Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Gift of leadership


The Gift of leadership


 

1.       “Leadership does not happen, it is taught, learned and developed,-I don’t know whether foot ballers are born or made. But, I do know the more I practice, the better I become

2.       Leaders relentlessly upgrade their teams, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence

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       Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it

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       Leadership has 3 dimensions and is product of: Vision x Inspiration x Momentum

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       Vision is the positive image that Leader possesses of what organization could become and its path towards destination.
 

6.       Inspiration for individuals, team and what moves people to take action.

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       Momentum to carry organization to its destination and meet goals with successful projects, initiatives

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       Leaders get into everyone’s skin, exuding positive energy and optimism

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       Leaders enroll, Leaders have a shine in their eyes

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       Leaders establish trust with candor, transparency and credit-Leaders create an environment where every member is able to speak out his/her thoughts honestly, sincerely and without any reservations- Leaders work with a focused group of individuals to establish trust with candor, transparency and credit and encourage the group to take forward the values to every member in the team

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       Leaders prefer to include every members opinion in a decision making process on critical issues faced by team

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       Leaders believe in promoting the strength of every individual, rather than enforce members to be a well groomed professional in every aspect

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       Leaders are principles centered and they live by principles or interchangeably values. One of the principles is “being proactive”. Leader knows if he is proactive when he has full control on whatever he wants to achieve. It makes him predictable and as planned. He enjoys joy and peace. If he is not proactive, things fall on him and he becomes reactive. This is stressful leading to no control and no predictability.

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       Leaders have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls

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       Leaders probe and push with a curiosity that borders on skepticism, making sure their questions are answered with action.

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       Leaders inspire risk taking and learning by setting the example

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       Leaders celebrate

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