Tuesday, October 1, 2019
What is Leadership? :: Management
Depending on who you ask, you will receive get replies as to what leadership is all about. Is a leader: †¢Ã‚     someone who gets the job done? †¢Ã‚     someone who get other people to follow them? †¢Ã‚     someone who has great management skills? †¢Ã‚     someone who inspires people? The list could be longer, and the responses, as we mentioned, even more diverse, depending on whom you ask. Someone once said: â€Å"If you want to know if you are a leader, look around and see if anyone is following you†. Whilst this may be a good test in one sense, it is probably a too simplistic answer to the question. It is more likely to cause problems than provide an answer or a solution. To stop and look around when you have been going in a particular direction is fine if there are people following you; the problem arises when you look around and see that no one is following you! Kouzes and Posner mention in their book that there are five practices of exemplary leadership: †¢Ã‚     Model the Way †¢Ã‚     Inspired a Shared Vision †¢Ã‚     Challenge the Process †¢Ã‚     Enable Others to Act †¢Ã‚     Encourage the Heart They have also conducted a survey across six continents to identify the characteristics of admired leaders, and it is interesting that the top four characteristics are: 1.     honest               88%          A93% 2.     forward-looking     71%          A83% 3.     competent          66%          A59% 4.     inspiring          65%          A73% In the area of honesty, integrity and character were often linked together in people’s minds. Forward-looking was to do with a sense of direction, awareness of the future.
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