Good morning to all my continued readers and supporters of this great journey to assist people reach their potential as individuals and also business owners reach their goals in life and business. We all want to accomplish what is best for both the mind and body. We should understand exactly what that means.
Sometimes we will try to accomplish things because they sound good at the time while not getting the correct mind set in place and thus we find ourselves failing. The other thing for today is to have a clear understanding regarding leadership and as we all know countless books have been written over the last hundred years on this subject.
Don’t overlook small details. Remember that the universe and all that is in it are made from tiny atoms.
There is an old expression that says, “If you take care of the little things, the big things will take care of themselves.” It’s another way of saying that every job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later. If you have trouble dealing with details — paperwork, expense accounts, and other annoying details — set aside a time during your work cycle (daily, weekly, or monthly) to deal with such unpleasant tasks.
Prepare yourself mentally to deal with those
tasks, and you may find that you dispense with them quickly and
efficiently. You may even find that the job wasn’t nearly as unpleasant
as you expected it to be.
What is leadership?
I can tell you that most leaders today are called leaders but they have no idea what leadership is. I can also tell you from the countless people that I have coached both at a supervisor level or an executive level that most manage or lead through fear or simply put they lead by power of position in other words what I say goes or go look or find another job.
I can tell you that this work for a while but most will eventually fail. My friend and one of my many mentors and friends has stated what it means to be a leader and of course I agree but have disagreed with him in the past and guess what that just makes me human with a different way of looking at things. Here what I wrote to an executive leader regarding a letter he had sent me.
Please
be aware that all this is under the assumption that your leaders know
and have a clear understanding regarding implementation and execution of
the strategic plan and what each mean such as:
What
is and how to execute successfully transformational change to be able
to create a high performance culture which in turn becomes integration between both companies.
Communication
skills: What is the process of not only transmission of words but to
create the thought that will or should follow making sure it was
clearly understood.
Relationship building skills: What is the process of repairing a damaged relationship between partners? Or Staff members?
Building and getting the buy in of employers.
Leadership: January 2015
| byClaudio Feser, Fernanda Mayol, and Ramesh Srinivasan
- Solving problems effectively. The process that precedes decision making is problem solving, when information is gathered, analyzed, and considered. This is deceptively difficult to get right, yet it is a key input into decision making for major issues as well as daily ones (such as how to handle a team dispute).
- Operating with a strong results orientation. Leadership is about not only developing and communicating a vision and setting objectives but also following through to achieve results. Leaders with a strong results orientation tend to emphasize the importance of efficiency and productivity and to prioritize the highest-value work.
- Seeking different perspectives. This trait is conspicuous in managers who monitor trends affecting organizations, grasp changes in the environment, encourage employees to contribute ideas that could improve performance, accurately differentiate between important and unimportant issues, and give the appropriate weight to stakeholder concerns. Leaders who do well on this dimension typically base their decisions on sound analysis and avoid the many biases to which decisions are prone.
- Supporting others. Leaders who are supportive understand and sense how other people feel. By showing authenticity and a sincere interest in those around them, they build trust and inspire and help colleagues to overcome challenges. They intervene in group work to promote organizational efficiency, allaying unwarranted fears about external threats and preventing the energy of employees from dissipating into internal conflict.
He
believed that leadership was simply making and changing policies and
sending out to supervisors to implement.Remember that sometimes we think
we know it all simply because we are sitting in a position of power and
sometimes that is where we will fail as leaders because we assume and
we all know what that means right and if not please allow me to remind
ourselves.
When
we do not make sure whether something is right or wrong or we simply do
not know or understand and we push and push by assuming the other
person has a clear understanding what we mean.
When we
assume the consequence can make us look like an ASS-U-ME
This is what a client drew and gave to me and I was very flattered and thankful. WOW!!
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