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Leadership is the inspire oneself and others. Great leadership involves understanding qualities that are innately human. Leadership must not be strict or stiff but must provide incentives for risk-taking. However, the risk-taking must not be reckless. Phenomenal leadership is definitely an act of service. The successful engages and involves his team so that they naturally push themselves by making them feel as though they are bonded together.
Effective leaders don't command; they ask or request a person to do something. They make recommendations to follow and they are willing to get their own hands dirty, if necessary. Effective leadership is contagious and is not limited to the "boss". Effective leadership is the cornerstone of successful organizations. It is the inspiration and motivation that allows people to take on heroic challenges.
A leader may be have strong analytic thinking skills, personal integrity and the ability to work with ambiguity. However, if he/she cannot learn how to connect these attributes seamlessly to achieve results, then they are meaningless. Effective leadership cannot always be popular. Sometimes the effective leader has to cut some of the team loose despite his/her personal feelings about these individuals.
Given the complexities of leadership, all leadership is not worthwhile. The market is rife with management fads and dubious program designs. Despite the fact that 3.7 million management training programs are conducted each year, less than 15% actually have an impact on a leaders approach to leadership. Much of what is offer tends to be disjointed and the newly trained leader has no model from which he/she can grow his own leadership style.
Therefore, what is an organization to do? They should follow some simple common sense steps: organize and execute around priorities, think win/win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others.
Effective leaders don't command; they ask or request a person to do something. They make recommendations to follow and they are willing to get their own hands dirty, if necessary. Effective leadership is contagious and is not limited to the "boss". Effective leadership is the cornerstone of successful organizations. It is the inspiration and motivation that allows people to take on heroic challenges.
A leader may be have strong analytic thinking skills, personal integrity and the ability to work with ambiguity. However, if he/she cannot learn how to connect these attributes seamlessly to achieve results, then they are meaningless. Effective leadership cannot always be popular. Sometimes the effective leader has to cut some of the team loose despite his/her personal feelings about these individuals.
Given the complexities of leadership, all leadership is not worthwhile. The market is rife with management fads and dubious program designs. Despite the fact that 3.7 million management training programs are conducted each year, less than 15% actually have an impact on a leaders approach to leadership. Much of what is offer tends to be disjointed and the newly trained leader has no model from which he/she can grow his own leadership style.
Therefore, what is an organization to do? They should follow some simple common sense steps: organize and execute around priorities, think win/win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others.
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