Leadership Excellence

Is everyone really a leader? BLM thinks so. BLM believes that for the organization to be effective, every employee must be a leader in their own right. But leading doesn't just mean being in charge. In fact, leaders aren't necessarily in charge at all. Leadership is a combination and application of personal traits, knowledge, skills, talents, attitudes and abilities, many of which most BLMers possess in some fashion.

At BLM, we believe that ...

Leadership generally cuts across job functions and organizational boundaries.

Each of us has a sphere of influence in which we can exercise leadership.

Effective leadership doesn't just happen. It's developed ... on purpose!

Leadership Excellence
is BLM's way of institutionalizing the leadership development process
(making sure we practice what we preach).

There are five key principles supporting BLM's commitment to continuously develop its leaders at all levels of the organization:

1	The BLM mission is important and worth carrying out. It drives what we do and how we do it. Every employee needs to understand and see themselves as key to carrying out the BLM mission.
2	Organizational and personal leadership are essential to carrying out BLM's mission.
3	All BLM employees have leadership potential. Such leadership should be encouraged at all levels of our organization, across all functional areas, and from our newest employee through our most senior.
4	In order to leverage this leadership potential, BLM needs to be a learning organization where the intellectual capital required to carry out our mission is recognized, nurtured, and protected.
5	Each employee can and ought to take responsibility for their own leadership development.