Thursday, December 26, 2013

Leadership

Many people mix-up the concepts of Leadership and Management with each other. Leadership and Management are not the same thing. Leadership comes from within the person where as, management does not. Leadership is not just all about managing people, tasks or resources it is much more than that. A good leader possesses some good interpersonal and as well as social skills such as Emotional Intelligence. He knows how to motivate, influence, and manage people along with their emotions. In order to be a leader, (Freeman, R. Edward,  Stoner, James A., 1992.) it is important to understand what motivates the employees around you. It is necessary to discover the fundamental needs that employees, coworkers, and bosses have, since all people have a need for a basic income and necessities.
   
Although the leadership qualities do exist in people from birth, but that doesnt mean that everyone who has such qualities and capabilities would always become a leader, icon, or role model. Many people  instead of having such qualities  do not become leader the first reason that comes to mind is the absence of opportunity, time, place, and situation.
       
The article that has been chose to summarize talks about the importance of leadership. The article outlines the necessary conditions or steps that the leader or manager must adopt in order to become a successful leader and guide his or her organization towards the glory. Since this era is of immense competition, therefore leaders must be talented and powerful enough to build up skillful labor force and efficiency within the organization.

Article Summary 
The article talks about the leadership and its importance moreover, it emphasizes on the idea that great leadership is everything. Managers or leaders must adopt following steps to guide their organizations towards the path of success. First, get-through-the-downturn plan must be developed by the managers they must identify the mission, objectives, goals, and must bring on efficiency by cutting redundant costs. Second, communication is necessary employees must be told about the plans, objectives, and goals that are to be met. Third, leaders should be straight forward in addressing the issues to employees and must not hide from them. Fourth, supervisors must be hired to advise the employees and help them with the issues that they are facing. There must not be a sense of fear or panic among the employees regarding performance and goals. Or in other words, leaders must be connected with their employees over performance, mistakes, and improvement.
   
Fifth, leaders must get rid of employees who underperform in order to stop the wastage of time, resources, motivation, and determination. Sixth, creative personnel must be hired and retained because they are the real assets for a company. Seventh, proper environment within the organization must be provided to the employees, where they feel comfortable and work at their best. Eight, leaders must not portray or express the failure or any stagnant growth that their business is facing. There must not be doubts in the minds of employees and consumers. Great leadership is that where the leaders ask the customers about their likes, dislikes, and bear the hardships and struggle their way to the top. Because, it is the hardship or difficulties that allow them to learn more, remove mistakes, and improve performance and decision making.

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