Leadership is the art of using persuasive skills and the power of position to influence the attitudes and behaviors of others toward exceptional performance.
Leaders can handle change skillfully. High tolerance of ambiguity.
1900-1950 knowledge mass doubled. Now information was doubling every 5 years and getting less all the time. Some say by 2020 it will double every 35 days.
We have 3 choices to change:
1. Be positive.
2. Be negative.
3. Be apathetic.
Which do you think would help the most?
The pain not to change exceeds the pain to change and then we change.
We need to see the big picture.
Vision-------->current assessment (where we are now)------->Action plan (what we put in place to make vision a reality)
We need to reconcile anything that is taking us in a different direction than our vision.
Compliance (people do the things they need to be doing to be successful) <-------------->Commitment ( we need to be committed at the same time )
It has to be both for momentum to occur not one or the other.
Leadership style should not just happen based on our influences although it mainly does. We need to put some planning and thought into it.
Autocratic style-they are leading tough and the people following are doing so under duress.
Participatory style-there is a flow of communication back and forth.
Good leadership style
1. Interact and be available to all. (don't do the "LAZ approach" Leave alone and the zap) Find them doing things right.
2. Recognize recent achievements.
3. Frequently mention visions and make them feel apart of it.
4. Make promises sparingly but when done always keep them.
5. Critique performance when necessary. When things are not going right let them know in a timely manner. Surround the critique with positives.
6. Respect your people and ask what you can do to help.
7. Reject pettiness. Don't let them bring you all kinds of little issues.
8. Build a strong focused team. The team will always be stronger than the individual.
Leadership is what makes the difference not the players or the game.
2 comments:
Great Info I can see how the participatory approach works so well with our team back and forth. Mark
Great information. Without interaction there is no leadership, only force. Vision, action, compliance and commitment are very critical in playing the leadership role. Thank you.
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