Leadership Qualities

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

“TO KNOW AND NOT TO DO, IS NOT TO KNOW”
How is a leader?
Average leaders play checkers( all the pieces are uniform)
Great leaders play chess ( each piece moves in different way)
Great leaders should have controlling insight (situational role to play)

What is Leadership?Leadership - is a choice, - not a position
TWO-PART FRAMEWORK
To find one’s voice Inspire others to find theirs
Is the path of greatness
Unleashing and realizing
Sequential growth from the inside out.

HENCE:
Find this voice / Inspire others to find theirs
Focus (path finding role to play to unite them as a complementary team)
Discover
Create a common vision in the team
Express
Aligning with them
Execution of the vision

INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
A leader, only when Followers?
A dealer in hope
Not a mystery, look around and find many leaders (created by people / teams)
Great challenge is self-management
Commitment for a purpose brings energy level high
A long journey –(question who am ‘I?’)
Reward is opportunity given to do that work
I AM THAT WHAT YOU ARE.

WHAT TO DO TO BE INSPIRATIONAL ?
A) TO BUILD MOMENTUM IN THE FOLLOWERS
Let them teach you something, anything (Lincon, Gandhi)
Find followers’ positive strength / support
Verify the above regularly
Measure the time from ‘decision to action’
Ask “how did you do that” ?
Support every act till it reaches steady
Make the above into process & procedure

B) TO DEVELOP ABOVE MOMENTUM INTO COMMITMENT
Record commitments made to all stakeholders
Track the achievement every week
Make smaller commitments
Recognize all who met their commitments
Celebrate the completions
- Continue

Make the best an emotional appeal
Way out to analyze progress towards the vision
Test followers’ actions that support the vision
Have a meeting to collect employees’ examples of values in action
Recognize institutional achievers in public through decision/action
Test the target for consistency with the values

C) TO BUILD INITIATIVE
Recognize team effort, give symbolic/social rewards
Scrutinize improvements to check negative impact in other area
Make suggesting improvements easy
Budget time and money to support the testing and development of ideas
Reward successful implementation of ideas

D) TO BUILD BETTER PERFORMERS
Set goals ensuring high chance of success
If one goal is not met, focus making next goal achievable
Make hard work rewarding with personal interest
Use the achieved for decision making
Act on all suggestions
Track the above % and the economic impact
Ask questions to show case what they know
Ask about your actions
Share to improve your skills

SOME REMEMBERABLES
There is measure in all things
Source of leadership is from and for the people
Leader has to inspire people to make difficult choices
Discipline brings success to the weak and esteem to all
No one is good enough to lead another without consent
When you really see good behaviour, you see possibilities

Leadership should be measurable
Leadership emerges ahead of accomplishments
Best mirror is an old friend
The applause of one person is of great consequence
A leader becomes great by not doing great things but gets people to do great things
Every man loves what he is good at

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Spring into action is the man of worth
No talent, no genius, no education but “press on”
(commitment) can solve everything
Best efficiency is spontaneous cooperation of free people
Best mutual confidence is with an open mind and free discussion
The last test of a leader is he leaves behind him in others the conviction and will to carry on.
ARE YOU THAT ?
YES !

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Leadership Qualities

by Sri Siddhartha Institute of Management Studies on Dec 30, 2009

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