Company: 3M Industry: Manufacturing Revenue: U.S. $15.

7 Billion Employees: 71,000

Competency Model Database

Leadership Competency Model3M

Description Fundamental Leadership Competencies*

Competency

Ethics and Integrity Intellectual Capacity

Exhibits uncompromising integrity and commitment to 3Ms corporate values, human resource principles and business conduct policies. Builds trust and instills self-confidence through mutually respectful, ongoing communication. Assimilates and synthesizes information rapidly, recognizes the complexity in issues, challenges assumptions, and faces up to reality. Capable of handling multiple, complex, and paradoxical situations. Communicates clearly, concisely, and with appropriate simplicity. Demonstrates resiliency and sound judgment in dealing with business and corporate challenges. Recognizes when a decision must be made and acts in a considered and timely manner. Deals effectively with ambiguity and learns from success and failure. Essential Leadership Competencies**

Maturity and Judgment

Customer Orientation Developing People

Works constantly to provide superior value to the 3M customer, making each interaction a positive one. Selects and retains an excellent workforce within an environment that values diversity and respects individuality. Promotes continuous learning and the development of self and others to achieve maximum potential. Gives and seeks open and authentic feedback. Positively affects the behavior of others, motivating them to achieve personal satisfaction and high performance through a sense of purpose and spirit of cooperation. Leads by example. Identifies and successfully generates product, market, and geographic growth opportunities, while consistently delivering positive short-term business results. Continually searches for ways to add value and to position the organization for future success.

Inspiring Others

Business Health / Results

* Fundamental leadership competencies are those which an individual may possess at the time of hire, but which will develop further as the individual progresses through successive management positions. ** Essential competencies are those that the individual will develop as s/he becomes responsible for a functional unit or department. Source: Corporate Leadership Council, 3Ms Leadership Competency Framework, Washington: Corporate Executive Board (May 2004).
2009 Corporate Executive Board. All Rights Reserved. Catalog Number: CLC7152344746

Competency Model Database

Leadership Competency Model3M (Continued)

Competency Description Visionary Leadership Competencies* Global Perspective Vision and Strategy

Operates from an awareness of 3Ms global markets, capabilities and resources. Exerts global leadership and works respectfully in multicultural environments to 3Ms advantage.
Creates and communicates a customer-focused vision, corporately aligned and engaging all employees in pursuit of a common goal. Creates and sustains an environment that supports experimentation, rewards risk taking, reinforces curiosity, and challenges the status quo through freedom and openness without judgment. Influences the future to 3Ms advantage. Builds and leverages mutually beneficial relationships and networks, both internal and external, which generate multiple opportunities for 3M. Knows, respects, and leverages 3Ms culture and assets. Leads integrated change within a business unit to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Utilizes teams intentionally and appropriately.

Nurturing Innovation

Building Alliances

Organizational Agility

* Visionary competencies are those which 3M leaders must possess to assume increased levels of responsibility. They enable a leader to look beyond his/her locus of control and add perspective to his/her leadership decisions. Source: Corporate Leadership Council, 3Ms Leadership Competency Framework, Washington: Corporate Executive Board (May 2004).
2009 Corporate Executive Board. All Rights Reserved. Catalog Number: CLC7152344746