and change.

COORDINATOR
Technical Leadership
PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
RACI Completeness
  • Links processes and define effective ways to execute tasks related to processes. Might define new processes in a reactive way
  • No team alignment in terms of processes
  • Proactively defines processes taking into consideration the tasks and projects of the department
  • Some team alignment
  • The processes are well organized, documented, and proactively proposed
  • Full team alignment
  • Manage processes effectively, proactively implementing them on a timely matter
  • Cross-department alignment
Achievement
  • Follows and analyze established processes and make an effort to improve them
  • Creates new processes that promote accountability.
  • Communicates effectively on change within the team
  • Follows, reports, and improves established processes. Creates new processes that promote accountability on a team level.
  • Communicates effectively on processes change when they affect different teams
  • The processes implemented and managed by the Coordinator cover all aspects of the department
  • Successfully engages with processes from other departments
KAI Completeness Doesn't define the set of knowledge for the department at this level. Doesn't define the set of knowledge for the department at this level. Doesn't define the set of knowledge for the department at this level. Doesn't define the set of knowledge for the department at this level.
Achievement
  • Possess a full understanding of tasks/projects; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
  • Department Level: common knowledge (Grade 3)
  • Has wide-ranging experience, is capable of using professional concepts and objectives correctly in order to accomplish tasks.
  • Department level: understands and can discuss terminology (Grade 3 and 4)
  • Has broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses various skills to contribute to the development of Secure Group's business model, objectives, and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
  • Department level: can successfully complete tasks and discuss the application and implications (Grade 4)
  • Expert in the field uses professional concepts in developing a resolution to critical issues and broad business matters.
  • Department level: can successfully complete tasks and discuss the application and implications (Grade 4)
Ceremonies Completeness Doesn't design the outline of the ceremonies at this level. Doesn't design the outline of the ceremonies at this level. Doesn't design the outline of the ceremonies at this level. Doesn't design the outline of the ceremonies at this level.
Achievement Invited to participate in the ceremonies and makes an effort to be participative, bringing insights Actively engages in the ceremonies
  • Gives insights
  • Suggest improvements for the ceremonies and outcomes
Participates, engages and demonstrates good judgement when suggesting improvements
Business Leadership
KPIs AND GOALS Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Balanced Scorecard Completeness
  • Understands strategic goals on a role level
  • No cross-team alignment
  • Defines KPIs for their own tasks and projects
  • Creates tasks aligned with strategic goals and strategic initiatives
  • Follows-up KPIs on a role and team level and builds action plans to achieve the KPIs successfully
  • Supports the definition of strategic initiatives
Involved in a department level with coordinating strategic initiatives, KPIs, and tasks
Achievement Receives tasks and successfully accomplishes them frequently, supporting the achievement of strategic goals
  • Tasks are successfully executed according to strategic initiatives
  • KPIs are defined and reported
  • KPIs are measured and controlled
  • Strategic initiatives are created, monitored, and reported
Department's strategic tasks are successfully measured and controlled
Strategy (Set-up Context) Completeness No authority to set-up context to subordinates (not applicable at this level) No authority to set-up context to subordinates (not applicable at this level) No authority to set-up context to subordinates (not applicable at this level) No authority to set-up context to subordinates (not applicable at this level)
Achievement Not involved in strategic discussions on a department level but understands the impact of their role in the overall strategy Usually involved in discussions about the implications of tasks and strategic initiatives in the department's strategy Has a thorough understanding of the teams' strategy and how each teammate contributes to it
  • Has a thorough understanding of the teams' strategy and successfully contributes to it. Acts as an advisor for strategic matters for teammates.
  • Communicates effectively on how his/her role affects the strategy
Career Management Leadership
CAREER MANAGEMENT Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Performance Evaluation Completeness No authority. Might provide insights for peer evaluations Might be asked to evaluate as a secondary reviewer Might be asked to evaluate as a secondary reviewer
Achievement Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Workforce Planning Completeness Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Achievement Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive Leadership Perspective Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Get on the balcony Ability to view the situation and the responses of participants from a mental “balcony”, from which one can see patterns, minimize one's own emotional responses and react (or not!) in ways that will help the other employees engage in the adaptive challenge.
  • Starts interpreting what see and hear
  • Some ability to get on the balcony
  • Starts connecting some of the dots
  • Interprets correctly what he/she sees and hears
  • Ability to get on the balcony
  • Connects some of the dots
  • When sitting in a meeting, practice by watching what is happening while it is happening. Can identify some behavioral patterns.
  • Connects the dots frequently
  • Diagnose ability within colleagues, external stakeholders, and/or suppliers
  • Has the capacity to identify the issue as it is happening and to understand how today’s turns in the road will affect tomorrow’s plans
  • Connects all dots
Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Occasionally reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and occasionally acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Sufficiently understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and occasionally have the ability to navigate between different audiences. From time to time, he/she acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Consistently reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and consistently acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Effectively understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and consistently have the ability to navigate between different audiences. Consistently acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations and very often reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and has the ability to very often act in the required pace considering to avoid negative consequences.

Object - Understands how things are organized and understands very often the reason why they are organized in such way.

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language and possible reactions. Reads between the lines and can very often navigate between different audiences (including organization-wide) at the right pace and language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations, always reacting to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and always acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Understands how things are organized and why they are organized in such way.

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and navigates between different audiences (organization-wide, external stakeholders, and department) at the right pace and language according to each of them.

Identify Adaptive Challenges Ability to identify challenges that require people to learn new ways of doing things, change their attitudes, values, and norms, and adopt an experimental mindset. Identifies adaptive challenges but doesn't act on them Identifies adaptive challenges but and points out the need for change Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them reactively
  • Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them by providing directions and some corporate context proactively
  • Willing to make a change
Regulate Distress Ability to enable employees to see the need for change, while ensuring they do not become overwhelmed by the change itself Doesn't regulate distress on the team, suppliers, and/or customers Because there's lack of knowledge on how to act on adaptive challenges might not be able to regulate distress (ex: tells people something is wrong repeatedly but cannot explain the reasons properly, causing frustration and demotivation)
  • Helps others recognize the need for change and  monitor the stress people are experiencing
  • Regulates distress
  • Manages adversity and regulates distress
  • Keeps it within a product range
Maintain disciplined attention Ability to counteract any type of distraction that prevent people from dealing with the adaptive issue Doesn't maintain disciplined attention and tends to turn back to operational tasks
  • Usually doesn't maintain disciplined attention
  • Starts prioritizing tasks based on audience reactions
Very often can reframe the issue, debate it, and break it into parts.
  • Very often can reframe the issue, debate it and break it into parts in order to delegate effectively
  • Communicates on it with the stakeholders
Give the work back to the people Ability to place the work where it belongs, being willing to be part of the challenge rather than directing its solution by providing answers from a position of formal authority Get the work done but might jeopardize the quality and/or delivery time. Prioritizes the tasks that need to be done in order to get the work done Supports corporate needs by pursuing good communication with stakeholders
  • Ensures productivity
  • Relies on system and processes
  • Improves system and processes to get the work done
Protect the voices from below Ability to give voice to all people willing to experiment and learn. Incentives original voices that routinely got discouraged or silenced in the organization even if they are not as articulate as one would wish. Not applicable for this level. Not applicable for this level. Not applicable for this level. Not applicable for this level.

Managers - Our coaches

The managers are responsible for the performance of their teams. They are involved in strategic decisions and are required to anticipate technical issues and complex and ambiguous problems, situations, or opportunities that are often systemic, with no readily understood answers solutions. They are responsible for identifying these situations in their teams, requiring a change of mindset or attitude, and providing the right corporate context.

They easily recognize their team members’ strengths, weaknesses, and motivations to help each individual improve. They assist team members in setting smart goals, ensure quality and efficiency through processes management, and provide regular feedback with challenging initiatives to promote growth. They’re skilled in setting clear expectations and creating a positive, motivating environment.

Managers promote the development of new skills, innovation, free-thinking, and empowerment while building high-performing teams. The pacesetting leadership style is one of the most effective for driving fast results. These leaders are primarily focused on performance. They often set high standards and hold their team members accountable for hitting their goals.

While the pacesetting leadership style is motivational and helpful in fast-paced environments where team members need to be energized, it’s not always the best option for team members who need mentorship and feedback.

Benefits: Pacesetting leadership pushes employees to hit goals and accomplish business objectives. It promotes high-energy and dynamic work environments.

Challenges: Pacesetting leadership can also lead to stressed-out employees as they are always pushing towards a goal or deadline. The fast-paced work environment fostered under this style can also create miscommunications or a lack of clear instructions.

MANAGER
Technical Leadership
PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
RACI Completeness Starts setting processes in a reactive way
  • Directly link processes and define rules for executing the processes
  • The processes are well organized and proactive
  • Models processes according to current tools
Design, control, and report on processes Improve and adjust the processes to be structured and flexible in case of changes
Achievement Ensures the processes are being followed and communicated with the team
  • Ensures the processes are being followed and broadly analyzed for improvements
  • This is well communicated with the team
  • The established processes are successfully followed by the team
  • Processes of all kinds are controlled and reported
The processes are constantly improved and cover all aspects of the department
KAI Completeness Understands what's needed for the team
  • Identifies the team's strength in terms of knowledge and reports frequently on it
  • Strong knowledge gap awareness
  • Constantly assesses the KAI and reports on it
  • Defines the strengths of the team based on knowledge and their opportunities 
Department has defined and measured  KAI, often reported to senior levels
Achievement
  • The Manager achieves Grade 4 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 3 in the overall Department KAI
  • Assures that the department's KAI is known by the team
  • Encourages knowledge-sharing
  • The Manager achieves Grade 4 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 4 in the overall Department KAI
  • Designs and implements knowledge-related initiatives
  • Helps the development of department's KAI
  • Ensures knowledge-sharing
  • The Manager achieves Grade 5 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 4 in the overall Department KAI
  • Coaches and provides direction for everyone in the team, and their KAI is almost achieved
  • Knowledge sharing is structured, monitored, and measured
  • The Manager achieves Grade 5 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 5 in the overall Department KAI
  • Department has no knowledge gap, and the KAI is achieved
  • Promotes a knowledge-sharing culture within the team and cross-team.
Ceremonies Completeness Awareness of the department's ceremonies
  • Capable to identify the purpose of the ceremony and desired outcomes
  • Agendas and stakeholders are defined and involved
  • Reviews issues as a follow-up
  • Capable of understanding the purpose and desired outcomes
  • This is communicated effectively with the people involved
  • Ceremonies are structured and scheduled in advance
  • Communicates effectively with stakeholders, so they are fully aware of the ceremony's purpose and goals and what is their impact on it
Achievement Does not ensure the execution of ceremonies Executes some ceremonies, and identifies action steps for issues addressed, and involves stakeholders for resolution (if necessary)
  • Ensures most ceremonies and successfully communicates their purpose to be understood by all stakeholders
  • Makes follow-up actions and documents the outcome of the ceremonies
  • Ensures all ceremonies are being followed, and the participants are fully engaged throughout the process
  • All stakeholders are communicated of their impact
Business Leadership
KPIs AND GOALS Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Balanced Scorecard Completeness
  • Aware of the department's strategy
  • Defines strategic initiatives to achieve goals
  • Understands department's strategy
  • Aware of Secure Group's strategy
  • Sets up KPIs to monitor and accomplish strategic initiatives
Follows up KPIs and strategic initiatives, monitors, and reports on them Department's strategic map is successfully filled with initiatives, KPIs, and goals, taking into consideration Secure Group's overall strategy
Achievement The strategic map is set up with business goals and strategic theme priorities
  • KPIs are set up, and initiatives are created
  • Tasks are drilled down based on the map
Initiatives and KPIs are successfully monitored and reported The team successfully contributed to Secure Group's overall strategy
Strategy (Set-up Context) Completeness Communicates with the team on strategic matters Drills down the strategy to all levels in the department Shares strategic context with all team members regarding every task/project Communicates and coordinates with other managers to identify cross-department opportunities 
Achievement The team is communicated of the strategic map's priorities
  • The team understand their impact on the department strategy
  • Successfully communicates the strategy through initiatives
  • The team is constantly being communicated on the progress
  • The team understand their impact on the company's overall strategy
  • Acts as a spokesperson for Secure Group Strategic Plan, market space, and products
  • The team has a thorough holistic understanding of the business strategy
  • Other managers understand the department's strategy
Career Management Leadership
CAREER MANAGEMENT Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Performance Evaluation Completeness Evaluations are done according to SGMM rules Evaluations are done according to SGMM, and K-POCs are set-up in the system All subordinates have a clear K-POC set-up in the system, and the manager frequently communicates with them regarding objectives achievement K-POCs are clear to each subordinate; they understand and assimilate what needs to be done to reach the next level of their career path
Achievement
  • Subordinates are aware of what's needed to grow
  • K-POCs are still solely the responsibility of the subordinates. The Manager doesn't act on them in order to help achievement
  • Manager successfully guides employees for them to achieve their K-POCs
  • Growth is constant in the department
The whole team has a successful record of leveling-up and stepping-up. The Manager avoids stagnation through coaching and mentoring.
  • K-POCs cycle are always being achieved with employees being responsible/accountable for it and the manager successfully communicating the progress, providing directions and context, and promoting a high-performance team
  • The team is leveling-up and stepping-up on time
Workforce Planning Completeness Open positions in the department are mapped  Open positions in the department are mapped and with clear Responsibilities and Accountabilities and needed set of knowledge Open positions in the department are mapped and with clear Responsibilities and Accountabilities and needed set of knowledge. The manager knows exactly what to test in each candidate in terms of knowledge and skills All open positions are defined with full information and a clear view of what he/she is looking for in candidates in terms of knowledge, skills, and experience.
Achievement Workforce planning and hiring process are reactive and unplanned with uncertainty Desirable turnover occurs reactively: an employee whose performance falls below the company’s expectations is replaced by someone whose performance meets or exceeds expectations.
  • Desirable turnover occurs proactively: an employee whose performance falls below the company’s expectations is replaced by someone whose performance meets or exceeds expectations.
  • Hiring process is usually successful due to the correct role definition
  • The manager embraces turnover in terms of being capable of taking the best out of the employees while they are in the company and is capable of managing employees leaving and coming in a healthy way.
  • Hiring process has a track record of being successful due to correct role definition
Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive Leadership Perspective Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Get on the balcony Ability to view the situation and the responses of participants from a mental “balcony”, from which one can see patterns, minimize one's own emotional responses and react (or not!) in ways that will help the other employees engage in the adaptive challenge.
  • Observe the relationships between subordinates
  • See how people’s attention to one another can vary: supporting, thwarting, or listening
  • Interprets data and behavioral patterns
  • Some ability to distant from the situation
  • Resists the instinct to react without analysis
  • Defends what's being addressed by providing data
  • Diagnosis ability within the team
  • Ability to get on the balcony
  • Capable of determining each stakeholder (promoters, detractors)
  • Navigates well between the audience
  • Diagnosis ability within various departments
  • Diagnosis ability within the organization
  • Capable of determining the neutral stakeholders
  • Identifies the needs and criteria for neutral stakeholders to address adaptive challenges
  • Recognized as the go-to person in terms of situational awareness
Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Occasionally reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and occasionally acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Sufficiently understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and occasionally have the ability to navigate between different audiences within the team and sometimes in the organization. From time to time acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Consistently reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and consistently acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Effectively understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and consistently have the ability to navigate between different audiences within the team and sometimes in the organization. Consistently acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations and very often reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and has the ability to very often act in the required pace considering to avoid negative consequences.

Object - Understands how things are organized and understands very often the reason why they are organized in such way.

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language and possible reactions. Reads between the lines and can very often navigate between different audiences (including organization-wide: other leaderships and departments) at the right pace and language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations, always reacting to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and always acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Understands how things are organized and why they are organized in such way. 

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and navigates between different audiences (organization-wide, external stakeholders, and cross-department) at the right pace and language according to each of them.

Identify Adaptive Challenges Ability to identify challenges that require people to learn new ways of doing things, change their attitudes, values, and norms, and adopt an experimental mindset. Identifies adaptive challenges and points out the need for change Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them reactively Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them by providing directions and the corporate context in a proactive way
  • Identifies adaptive challenges
  • Provides context and coaching in order for the whole team to be able to balance the pros and cons
Regulate Distress Ability to enable employees to see the need for change, while ensuring they do not become overwhelmed by the change itself Doesn't regulate distress on the team and other departments Regulates distress only when it's inside their comfort zone (meaning, they have enough knowledge to provide context)
  • Regulates distress constantly
  • Creates a holding environment
  • Conflict management
  • Protects the team from any distress
  • Provides direction, protection, orientation, and productive norms
  • Regulates personal distress
Maintain disciplined attention Ability to counteract any type of distraction that prevent people from dealing with the adaptive issue
  • Usually is not capable of maintaining disciplined attention because of a lack of distress regulation.
  • Employees' actions are reactive.
  • Very often can reframe the issue, debate it, and break it into parts.
  • Communicates on it with the team
  • Task prioritization
  • Effective communication
  • Provides relevant context
  • Team understands priorities
  • Brings attention back to the issue
  • Effective and clear communication at all levels
Give the work back to the people Ability to place the work where it belongs, being willing to be part of the challenge rather than directing its solution by providing answers from a position of formal authority Subordinates tend to follow instructions because of the Sr. Manager's authority position.
  • Delegates tasks effectively so people can focus on what's really important at the moment
  • Best practices (walk the talk)
  • Starts empowering the team
  • Subordinates have a sense of understanding on what they should act or not at the moment but still struggle to find a way of doing so.
  • Effective communication
  • Relevant context
  • Subordinates are often able to come up with prioritization and action plans in order to nail the challenges
  • Teambuilder
Protect the voices from below Ability to give voice to all people that are willing to experiment and learn. Incentives original voices that routinely got discouraged or silenced in the organization even if they are not as articulate as one would wish.
  • Encourages the team to share their opinion
  • Not always achieves the expected results
  • Fosters a culture within their team where people are encouraged to share opinions.
  • Occasionally approaches disagreement non-defensively.
  • Approaches disagreement non-defensively
  • Use contradictory opinions as a basis for constructive discussions.
  • Works through "surface"-level disagreements to expose the concerns of disagreeing/weaker voices
  • Integrates concerns into their perspective and plans


Senior Managers – Our visionaries and servant leaders

The core duties of our Sr. Managers are strategic and high-level. They are responsible for providing direction for different teams and, at the same time, ensure there are no knowledge gaps in them. They are constantly monitoring the market and Secure Group's strategy to ensure our competitive advantage. They have a powerful ability to drive progress and usher in periods of change by inspiring employees and earning trust for new ideas. They are also advisors in establishing a strong organizational culture by fostering confidence among direct reports and colleagues alike.

Sr. Managers live by a people-first mindset and believe that when team members feel personally and professionally fulfilled, they’re more effective and more likely to produce great collaborative work regularly. These leaders are exceptionally skilled in building employee morale and helping people re-engage with their work.

Focused on the big picture, they have the capacity to boost employee productivity, improve employee development and decision-making, cultivate trust, and create future leaders. Sr. Managers help the company to grow, unite teams, and improve outdated technologies or practices.

SR. MANAGER
Technical Leadership
PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
RACI Completeness
  • Analyzes current processes and the desired outcomes of them
  • Improves the ones that don't meet the desired outcomes 
  • Monitors the processes and crafts automation
  • Supports creation of processes in other departments and suggests frequent optimization 
  • Reviews critically cross-department processes and re-aligns them to the business needs and market
  • Analyzes measures and controls
  • Reports the process optimization to the "Head of"
Leads process change management on an organizational level
Achievement The processes are continually improved
  • The processes are automatized
  • Teams are effectively communicated on processes' progress and change
  • The processes are successfully aligned with the market strategy
  • Cross-department processes are analyzed, measured, and controlled
  • Change management is effective in all teams
  • All teams have in place processes that promote accountability
KAI Completeness Drafts the KAI for all teams based on the organigram Builds the KAI for all teams based on organigram and strategic needs Monitors the departments' KAI and designs creative solutions to fill the knowledge gap Promotes a culture of knowledge accountability and knowledge-sharing
Achievement
  • The Sr. Manager achieves Grade 4 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 2 in the overall Department KAI
  • Ensures the KAI of the departments are structured
  • The Manager achieves Grade 4 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 3 in tools and 4 in concepts in the overall Department KAI
  • Breaks down the structured KAI into strategic frameworks
  • The Manager achieves Grade 5 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 4 in tools and 5 in concepts in the overall Department KAI
  • Ensures teams are coached and trained through creative initiatives and action plans, which help eliminate some knowledge gaps
  • The Manager achieves Grade 5 in the KAI of his/her role and Grade 4 in tools and 5 in concepts in the overall Department KAI
  • All departments' Knowledge Accountability Indexes are achieved and are accountable for knowledge sharing
Ceremonies Completeness
  • Identifies purpose and needed stakeholders
  • Identifies desired outcomes based on team needs
Builds ceremonies based on team needs Improves and monitors the current needs and advises in cross-department ceremonies to accomplish business needs Re-aligns ceremonies based on business strategy and market needs
Achievement Teams have some structured ceremonies, and Managers are communicated regarding the execution Teams have most structured ceremonies, and Managers are engaged in execution and have a shared understanding
  • Teams have all structured ceremonies, and Managers are engaged in execution and have a shared understanding
  • Acts as an advisor for some structured cross-department ceremonies
  • Ensures all ceremonies are being followed
  • All stakeholders are communicated of their impact
  • All necessary touchpoints are mapped and being executed on an organizational level
Business Leadership
KPIs AND GOALS Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Balanced Scorecard Completeness Establishes department's strategy in agreement with other Senior-level managers 
  • Makes final decisions on strategic maps cross-teams
  • Supports creation of maps by defining goals
Develops, modifies, and innovates regarding business goals and initiatives that have a company-wide effect
  • Makes final decisions on company-wide strategic matters
  • Strategic maps are successfully defined
Achievement Department's strategy is defined, and Managers are communicated
  • Goals are defined and communicated
  • Managers are engaged
  • Goals are constantly monitored and reported
  • Strategic maps are achieved
Secure Group's overall strategy is achieved
Strategy (Set-up Context) Completeness Shares strategic context with Managers 
  • Communicates and coordinates with other senior managers on strategic matters
  • Identifies and communicates cross-department opportunities 
Coordinates strategic communication with senior management to ensure execution on all levels Covers all aspects of the departments regarding strategic communication
Achievement Managers are fully aware of their impact on the company's strategy
  • Managers are fully equipped to be able to drill down strategy in all levels of the departments
  • Successfully communicates the strategy through goals
Team members at all levels understand their impact on the overall strategy
  • Acts as a spokesperson for Secure Group Strategic Plan, market space, and products
  • All teams have a thorough holistic understanding of the business
Career Management Leadership
CAREER MANAGEMENT Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Performance Evaluation Completeness Evaluations are done according to SGMM rules Evaluations are done according to SGMM, and K-POCs are set-up in the system All subordinates have a clear K-POC set-up in the system, and the manager frequently communicates with them regarding objectives achievement K-POCs are clear to each subordinate; they understand and assimilate what needs to be done to reach the next level of their career path
Achievement
  • Subordinates are aware of what's needed to grow
  • K-POCs are still solely the responsibility of the subordinates. The Sr. Manager doesn't help them achieve their K-POCs
  • Manager successfully guides employees for them to achieve their K-POCs
  • Growth is constant in the department
  • The whole team has a successful record of leveling-up and stepping-up.
  • Leadership development is successful
  • Sr. Manager avoids stagnation through coaching and mentoring.
  • K-POCs cycle are always being achieved with employees being responsible/accountable for it and the manager successfully communicating the progress, providing directions and context, and promoting a high-performance team
  • The leaders are leveling-up and stepping-up on time
Workforce Planning Completeness Open positions in the department are mapped  Open positions in the department are mapped and with clear Responsibilities and Accountabilities and needed set of knowledge
  • Open positions in the department are mapped and with clear Responsibilities and Accountabilities and needed set of knowledge. The manager knows exactly what to test in each candidate in terms of knowledge and skills
  • Helps the Recruitment Team with outlining the perfect candidate skills for management roles
  • All open positions are defined with full information and a clear view of what he/she is looking for in candidates in terms of knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • Helps the Recruitment Team with outlining the perfect candidate skills for management roles
Achievement Workforce planning and hiring process are reactive and unplanned with uncertainty Desirable turnover occurs reactively: an employee whose performance falls below the company’s expectations is replaced by someone whose performance meets or exceeds expectations.
  • Desirable turnover occurs proactively: an employee whose performance falls below the company’s expectations is replaced by someone whose performance meets or exceeds expectations.
  • Hiring process for senior employees is usually successful due to the correct role definition
  • The manager embraces turnover in terms of being capable of taking the best out of the employees while they are in the company and is capable of managing employees leaving and coming in a healthy way.
  • Hiring process for senior employees has a track record of being successful due to correct role definition
Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive Leadership Perspective Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Get on the balcony Ability to view the situation and the responses of participants from a mental “balcony”, from which one can see patterns, minimize one's own emotional responses and react (or not!) in ways that will help the other employees engage in the adaptive challenge.
  • Observe the relationships in all levels of the team
  • See how people’s attention to one another can vary: supporting, thwarting, or listening
  • Interprets data and behavioral patterns
  • Ability to identify and let go of those who can’t make the changes the challenge requires.
  • Understands the loss that is being asked for the team to accept regarding the challenge.
  • Capable of naming the loss, be it a change in time-honored work routines or an overhaul of the company’s core values
  • Acknowledges the resulting pain
  • Diagnosis ability within the team
  • Identifies potential opposition to acknowledge their own responsibility for whatever problems the organization currently faces.
  • Evaluates possible communication channels to address challenges at all levels
  • Diagnosis ability within the team and other leaderships from different departments
  • Recognized as the go-to person in terms of situational awareness
  • Analyzes internal and external factors.
  • Communicates with managers from different departments to gather and analyze the context
  • Understands people's behavior and anticipates them by
  • Monitors enough data in order to mobilize people from different levels and departments
  • Diagnosis ability organizational-wide
Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Occasionally reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and occasionally acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Sufficiently understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and occasionally have the ability to navigate between different audiences within the team and sometimes in the organization. From time to time acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Consistently reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and consistently acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come. Object - Effectively understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and consistently have the ability to navigate between different audiences within the team and sometimes in the organization. Consistently acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations and very often reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and has the ability to very often act in the required pace considering to avoid negative consequences.

Object - Understands how things are organized and understands very often the reason why they are organized in such way.

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language and possible reactions. Reads between the lines and can very often navigate between different audiences (including organization-wide: other leaderships and departments) at the right pace and language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations, always reacting to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and always acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Understands how things are organized and why they are organized in such way. 

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and navigates between different audiences (organization-wide, external stakeholders, and cross-department) at the right pace and language according to each of them.

Identify Adaptive Challenges Ability to identify challenges that require people to learn new ways of doing things, change their attitudes, values, and norms, and adopt an experimental mindset. Identifies adaptive challenges and points out the need for change Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them reactively Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them by providing directions and the corporate context in a proactive way
  • Identifies adaptive challenges
  • Provides context and coaching in order for the whole team to be able to balance the pros and cons and to act successfully on it
Regulate Distress Ability to enable employees to see the need for change, while ensuring they do not become overwhelmed by the change itself Doesn't regulate distress on the team and other departments Regulates distress in a reactive way (when realizes that managers and subordinates are already under stress)
  • proactively regulates distress (avoid stress before it happens)
  • Regulates personal distress
  • Protects the team from any distress 
  • Conflict management
  • Provides direction, protection, orientation, and productive norms
Maintain disciplined attention Ability to counteract any type of distraction that prevent people from dealing with the adaptive issue
  • Usually is not capable of maintaining disciplined attention because of a lack of distress regulation.
  • Employees' actions are reactive.
  • Very often can reframe the issue, debate it, and break it into parts.
  • Communicates on it with the team and other managers
  • Align expectations
  • Task prioritization
  • Ceremonies prioritization
  • Effective communication
  • Provides relevant context
  • Team understands priorities
  • Brings attention back to the issue
  • Effective and clear communication at all levels and cross-department
Give the work back to the people Ability to place the work where it belongs, being willing to be part of the challenge rather than directing its solution by providing answers from a position of formal authority Subordinates tend to follow instructions because of the manager's authority position.
  • Delegates tasks effectively so people can focus on what's really important at the moment
  • Empowers team through the influence
  • Promotes learning and innovation
  • Teambuilder
  • Subordinates start sharing vision and values in order to get the work done
  • Promotes a positive and creative culture
  • Promotes innovation
  • The team is empowered to get the work done
  • The team is secure to experiment
Protect the voices from below Ability to give voice to all people that are willing to experiment and learn. Incentives original voices that routinely got discouraged or silenced in the organization even if they are not as articulate as one would wish. Not an active listener
  • Can differentiate the "weight" of the voices
  • Enables managers to protect voices
  • Active listener
  • Ability to filter voices from different audiences
Promotes a culture of inclusion


Head of – Our transformational leaders

Our Heads of Departments are responsible for setting strategic direction, developing context, and fostering our corporate culture on an organizational level. They focus on clear communication, goal-setting, and the company’s productivity.

Instead of placing the majority of the energy into each employee’s individual aspects, they are driven by a commitment to organizational objectives. However, they are also committed to developing the next generation of Secure Group leaders and build a strong relationship with our shareholders. The "Heads of" also value the company's ethics and teams while focusing on high-performance in the long-term.

HEAD OF
Technical Leadership
PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
RACI Completeness Define processes at an organizational level Identifies dependencies across departments and promotes alignment for continuous improvement Identifies external factors and re-aligns process management with them
  • Promotes organizational corporate culture regarding process management
  • Promotes process accountability at an organizational level
Achievement Comprehension of process management in senior levels is achieved Organization-wide processes are successfully managed and constantly improved Process management is successfully aligned in business, market, and other external factors Departments at all levels achieved an effective process management strategy
KAI Completeness Defines KAI at an organizational level  Defines KAI at an organizational level that promotes competitive advantage Identifies external factors and re-aligns KAI with market and business strategy Promotes an organization-wide culture of knowledge accountability and knowledge-sharing 
Achievement KAI is understood within senior levels and mostly achieved in the departments Knowledge Accountability Indexes are successfully achieved at an organizational level
  • KAI is re-aligned continuously with the market
  • Senior levels are communicated and engaged in knowledge management
The organization is accountable for knowledge management at all levels
Ceremonies Completeness Identifies needed ceremonies at an organizational level Builds ceremonies at an organizational level that will aid competitive advantage Re-aligns needed ceremony with market/business strategy and promotes innovation Fosters a culture of ceremonies for effective communication at an organizational level
Achievement Ceremonies' importance is understood at an organizational level Ceremonies are properly set-up, and teams are effectively communicated Ceremonies are aligned with business/market strategy The organization has a culture of effective communication through ceremonies
Business Leadership
KPIs AND GOALS Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Balanced Scorecard Completeness Defines strategy at an organizational level
  • Aligns and communicates cross-dependencies between strategic maps
  • Defines strategic priorities with executives
Considers external factors and builds an organizational strategy that will aid competitive advantage Fosters a culture of strategic management at all levels
Achievement Secure Group's overall strategy is defined Strategic maps are defined and communicated Strategic themes are achieved Secure Group's overall strategy is overachieved
Strategy (Set-up Context) Completeness Shares and aligns strategic context with Sr. Managers
  • Manages conflicts regarding strategic matters at senior levels
  • Reports strategic matters to executives and Sr. Managers
  • Coordinates strategic communication with executives and other "Head of." 
  • Aligns with managers at lower levels 
Covers Secure Group's overall strategic communication at all levels by promoting innovation 
Achievement
  • Sr. Management and executives are aligned regarding strategic priorities
  • Sr. Management is fully aware of their team's scope in the company's strategy
  • Sr. Management is fully equipped to drill down strategy to lower levels in different teams
  • Successfully communicates the overall strategy through strategic priorities
  • Overall organizational strategy is understood and aligned in senior-level management
  • Sr. Managers understand their team's impact on Secure Group's overall strategy and have the necessary context to achieve it
  • Acts as a spokesperson for Secure Group Strategic Plan, market space, and products
  • All teams have a thorough holistic understanding of the business
  • Secure Group's strategic management is part of the corporate culture
Career Management Leadership
CAREER MANAGEMENT Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Performance Evaluation Completeness Communicates with every employee in the Management Path for the 4 required leadership categories in order to grow
  • Explains the required criteria and knowledge gap to Sr. Managers in order them to grow
  • "Head of" communicates with managers regarding the department's performance gap
Management layer has a defined K-POC set-up in the system and the "Head of" frequently communicates with them regarding objectives' achievement
  • Communicates with leaders, so they understand what's required from their department regarding performance
  • Clearly communicates K-POCs to each leader in order to understand and assimilate what needs to be done to reach the next level of their career path
Achievement
  • Leaders are aware of what's needed to grow
  • K-POCs are still solely the responsibility of the subordinates. "Head of" doesn't help achieve the K-POC
  • "Head of" successfully guides leaders for them to achieve their K-POCs
  • Growth is constant at an organizational level
  • The whole company has a successful record of leveling-up and stepping-up.
  • Leadership development is successful
  • "Head of" avoids leadership stagnation through coaching and mentoring.
  • K-POCs cycle are always being achieved with employees being responsible/accountable for it and the heads of successfully communicating the progress, providing directions and context, and promoting a high-performance company
  • The company's employees are leveling-up and stepping-up on time
  • Leaders are constantly growing in the 4 perspectives of leadership and able to coach subordinates 
Workforce Planning Completeness Leadership open positions in the department are mapped Leadership open positions in the department are mapped and with clear Responsibilities and Accountabilities and needed set of knowledge
  • Leadership open positions in the department are mapped and with clear Responsibilities and Accountabilities and needed set of knowledge. The "Head of" knows exactly what to test in each candidate in terms of knowledge and skills
  • Considers market and business strategy
  • Leaders open positions are defined with full information and a clear view of what he/she is looking for in candidates in terms of knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • The ability for international and high-level networking
Achievement Workforce planning and hiring processes are reactive and unplanned with uncertainty
  • Desirable turnover occurs reactively: a leader whose performance falls below the company’s expectations is replaced by someone whose performance meets or exceeds expectations.
  • Leadership roles are filled in
  • Desirable turnover occurs proactively: a leader whose performance falls below the company’s expectations is replaced by someone whose performance meets or exceeds expectations.
  • Hiring process for leaders is usually successful due to the correct role definition
  • The "Head of" embraces turnover in terms of being capable of taking the best out of the leaders while they are in the company and is capable of managing employees leaving and coming in a healthy way.
  • Hiring process for leaders has a track record of being successful due to correct role definition
Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive Leadership Perspective Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Get on the balcony Ability to view the situation and the responses of participants from a mental “balcony”, from which one can see patterns, minimize one's own emotional responses and react (or not!) in ways that will help the other employees engage in the adaptive challenge.
  • Has enough market experience
  • Capable of making assertive assumptions.
  • Doesn't analyze internal data. 
  • Analyzes internal data.
  • Ability to put himself/herself in different "shoes" per department in order to understand patterns.
  • Doesn't get attached to personal biases, and it's willing to see things from different perspectives.
  • Recognized as the go-to person in terms of situational awareness
  • Engages with all types of audience, always providing insights with the support of data.
  • Has enough knowledge to identify other people's personal opinion to relevant information
  • Analyzes internal and external factors, assumptions, and market information.
  • Communicates effectively with managers from different departments in order to exchange context for different roles.
  • Understands people's behavior and anticipates them by providing enough data in order to address challenges
  • Knows how to navigate between completely different audiences disregarding the level
Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Occasionally reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and occasionally acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Sufficiently understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and occasionally have the ability to navigate between different audiences within the team and sometimes in the organization. From time to time acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations. Consistently reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and consistently acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Effectively understands how things are organized

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and consistently have the ability to navigate between different audiences within the team and sometimes in the organization. Consistently acts at the right pace and with the right language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations and very often reacts to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and has the ability to very often act in the required pace considering to avoid negative consequences.

Object - Understands how things are organized and understands very often the reason why they are organized in such way.

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language and possible reactions. Reads between the lines and can very often navigate between different audiences (including organization-wide: other leaderships and departments) at the right pace and language.

Space - Understands what's going on in the room/meeting/situation and can distinguish expected and unexpected situations, always reacting to them accordingly.

Time - Identifies if the issue is routine or non-routine and always acts at the required pace considering the consequences that are to come.

Object - Understands how things are organized and why they are organized in such way. 

People - Reads the people. Identifies their mood and body language. Reads between the lines and navigates between different audiences (organization-wide, external stakeholders, and cross-department) at the right pace and language according to each of them.

Identify Adaptive Challenges Ability to identify challenges that require people to learn new ways of doing things, change their attitudes, values, and norms, and adopt an experimental mindset. Identifies adaptive challenges and points out the need for change Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them reactively Identifies adaptive challenges and acts on them by providing directions and the corporate context in a proactive way
  • Identifies adaptive challenges
  • Provides context and coaching for the whole team to be able to balance the pros and cons and to act successfully on it
Regulate Distress Ability to enable employees to see the need for change, while ensuring they do not become overwhelmed by the change itself Doesn't regulate distress on the team and other departments
  • Regulates distress in a reactive way (when realizes that managers are panicking)
  • Regulates personal distress
  • proactively regulates distress (avoid stress before it happens)
  • Conflict management
  • Protects the team from any distress 
  • Provides direction, protection, orientation, and productive norms
Maintain disciplined attention Ability to counteract any type of distraction that prevent people from dealing with the adaptive issue
  • Usually is not capable of maintaining disciplined attention because of a lack of distress regulation.
  • Employees' actions are reactive.
  • Very often can reframe the issue, debate it, and break it into parts.
  • Communicates on it with the managers
  • Align expectations cross-department and upper management
  • Ceremonies prioritization
  • Effective communication
  • Managers understand the priorities and are armed with the knowledge to drill it down
  • Provides relevant context
  • Brings attention back to the macro situation in which the issue arose
  • Effective and clear communication to senior management and upper management
Give the work back to the people Ability to place the work where it belongs, being willing to be part of the challenge rather than directing its solution by providing answers from a position of formal authority Subordinates tend to follow instructions because of the manager's authority position.
  • Team is empowered
  • Promotes collaboration
  • Forms strategic alliances
  • Acts as a partner for the team to get the work done
  • Approaches a long term perspective
  • Promotes employee fulfillment
Protect the voices from below Ability to give voice to all people that are willing to experiment and learn. Incentives original voices that routinely got discouraged or silenced in the organization even if they are not as articulate as one would wish. Not an active listener
  • Active listener with the ability to filter voices from different departments
  • Manages conflict
  • Promotes a culture of inclusion
  • Integrates upper management and senior management concerns into their perspective and plans
  • The organization is empowered to share
  • Communication is in the corporate culture