Leadership Made Simple - Have a Mission and Vision
Business Management, Change management No Comments »Many in business are in conflict about whether leaders are born or made, and the truth is effective leaders are both born and made. Leaders are born with certain qualities, but there are things that must be taught along the way as well.
Having a mission and a vision for the business and team is critical for leadership made simple. Without an end goal, there is nowhere for supervisors and managers to lead their team. Efforts could be misguided and frustration can set in. Keep things simple with these few leadership tips.
You have just learned that you have secured your first leadership role. After the initial elation at having achieved this, reality often sets in and you realise just how tough it is. So what mistakes do you need to be alert to as a new leader?
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Working with a reduced number of staff during lean financial times can be either a blessing in disguise or a curse, depending on your outlook. For those of you who are working with limited staff due to budget cuts, reductions in force, or lean quality initiatives - here are my 15 essentials to help you achieve positive results.
When working with a lean staff, you should:
There are so many important things that you need to remember when you are communicating in the workplace! All leaders or people in a leadership position should have been given a communication manual when they first stepped into the workplace.
But, since our business angels didn’t foresee this as a requirement we’ve had to learn how to handle certain things on our own. If you haven’t learned those things yet this article is great for you. Because, here we cover a few of the important things that you need to know while communicating in the workplace.
Life at work is often hectic, so hectic in fact that many of us are not strategic when it comes to communicating with other members of our team. We worry about impressing clients and customers and don’t always consider that effective communication within an organization gets translated into better products and more sales.
Numerous myths abound about leaders, one being that leaders are not made but born. The truth is, several factors contribute to the development of a leader. Obviously, the leader’s personal qualities are important, but also critical are the needs of the people being led and the objective they are pursuing. Certainly, some personality types thrive better in leadership roles than others.
It’s easy to get caught up in leadership skills and development. Plus, when things are going well, it’s even easier to ignore any measurements that tell you how effective the leadership really is in your organization. There are numerous ways to measure effectiveness, but all of these analytics occur in four broad categories. Let’s examine each category of leadership measurement.
7 Steps to Coach Your Staff and Stop Running Like the White Rabbit
Business Management No Comments »I recently had coffee with a client who was looking for advice to improve the efficiency of her department. There had been some upheavals, maternity leave, skills shortages and things had begun to fall off the rails. She felt she needed someone to step in and get the work done.
Her focus was on finding experienced operational hands on manager who would dive in and run with the work and manage the team. Her focus was on efficiency so her GM would have peace of mind that there was an operational capable person at the helm:
101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive
Employment, Job Search, Recruiting, Sales Training No Comments »People often ask me for my thoughts on becoming a new Manager. My immediate reaction is ‘great, fantastic, go for it, it can be a great and diverse career move’, quickly followed by ‘Do you know what you are letting yourself in for?’
Many years ago, I moved from a technical role to my first management role. Suddenly I was managing a small team, being accountable for their deliveries / service and not just my own, as I was before!
It’s been said time and again that leaders are made, not born. True, although you just can’t deny that there are some individuals who are destined to be a leader right from the start. But there are some persons whose skills could be further developed and enhanced in order to be a true leader.
In other words, there are already some individuals who possess the “makings” or potential of becoming a real leader-like having the abilities, the charisma and even the demeanor of a leader. Nevertheless, these promising persons occasionally aren’t able to showcase their truest potential to the max.
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