concept in a changing world


Leadership Performance Excellence aims to achieve a collective outcome with specific, desired intended effect. Performance-wise it is the exercise of the right leadership in the right way at the right time.


This article deals with Leadership Performance Excellence, the one dimension of Leadership Excellence, against the backdrop of Ethical Leadership. The article addresses the following topics with respect to Leadership Performance Excellence:


• A Balanced Scorecard of Leader Performance Excellence


• Leadership under-performance at an individual level – Leadership Burnout and Derailment • Leadership under-performance at an organisational level – Toxic leadership • The ultimate Leadership Excellence Questions


A Balanced Scorecard of Leadership Performance Excellence


As was indicated in the introduction, Leadership Performance Excellence aims to achieve a collective outcome with specific, desired intended effect. Performance-wise it is the exercise of the right leadership (i.e., effectiveness) in the right way at the right time (i.e., efficiency). Leadership Performance can be mapped in a multi-dimensional, systemic way in the form of a Balanced Scorecard (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). Performance is thus an


Celebrating 30 years of inspiring Africa’s managers


Theo H Veldsman, Independent People Effectiveness Consultant, Professor, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg


March 2012 | Management Today 83


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