How effective leaders steer their own—and their organizations’—destinies
Good leadership always needs a good focus. Today I am not talking about the type of leadership that is normally discussed. According to Peter Drucker “Only three things happen naturally in organizations- Friction, confusion and under performance””Everything else requires leadership”
So it’s obvious that we pay serious attention to leadership in organizations, But what kind of leadership?
Is it the heroic old model of leadership we should focus on; where leaders use their position of power to take decisions for their company unilaterally? From the top, they persuade followers to follow their will, either through contingent reinforcement or through their exceptional charisma or other remarkable personality traits
As today’s workplaces have become more knowledge-intensive, often relying on collaboration among multiple specialized contributors, leadership theories are shifting away from the old fashioned heroic model.
Several studies have found that leaders who work for rewards produce less creative products than non-rewarded participants. A different leadership model is clearly required for designing change-friendly organizations.
Think about the best leader you ever worked with at your last job, or in any sport, or any other activity. It’s definitely not the person who yelled at you, abused you or humiliated you the other day; instead, it’s the one whom you should have influenced, inspired and mentored at any point in your workplace.
Leadership: Whether you are leading a small or large, profit or non-profit organization, three things that you need to deal with in terms of leadership are too little time, too many people to handle, and at the same time, power.
How do we even do that? To focus not only on the glorious big things but also on the shinier little things.
1.Creating a work environment that values learning and open communication .
2.A leader who is focused on learning and not just on performance outcomes.
3.Leaders need to verbally reward a learning mindset.