Effective Leadership
HOW TO BECOME EFFECTIVE LEADERS?
The idea of Leadership is something we all know about. We normally agree on the fact that it implies influencing the behavior of the other through a relationship that involves communication, motivation and delegation. But the difference on becoming “Effective Leaders” and make our areas of action improve its performance obliges us to make a deeper research on this interesting and passionate topic. Why are we still missing the shot? What is exactly to be a leader? What should a leader on his role bring as valuable? Why is it such a difficult task and how are different styles on leadership the same effective or not? Maybe there is where we have to take a moment and rethink from our position of managers how to make our leadership make a change in the flow of production, take responsibility on directing our group of employees towards that far but still reachable goal we set up every day.
Leadership vs management
Leadership and Management should be considered as two faces from a coin, both as important and necessary as the other, it doesn’t exist one without the other side. While leadership is ‘doing the right things’ management is ‘doing the things right’. This two parts need to work together and be complementary.
An effective manager at the same time needs to identify himself as a positive leader. For this some key words which follow will be useful to question ourselves about how are we performing or which are the areas in which we have to work harder to become stronger leaders: * Am I energizing and encouraging the change? Looking for bright new ideas to keep the business in a fast creative and innovational thinking environment? Ready to cope with challenges and be at the level of the competence? * Am I securing commitment amongst the staff? Giving them motivation enough? * Am I setting clear directions? Making them understand which is our goal? Using empowerment and team working? * Am I maximizing my people?
The idea of Leadership is something we all know about. We normally agree on the fact that it implies influencing the behavior of the other through a relationship that involves communication, motivation and delegation. But the difference on becoming “Effective Leaders” and make our areas of action improve its performance obliges us to make a deeper research on this interesting and passionate topic. Why are we still missing the shot? What is exactly to be a leader? What should a leader on his role bring as valuable? Why is it such a difficult task and how are different styles on leadership the same effective or not? Maybe there is where we have to take a moment and rethink from our position of managers how to make our leadership make a change in the flow of production, take responsibility on directing our group of employees towards that far but still reachable goal we set up every day.
Leadership vs management
Leadership and Management should be considered as two faces from a coin, both as important and necessary as the other, it doesn’t exist one without the other side. While leadership is ‘doing the right things’ management is ‘doing the things right’. This two parts need to work together and be complementary.
An effective manager at the same time needs to identify himself as a positive leader. For this some key words which follow will be useful to question ourselves about how are we performing or which are the areas in which we have to work harder to become stronger leaders: * Am I energizing and encouraging the change? Looking for bright new ideas to keep the business in a fast creative and innovational thinking environment? Ready to cope with challenges and be at the level of the competence? * Am I securing commitment amongst the staff? Giving them motivation enough? * Am I setting clear directions? Making them understand which is our goal? Using empowerment and team working? * Am I maximizing my people?