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Post by Cerridwyn on Jul 3, 2013 18:27:52 GMT -8
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Post by MadMax on Jul 4, 2013 3:20:07 GMT -8
An interesting read!
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Post by liltrekkie on Jul 4, 2013 15:40:22 GMT -8
so basically we are going to be leaders because we have a moral compass? That confuses me a bit. Plus the fact that most of our national leaders today weren't all group leaders in their younger days either.
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Post by Cerridwyn on Jul 4, 2013 16:06:00 GMT -8
You have to take into consideration the difference between a leader and a manager. This article is looking more at the work place than anywhere else and on empowering you.
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Post by liltrekkie on Jul 4, 2013 19:39:11 GMT -8
But the same principal applies. Take bill gates for example, he wasn't a leader by far, he just had different ideas which made him a leader.
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Post by Cerridwyn on Jul 4, 2013 19:54:58 GMT -8
I spent a fair number of years, teaching college students, graduate and undergraduate, the difference between leadership and management. While one can be both, one is not always both. When the needs of the business overshadow the needs of the employees, that person is probably a manager only.
One of the best descriptions of the difference I have ever heard was "Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing." - Warren Bennis, Ph.D. "On Becoming a Leader"
I love that book. It was never his most popular, but it always resonated with me.
Maybe another way of saying it is that managers are given power by the organization. Leaders are given power by the people.
I have another really good quote somewhere. I will have to hunt it up.
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Post by liltrekkie on Jul 4, 2013 20:26:06 GMT -8
Fair point indeed. But what about people who create organizations? With out the people, they wouldn't exist. Prime example, Google. Without the people, they wouldnt be anything, neither would their founders.
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Post by wernerhoffmann on Jul 5, 2013 16:40:47 GMT -8
That, liltrekkie, is pretty much the principle that I lived by in the Marine Corps. I always say, a commander is only as good as his staff. That can be applied at all levels. When leading and/or managing, you have to be able to rely on your people to give you good information and such, but you also need to trust their word, and their actions.
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Post by Cerridwyn on Jul 5, 2013 20:56:11 GMT -8
Many years ago, when I worked for Olsten Health Service, Bob Fusco, our president, did a series of regional meetings that all administrators and support personnel were invited to attend. He shared this piece with us there, and spoke on the subject of leading your branch. I do not know the author, he never said if he knew, so my apologies for not being able to give credit where credit is due. To me this has always been the perfect description leadership.
The Passion of the Person in Charge
People always look at the leader when they want to take the pulse of an organization. Example says a lot. Do they see a boss they can believe in? Can they have faith in whom they follow? Does the fire inside the leader burn hot enough for them to warm from the heart of that flame?
Commitment climbs when people see passion in the person out front. They catch the feeling. Commitment, after all, is a highly contagious thing. It is a spirit that stirs others, that touches their souls, that inspires them to action. It carries a mental magnetism that captures the attention and enlists the energies of all who watch.
The more consuming your commitment, the more you draw your people toward you. And toward the task to be done. Your intensity – your focus, drive, and dedication – carries maximum influence over the level of commitment you can expect from others.
Like it or not, you set the climate. People always take a reading on the person in charge. So when it comes to building commitment, you must lead by example, just as commanders must show courage if they want soldiers showing bravery on the battlefield.
If you provide lukewarm leadership, you will see the passion cool among your people, commitment can not survive when the leader does not seem to care. So be obvious. Turn up the burner inside yourself. Let the heat of your commitment be strong enough to glow in the dark.
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Post by Lyner on Jul 7, 2013 2:00:55 GMT -8
Nice read  |
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Post by mattw92 on Jul 7, 2013 14:15:13 GMT -8
i feel like i am back at university doing my personal development classes  |
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Post by Randalla on Jul 7, 2013 18:39:24 GMT -8
LMAO There's always room for development.  |
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Post by mattw92 on Jul 8, 2013 13:35:49 GMT -8
Not when your as perfect as me ! |
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