Wednesday, August 17, 2005

cali: What effective leaders should keep in mind

cali: What effective leaders should keep in mind: "Great leadership is not measured merely by the success of a business at a single point in time. The test is building an organisation that is adaptive, resilient and ready for the challenges of tomorrow and beyond.

That requires leaders to emerge throughout the organisation, almost continuously over time. The challenge, therefore, is to develop and inspire effective leaders. As every manager and leader knows, this is easier said than done."......

Research has shown that people can improve on the behavioural habits that determine how effective they are as leaders. These habits include cognitive skills (such as thinking about systems and pattern recognition), skills of emotional intelligence (such as self awareness, self confidence and emotional self control) and social intelligence competencies (such as empathy and communications).

.. Another great article with some interesting thoughts..

HOW TO BE A LEADER

???: HOW TO BE A LEADER: "My boss stressed again and again that we should pay more attention on details, and had to tell her everything we had done to ensure the process of daily work. I debated that we had to keep our own ideas and space, we also made our own decision some times; and, a daily working report seemed entirely useless. I also argued that a leader should not blame the executives so roughly as she did, otherwise, enthusiasm would be deeply hurt. She stressed to be a leader meant not only encouraging but sometimes critical and pressing. Only in that way would the executive realize their responsibility and finish on time with quality. She didn�t mean to blame but only want them to be vigilant about their works. " Read the rest of this interesting article. - Its a position i am sure many would relate to... each with our own choice of resolution..