Changing times are demanding different approaches to make the best of the available opportunity. The current world scenario, its political and economic environment, all demanding unique skills and perspectives to be dealt effectively. At such a high time when the problems are as diverse as possibly could be and, solutions even more varying widely, only a “transformational leader,” possessing the best of the leadership skills, could successfully tackle the problems.
The best definition of transformational leadership is best explained by Burns (1978) “it recognizes and exploits the existing need or demand of a potential follower....and looks for potential motives in followers, seeks to satisfy higher need and engages the full person of the follower(cited in Changing Minds.org.n.d).”
The transformational leader is of great importance as it possesses these fundamental qualities to build the strong edifice of future success.
Good Communication Skills
A transformational leader motivates the follower to achieve more then what is expected. They are the inspiring, motivational source for the subordinates as they with the good, comprehensible communication skills explains their vision in the most articulate and compelling way. They elucidate the vision and mission of their organization and, by explaining the route of their strategies; they picture where there organization would stand in the next few years.
Motivational Source
Transformational leaders are an immense source of support and motivation to the leaders as they offer the opportunity to acquire or polish the skills by training them and teaching them, several projects and seminars, group discussions are organized, all intended with the purpose to provide them with the expert knowledge and the expertise. These leaders groom their subordinates, making them into skillful, creative person.
The leader visualizes the possible outcome of the planned strategy, enabling the subordinate to work harder as they know that there extra efforts are appreciated and would lead to success of the individual and team as whole.
Source Of Trust
One of the outstanding qualities of the transformational leader is that he enables the followers to look beyond their capabilities by inspiring confidence in them and making them believe in the positive aspects of their personality.
This is highly important for it allows the employees to muster their energies and give to the fullest for they believe that they would be eventually successful.
Leading To A Difference
The transformational leader believes on the beauty of upcoming new and creative ideas, leading to the individualism and uniqueness in the overall tasks.
Transformational leader inspires his subordinates to have creative ideas by engaging them effectively in work. It willingly welcomes the suggestions of the employees and integrates it with the planned strategy so as to have the maximum output and the long lasting interest of the subordinates.
Transformational leader encourages his subordinates to reach out to their goal by their innovative thinking and productive implementation, followed by supportive advises of the leader.
All this leads to the drastic difference in the overall task and, these diverse outcomes best caters the interests and goals of the diverse team members.
Transformational leadership is all about transforming, the dire need in today’s changing world, to keep the interest and to unveil the best artistic and creative thoughts, hidden inside the diverse individual, waitng to exposed!
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
The research has clarified the fact that any of the leadership style can not be effective solely if the situation is not kept in view before the particular style is decided and implemented.
New findings and theories have began to unveil a whole new leadership theory, came to be popularly known as “path-goal” theory. This leadership theory is explained on the basis of situation and other related factors.
The path-goal theory suggests that the leaders can only have a successful leadership if they support the subordinates towards a specific goal by assigning them a clear, creative path. They can do so by explaining them clearly and articulately about their vision, making them aware of the upcoming obstacles and at the same time, revealing them the way of how to stand up amidst of curbing crisis. A series of rewards, explanation of mistakes and encouragement will make the leadership effective-the ultimate purpose of this theory.
This theory explains the effectiveness of leadership in terms of impact of leader on subordinates. Robert House, the American psychologist, who suggested this theory, says that leaders are successful as long as they have immense leadership influence on the subordinates, who acts as a source of motivation to their followers. In other words, the true leader inspires the goals and dreams and allow them turn their idealism in to realism by showing them the required path.
This theory highlights the amalgamated version of all the leadership styles. The theory demands the leader to have a right balance between his authority and his friendliness with the subordinates. He neither have to be too authoritative that the subordinates hesitate in expressing their creative ideas and critical thoughts nor have to be too friendly that the divider between the leader and subordinates reduce to transparency, and subordinates start exercising their freedom in the negative way.
This modern theory of leadership permits a wide space for participative leadership as the subordinates are totally involve in decision-making process and their suggestions are sought and given their due credit. In the path-goal theory of leadership, the challenging goals are set for subordinates and, the leaders show them the way to attain it.Additionally, they are given free hand to implement their creative ideas for the best accomplishment of goals. Leaders show their confidence by entrusting them with the complete authority on the allocated task.
Since, the theory is totally situation oriented; the leader has to be extra careful in the analysis of the task and other factors before defining the path to the subordinates. For example, at the time when the task is not clear to the subordinates or the path appears as vague or distorted to them, guidance and suggestions by the leader would be willingly welcomed by the subordinates. However, when the things are well-defined and outlined to the subordinates and the followers are quite confident of their efforts, the redundant regulations would be taken by them as over controlling their skills and potential.
This variance in approach is dependent on the clarity of the situation, abilities of the subordinates and their motivation and, on the depth of task. The more complicated the task is and the less comprehensible the paths are, the increase supportive suggestions by the leader would be genuinely entertained.
This theory demands the leader to maintain a firm checks on his behavior and the body language as the actions speak louder than the words. He as to appear as a source of motivation, inspiration, trust and confidence. The actions should speak the depth of his commitment and the passion for the task and the affection for followers. The behavior should infuse the feeling of satisfaction in the working aura.
The key to have effective leader, based on the path-goal leadership theory, is to mark the paths to the goals. This can be well done by identifying the key tasks to the subordinates, explaining the nature of complicated hurdles and, describing the way to smooth away the obstacles in to terrific success.
The path-goal theory can promise the successful leadership as long as the situation, motivation and the inclination of the followers towards the task is kept in view. The more the related factors are considered and the appropriate the decisions are made, along with the full-fledged implementation of the opted strategy, the more the effective leadership would be and, the chances of the success would become certain.
New findings and theories have began to unveil a whole new leadership theory, came to be popularly known as “path-goal” theory. This leadership theory is explained on the basis of situation and other related factors.
The path-goal theory suggests that the leaders can only have a successful leadership if they support the subordinates towards a specific goal by assigning them a clear, creative path. They can do so by explaining them clearly and articulately about their vision, making them aware of the upcoming obstacles and at the same time, revealing them the way of how to stand up amidst of curbing crisis. A series of rewards, explanation of mistakes and encouragement will make the leadership effective-the ultimate purpose of this theory.
This theory explains the effectiveness of leadership in terms of impact of leader on subordinates. Robert House, the American psychologist, who suggested this theory, says that leaders are successful as long as they have immense leadership influence on the subordinates, who acts as a source of motivation to their followers. In other words, the true leader inspires the goals and dreams and allow them turn their idealism in to realism by showing them the required path.
This theory highlights the amalgamated version of all the leadership styles. The theory demands the leader to have a right balance between his authority and his friendliness with the subordinates. He neither have to be too authoritative that the subordinates hesitate in expressing their creative ideas and critical thoughts nor have to be too friendly that the divider between the leader and subordinates reduce to transparency, and subordinates start exercising their freedom in the negative way.
This modern theory of leadership permits a wide space for participative leadership as the subordinates are totally involve in decision-making process and their suggestions are sought and given their due credit. In the path-goal theory of leadership, the challenging goals are set for subordinates and, the leaders show them the way to attain it.Additionally, they are given free hand to implement their creative ideas for the best accomplishment of goals. Leaders show their confidence by entrusting them with the complete authority on the allocated task.
Since, the theory is totally situation oriented; the leader has to be extra careful in the analysis of the task and other factors before defining the path to the subordinates. For example, at the time when the task is not clear to the subordinates or the path appears as vague or distorted to them, guidance and suggestions by the leader would be willingly welcomed by the subordinates. However, when the things are well-defined and outlined to the subordinates and the followers are quite confident of their efforts, the redundant regulations would be taken by them as over controlling their skills and potential.
This variance in approach is dependent on the clarity of the situation, abilities of the subordinates and their motivation and, on the depth of task. The more complicated the task is and the less comprehensible the paths are, the increase supportive suggestions by the leader would be genuinely entertained.
This theory demands the leader to maintain a firm checks on his behavior and the body language as the actions speak louder than the words. He as to appear as a source of motivation, inspiration, trust and confidence. The actions should speak the depth of his commitment and the passion for the task and the affection for followers. The behavior should infuse the feeling of satisfaction in the working aura.
The key to have effective leader, based on the path-goal leadership theory, is to mark the paths to the goals. This can be well done by identifying the key tasks to the subordinates, explaining the nature of complicated hurdles and, describing the way to smooth away the obstacles in to terrific success.
The path-goal theory can promise the successful leadership as long as the situation, motivation and the inclination of the followers towards the task is kept in view. The more the related factors are considered and the appropriate the decisions are made, along with the full-fledged implementation of the opted strategy, the more the effective leadership would be and, the chances of the success would become certain.
Developing the Effective Team Work For Successful Leadership
The vehicle of accomplishment is fueled by teamwork.
Leadership brings with itself an array of responsibilities which have to be fulfilled so as to come up as the authentic leader amidst the unexpected cropping up of challenges. Every aspect of the leadership, be it from the managing point of view, communication skills, time management, critical thinking or the development of team; each niche is important to its core and desire the undivided attention.
Team development is exceptionally important for there is the illustrious adage “collective we make a difference.”
Here are some tips to be worked on for the successful and desired building of the team.
Increased Communication
Assign the group activities that demand the intense and effective communication. Field work should also be the part of it since more time they spent together, they better they would understand each other and comprehensible communication would bind them in the strong ties.
Utilizing The Diversities
The more the person possess the diverse experience, the better his skills and character are carved. Every organization possesses the diverse work force to address the diversity in customers.
The leader must divide them in the groups where each group possesses the persons from the varying background.The activities should be assigned that ensures the maximum interaction and demands them to understand and learn to tolerate and appreciate the differences.
When their inclination would shift from concentrating on the differences to appreciating the similarities, the bond would be stronger and a cooperative one.
Debriefing Experience
Teamwork does involve the efforts of each individual and, therefore each individual should be made responsible for his experience.
The feeling of they being accountable could only be aroused optimistically if they are asked to debrief about their experience of the assigned task. This would not only be an alternative source of being accountable, the benefiting point up springing is that the leader would be able to read the psyche of the individual and would assign the task accordingly in the future.
Moreover, the team mates would also be able to comprehend others’ thinking and ideas, fostering a true sense of collaboration between them.
Celebrating Success
The last but not the least key for the effective team work is to celebrate the success. The subordinates must be rewarded for their thinking and their critical, creative ideas.The acknowledgment of their hard work would spur them for exceptional ideas and encourage more innovative thinking.
These essential strategies have to be undertaken to muster up to the best from the team for if the good work is being produced by the individuals, the success of the individual, team and organization can be well assured.
Leadership brings with itself an array of responsibilities which have to be fulfilled so as to come up as the authentic leader amidst the unexpected cropping up of challenges. Every aspect of the leadership, be it from the managing point of view, communication skills, time management, critical thinking or the development of team; each niche is important to its core and desire the undivided attention.
Team development is exceptionally important for there is the illustrious adage “collective we make a difference.”
Here are some tips to be worked on for the successful and desired building of the team.
Increased Communication
Assign the group activities that demand the intense and effective communication. Field work should also be the part of it since more time they spent together, they better they would understand each other and comprehensible communication would bind them in the strong ties.
Utilizing The Diversities
The more the person possess the diverse experience, the better his skills and character are carved. Every organization possesses the diverse work force to address the diversity in customers.
The leader must divide them in the groups where each group possesses the persons from the varying background.The activities should be assigned that ensures the maximum interaction and demands them to understand and learn to tolerate and appreciate the differences.
When their inclination would shift from concentrating on the differences to appreciating the similarities, the bond would be stronger and a cooperative one.
Debriefing Experience
Teamwork does involve the efforts of each individual and, therefore each individual should be made responsible for his experience.
The feeling of they being accountable could only be aroused optimistically if they are asked to debrief about their experience of the assigned task. This would not only be an alternative source of being accountable, the benefiting point up springing is that the leader would be able to read the psyche of the individual and would assign the task accordingly in the future.
Moreover, the team mates would also be able to comprehend others’ thinking and ideas, fostering a true sense of collaboration between them.
Celebrating Success
The last but not the least key for the effective team work is to celebrate the success. The subordinates must be rewarded for their thinking and their critical, creative ideas.The acknowledgment of their hard work would spur them for exceptional ideas and encourage more innovative thinking.
These essential strategies have to be undertaken to muster up to the best from the team for if the good work is being produced by the individuals, the success of the individual, team and organization can be well assured.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Focusing On the Leadership challenges
We aim above the mark to hit the mark- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The complex demanding world is constantly under the damning circumstances and dire threats. To cope up with the stemming problems effectively, an influential leadership is in the list of “most wanted.” However, the influential and successful leadership is only the result of overcoming the upcoming challenges aptly. The challenges of the leadership are deep rooted and diverse and only a very multi-skilled, intellectual person is the only ray of hope in this bleaking, sweeping darkness.
The article brings in to lame light the forthcoming leadership challenges.
Developing The Futures Of Tomorrow
The most imperative challenge an authentic leader faces is carving the future of tomorrow. In fact, it is the guarantee of being a successful leader as only those leaders are remembered in the history that produces the good leaders.
The effective leadership transfers its outstanding qualities in the subordinates in order to evolve the leader who can lead the organization tomorrow. The best way to fulfill this greatest responsibility is by being example of those traits i.e. it have integrity in his actions. He must have good communication skills and must mean its words, too.
Over Reliance On Leaders
The leaders are entitled with the responsibility to guide the masses and be the source of hope and inspiration in the stony, curved path. They are not the one to do the tasks all the times. However many subordinates rely for all their activities on the leaders and make them responsible for all their actions. The fact is that they, subordinates, are unwilling to carry the responsibility.
This irresponsible and underestimated behavior of the followers is a great obstacle in the way of an effective leadership as a leader is unable to focus their attention and energies in carving the best path to the designed goal. However, this challenge can be best tackled by entrusting the followers with some tasks and making them accountable for their actions.
Another way is to divide the subordinates in different teams and then distributing the task among the teams, there must be the leader for the respective teams too. This would carve the bets leadership capabilities in them and would instill the feeling of responsibility.
High And Unreasonable Expectations
A leader may not always be the boss of the entire organization. The person who is given a power to guide even “three” people is a leader too. In these circumstances, there are always some faces who expect some worthy output from him that is neither possible nor reasonable.
Due to these exaggerated expectations, the chances of disappointments increase. The individual is then all the time under pressure and does not feel like being free, leading to the bottled imagination and low creativity.
Making The Real Changes
One of the real challenges that most leaders come across is the step to replace the outdated, close-minded policies with the new one. It is a real challenge and requires true effort as it involves the transformation of the people’s minds.
It demands to put off all the old strategies and policies and introduce the new dimensions and strategies that best cater the diverse needs of today and ensures the brighter future. Moreover, it is in the harmony with the expectations of the followers and of one and all.
All this seems to be quite tough but can be successfully done by keeping the essence of the vision and mission of the organization the same and, then displaying it from diverse point of view to the people around so as to have flexibility in their thinking and approach. The more diverse the approach is, the better the challenge can be overcome and the maximum the result would.
Requires To Be Too Responsible
Leadership is rewarding as well as demanding job, too. Not all leaders are effective leaders for; it requires high effort to be responsible for all the planned actions and its consequences. It has to adapt effectively to the changing situations all the time. Therefore, a leader has to be extraordinarily careful in making a strategy as a single mistake will explode the very basis of success with in no time.
Avoid Being to Bossy
Leader of today has to face the greater challenge as the today’s generation can not tolerate the dictation any more. The harshness of the reality that subordinates are not being heard and their voice is not responded well, engulfs the very existence of them with in no second, hampering their creativity and leads to low commitment by followers.
Leaders have to realize that whatever decision they make, it should be finalized after the full participation and willingness of the followers or else the planned strategy, solely decided by the leader, will not produce the expected results, resulting in damning doom of the organization as a whole.
Conclusion
Leadership is rewarding as well as challenging, too. If the challenges are well identified and are responded well, the thorny obstacles would smooth away in no time, opening a road full of promising accomplishments, unveiling an authentic leader from you!
Do Remember 3 D’s And 3 P’s For Effective Leadership
Leadership is whether a natural or an artificial trait-the discussion is still the burning question of today’s fast pacing world but the research has supported the fact that through adaptation of certain traits and applying skills, we can unveil the leadership qualities hidden inside us and can carve it to the finest possible angle.
Here is “3 D’s And 3 P’s” suggestion that one must adopt along with the necessary traits and characteristics to come up as the distinct leader in the diverse mass.
Determination
The determination to attain the assigned goal in the best possible way is the key requirement to come up as the successful leader. The leader’s attitude affects the behavior of the subordinates and the over all attitudes are quite important for the highest possible production. Commitment and dedication of the authentic leader would be the source of inspiration for the subordinates, enabling the leader to make the best use of their potential.
Discipline
The disciplined thoughts and actions are immensely imperative once you are determined to achieve the organized goal. Only if the thoughts and the efforts are well disciplined and channeled in the most appropriate way, the effectiveness of the decision can be truly guaranteed.
Direction
If the requirement of two D’s is rightly fulfilled, the third “D” of direction can be applied. Once the determination engulfs the very existence of the effective leader and the team and, they have disciplined their actions, the right direction is then the ultimate direction, leading the individual and the leader to the promising horizon of success.
Peace
These 3 D’s concept the fills the atmosphere with the pure feeling of peace, allowing the leader and subordinate to work and concentrate well. The distractions and hastiness are obstacles in the path of success but this very feeling of “peace” originated from the 3 D’s strategy permits you to use the best of your energy to the fullest.
Protection
The precious feeling of peace allows you to experience the thrills of you being protective. Protection is the most important to muster up the energy and the potential of the followers. Only when the subordinates realize that their wealth, life and family are being protected, they would be free from the piercing tensions of life, making it possible from them to give their full attention to the worthy task.
Prosperity
The demanding and well–interlinked chain of determination, discipline, dedication, peace and protection ends at the strong ring of prosperity. Once the efforts and thoughts are well integrated with the vision, the expected success linger in the aura and, with the effective utilization of the valuable human resource, the anticipated triumph becomes the blissful reality, allowing one to experience the lasting impression of prosperity.
The simple but efficient formula of 3 D’s and 3 P’s would allow the leader to come up as the black and white amidst the masses of gray as an authentic, successful leader!
Here is “3 D’s And 3 P’s” suggestion that one must adopt along with the necessary traits and characteristics to come up as the distinct leader in the diverse mass.
Determination
The determination to attain the assigned goal in the best possible way is the key requirement to come up as the successful leader. The leader’s attitude affects the behavior of the subordinates and the over all attitudes are quite important for the highest possible production. Commitment and dedication of the authentic leader would be the source of inspiration for the subordinates, enabling the leader to make the best use of their potential.
Discipline
The disciplined thoughts and actions are immensely imperative once you are determined to achieve the organized goal. Only if the thoughts and the efforts are well disciplined and channeled in the most appropriate way, the effectiveness of the decision can be truly guaranteed.
Direction
If the requirement of two D’s is rightly fulfilled, the third “D” of direction can be applied. Once the determination engulfs the very existence of the effective leader and the team and, they have disciplined their actions, the right direction is then the ultimate direction, leading the individual and the leader to the promising horizon of success.
Peace
These 3 D’s concept the fills the atmosphere with the pure feeling of peace, allowing the leader and subordinate to work and concentrate well. The distractions and hastiness are obstacles in the path of success but this very feeling of “peace” originated from the 3 D’s strategy permits you to use the best of your energy to the fullest.
Protection
The precious feeling of peace allows you to experience the thrills of you being protective. Protection is the most important to muster up the energy and the potential of the followers. Only when the subordinates realize that their wealth, life and family are being protected, they would be free from the piercing tensions of life, making it possible from them to give their full attention to the worthy task.
Prosperity
The demanding and well–interlinked chain of determination, discipline, dedication, peace and protection ends at the strong ring of prosperity. Once the efforts and thoughts are well integrated with the vision, the expected success linger in the aura and, with the effective utilization of the valuable human resource, the anticipated triumph becomes the blissful reality, allowing one to experience the lasting impression of prosperity.
The simple but efficient formula of 3 D’s and 3 P’s would allow the leader to come up as the black and white amidst the masses of gray as an authentic, successful leader!
Six Simple Steps For Good Communication
“Communication is the real work of leadership,”-Nitin Nohria
The effectiveness of any leadership style and approach wholly rely on the leadership vision and, if only the leadership vision is communicated properly to the team, the best can be expected by the team mates for the success depends upon the communication where the leader is able to properly unveil his views, ideas and what he is thinking and feeling.
There are several ways of achieving the best communication between leaders and team mates that would lead to mutual understanding as well as good, friendly relations between the leader and team mates. When such a supporting and conducive aura for work has been created, the subordinates will always feel like being motivated and inspired and would work harder to give the best.
The effective communication is the one where receiver has got the message what the transmitter intend to communicate.
There are some easy yet effective steps that if implemented by the leaders ensure the good communication between the leaders and subordinates.
• Knowing Your Followers
Knowing the intellectual, mental level of the followers is a prerequisite for the helpful communication. The authentic leader successfully smells the fragrance of abilities, surrounding the individual follower. The leader is the able to accentuate the fragrance by polishing his abilities through the proper conveyance of his ideas.
The more deeply the leader is aware of the abilities, the knowledge and the mental level of the followers, the easier it would be for him to simplify his leadership vision for the effective communication to the team workers. This promises the welcoming breeze of success ahead.
• Writing Down Your Vision
The tasks and the important aspects of the vision should be given in black and white to the subordinates. The more the vision is in writing form, the concrete the existence is and the attainable the goals would be.
Having this in writing would first of all give the best idea of the goals and the path planned for it. Secondly, the subordinates could relate their progress by looking and reading the written goals. Thirdly, the message of the leader could be explained to the followers in the simpler form that could be approached by the mind of even those who are not having any prior knowledge. Moreover, the verbally said thing is least effective and lasting as compared to the written thing. It gives a very firm look and succeeds in getting the required result across the board.
• Presenting The Ideas
A session should be arranged a day or two after the written form of the vision is handed to the subordinates. The purpose of the session should be to allow the subordinates to come up with the fascinating and creative ideas that make the task livelier and worth achieving. The leaders himself must provide the different ideas too. This would result in the influx of the challenging yet alluring ideas and would ensure the healthier and well-structured communication between the leaders and the team workers.
• Actively Listening
“With the fluidity of information in business today, leaders need to be masterful listeners; they need to be able to receive as well as send.”- Badaracco
Good communication can not be ensured as long as one is not the good listener. The more the leaders pay heed to the subordinates ideas and problems, the closer he would be to them and understandable communication would stem from it. Only the good listening would produce the good response by the leader and a clear logical answer, too.
Listening is the basic model for the integrity in communication that facilitates mutual understanding and increases the chances of the victory.
• Clarifying the Queries
During the course of the task, it is logical that the subordinates would come up with some confusion when a cloud of confusion hovers around their mind. Therefore, the task of leader is to arrange a question-answer session where it should be the utmost endeavor of the leader to clarify the queries of the subordinates either by displaying slides or by giving examples and by verbally explaining it. The higher the exchange of words and ideas would, the stronger the communication knot would be.
• Exchange Of Feedback
Feedback is immensely imperative for the successfully good communication between the leader and the subordinates. The leader is supposed to give feedback on the activities and work of the subordinates. However, the importance of this very feedback demands the greater care in the selection of words for the negativity can hamper the skills of the follower. It does not imply that the mistakes should not be told to the follower but, it could be done so by the very aptly chosen supportive and optimistic words.
Though the feedback by the leader is important, the essence of the feedback could not be ignored either. At the end of the day, the subordinates should be spurred to give feedback of the activities and come up with any possible suggestions, too. It would improve the working aura and would promise the success too.
The greater the exchange of ideas would be and more properly the problems would be addressed, the healthier the communication would be and finer the chances of selection. This highlights the importance of the communication and the good communication skill can be attained by simply following the above-mentioned techniques. Happy successful leadership!
Instilling The True Leadership characteristics In Tomorrow’s Leaders!!
Our children will inherit the world that will be full of complexes, ambiguities and other social, political and economic problems and, in order to best cater with the growing problems, they have to be strong, sturdy, possessing the best leadership skills.
When such an immense necessity is of leadership characteristics, the children should be made acquainted with leadership styles, its theories and its traits at an early age, to nurture them as a successful leader in the best possible way.
The article well covers the important characteristics required for a leader and, unveil the different approaches at academic levels that would bring out of them a potential leadership.
There lies a wide array of leadership styles, classifying the diverse behaviors, actions and characteristics of varied people. However, the most successful is the “transformational Leadership Style” for; it encompasses the collective motivation and participation of leaders and subordinates, providing a source of inspiration for subordinates. Also, it could be applied while tackling various problems. Therefore, it is exceptionally important to carve our children as the transformational leader to best tackle the future adversities.
Good Communicator, Creative and Innovative, Imaginative, Keen Observer, Decisive, Responsible, fully aware, Motivated, Flexible, Assertive, Optimistic and Social; these are the hallmarks of the leader’s characteristics and, these could ensure the unconquerable leadership.
The fundamental qualities can be instilled by introducing few measures in the curriculum
• Good Communication Skills
The present globalized world is all about information and communication. No matter how much skills does a person possess, no matter how much intelligent and knowledgeable he is, it can not be displayed properly if the person lacks good communication skills. Hence, it is extremely vital to improve and mature the communication skills of pupils.
To instill the comprehensible communication skills, campus education must encourage public-speaking. Pupils must be assigned with some topics for presentation and at the assigned date, allow the children to express their ideas articulately in front of the students, teachers and administration staff. The audience must be spurred to come up with the useful question to alleviate the good communication and understanding skills of both.
Moreover, the children should be allowed to guide youth club members on the topic of their interest as a teacher, covering each and every niche of topic. Group discussion, conferences and debate competitions should be organized to encourage healthy conversation, giving them an opportunity to present their ideas articulately and fluently.
An effective way of developing the communication leadership skills is to allow the children to conduct assemblies, functions and do live coverage of the celebrations on religious days, national and international days. This will boost up their confidence and will unveil the best communication skills of them.
• Creativity, Innovation And Imagination
Arts, mathematics, sciences are full of projects and assignments that could compel the pupil to effectively use their brain to come up with logical solutions .These assignments foster creativeness, quick decisive power and stimulates rational behavior and thinking. Moreover, these subject exist due to the contribution of great leaders such as scientists, painters, calligraphers, educationist etc.It will allow them with the deep analysis of their contributions as a leader and would act as inspirations for them in future life, that is hungrily waiting for their superb leadership skills for a promising success.
A theme should be assigned to students monthly, allowing them to come up with any possible contribution covering the title from any angle. This would enable students to unleash their critical thinking and creative ideas. The display of all those things at the end of month will enable the true exchange of ideas and would allow them to trust on their invincible capabilities.
• Keen Observation
The most effective way is to take the students to any recreational site and ask them to list all the sights and sounds and explain each sight and sound with the web of creative, meaningful words that picture the scene as finely as possible. Also, read the services and the extra ordinary qualities and work of all the great leaders and, display some of the work on slides for a short while. Ask random questions to judge their observational and listening skills.
• Decision Power And Resilience
Organize the youth clubs, science, literary and English clubs and allow them to organize at least an activity a month. The school administration just allocates some specific budget; let the rest to be decided by the members. This will polish their decision making skills, develop their self-confidence and trust on themselves. Also, in case of any mistake on their part, they have to be resilient to support their decision.
Head Girls, Deputy Head Girls and prefect, all are the part of each and every school to maintain discipline. The best approach in choosing the young leaders is to allow the students to take decision. This can be done by organizing an election campaign week, allowing each candidate to speak few words about their plans and future changes. Students will analyze their capabilities and would vote for the one who think are the best. This decision power will allow them to realize the power of their vote, learn about the importance of democracy and will let them ponder over their decisions too. The will muster enough courage to stand up for their decision and face the consequences, no matter what.
• Optimism
The optimistic thinking could be best inculcated if teachers use only the positive language in explaining any thing dreadful and dangerous. Also, in any open play ground, allow the students to list the bad and good sights and sounds. Furthermore, ask the students to list the good aspects of the previous day. This would allow them to find a ray of hope even no matter how worst the day had been. The student must be acquainted with the background and reasonable information of any thing and personality and, then should be asked to summarize the positive aspects only. All these measures would make them sanguine to the core.
• Sociability And Flexibility
These are the most important leadership traits required in today’s leaders .In fact these form the true essence for an authentic leadership. The transformational leadership itself is all about the sociability and flexibility. These leadership skills can be infused by entrusting with the tasks that allow group members cooperation as much as possible.
Encourage the group leader to take decisions that transform the ideals of all in to realism, keeping in view their vision. This will help him to have good social behavior as well as flexibility in his approach. The group members should also be encouraged to amalgamate the suggestions of all in such a way that ensures the victorious outcome.
Once all these actions are taken, the genuine leadership qualities will become the part of their incomparable personality, eventually leading them to be a successful leader. The students are future of tomorrow; any careless mistake on our part could explode their future in no time, creating a huge problem on the face of earth. That’s why it is exceptionally important to water these seeds with good efforts to make them strong, sturdy plant that cheerfully blooms in the blissful blossoms of successful people.
When such an immense necessity is of leadership characteristics, the children should be made acquainted with leadership styles, its theories and its traits at an early age, to nurture them as a successful leader in the best possible way.
The article well covers the important characteristics required for a leader and, unveil the different approaches at academic levels that would bring out of them a potential leadership.
There lies a wide array of leadership styles, classifying the diverse behaviors, actions and characteristics of varied people. However, the most successful is the “transformational Leadership Style” for; it encompasses the collective motivation and participation of leaders and subordinates, providing a source of inspiration for subordinates. Also, it could be applied while tackling various problems. Therefore, it is exceptionally important to carve our children as the transformational leader to best tackle the future adversities.
Good Communicator, Creative and Innovative, Imaginative, Keen Observer, Decisive, Responsible, fully aware, Motivated, Flexible, Assertive, Optimistic and Social; these are the hallmarks of the leader’s characteristics and, these could ensure the unconquerable leadership.
The fundamental qualities can be instilled by introducing few measures in the curriculum
• Good Communication Skills
The present globalized world is all about information and communication. No matter how much skills does a person possess, no matter how much intelligent and knowledgeable he is, it can not be displayed properly if the person lacks good communication skills. Hence, it is extremely vital to improve and mature the communication skills of pupils.
To instill the comprehensible communication skills, campus education must encourage public-speaking. Pupils must be assigned with some topics for presentation and at the assigned date, allow the children to express their ideas articulately in front of the students, teachers and administration staff. The audience must be spurred to come up with the useful question to alleviate the good communication and understanding skills of both.
Moreover, the children should be allowed to guide youth club members on the topic of their interest as a teacher, covering each and every niche of topic. Group discussion, conferences and debate competitions should be organized to encourage healthy conversation, giving them an opportunity to present their ideas articulately and fluently.
An effective way of developing the communication leadership skills is to allow the children to conduct assemblies, functions and do live coverage of the celebrations on religious days, national and international days. This will boost up their confidence and will unveil the best communication skills of them.
• Creativity, Innovation And Imagination
Arts, mathematics, sciences are full of projects and assignments that could compel the pupil to effectively use their brain to come up with logical solutions .These assignments foster creativeness, quick decisive power and stimulates rational behavior and thinking. Moreover, these subject exist due to the contribution of great leaders such as scientists, painters, calligraphers, educationist etc.It will allow them with the deep analysis of their contributions as a leader and would act as inspirations for them in future life, that is hungrily waiting for their superb leadership skills for a promising success.
A theme should be assigned to students monthly, allowing them to come up with any possible contribution covering the title from any angle. This would enable students to unleash their critical thinking and creative ideas. The display of all those things at the end of month will enable the true exchange of ideas and would allow them to trust on their invincible capabilities.
• Keen Observation
The most effective way is to take the students to any recreational site and ask them to list all the sights and sounds and explain each sight and sound with the web of creative, meaningful words that picture the scene as finely as possible. Also, read the services and the extra ordinary qualities and work of all the great leaders and, display some of the work on slides for a short while. Ask random questions to judge their observational and listening skills.
• Decision Power And Resilience
Organize the youth clubs, science, literary and English clubs and allow them to organize at least an activity a month. The school administration just allocates some specific budget; let the rest to be decided by the members. This will polish their decision making skills, develop their self-confidence and trust on themselves. Also, in case of any mistake on their part, they have to be resilient to support their decision.
Head Girls, Deputy Head Girls and prefect, all are the part of each and every school to maintain discipline. The best approach in choosing the young leaders is to allow the students to take decision. This can be done by organizing an election campaign week, allowing each candidate to speak few words about their plans and future changes. Students will analyze their capabilities and would vote for the one who think are the best. This decision power will allow them to realize the power of their vote, learn about the importance of democracy and will let them ponder over their decisions too. The will muster enough courage to stand up for their decision and face the consequences, no matter what.
• Optimism
The optimistic thinking could be best inculcated if teachers use only the positive language in explaining any thing dreadful and dangerous. Also, in any open play ground, allow the students to list the bad and good sights and sounds. Furthermore, ask the students to list the good aspects of the previous day. This would allow them to find a ray of hope even no matter how worst the day had been. The student must be acquainted with the background and reasonable information of any thing and personality and, then should be asked to summarize the positive aspects only. All these measures would make them sanguine to the core.
• Sociability And Flexibility
These are the most important leadership traits required in today’s leaders .In fact these form the true essence for an authentic leadership. The transformational leadership itself is all about the sociability and flexibility. These leadership skills can be infused by entrusting with the tasks that allow group members cooperation as much as possible.
Encourage the group leader to take decisions that transform the ideals of all in to realism, keeping in view their vision. This will help him to have good social behavior as well as flexibility in his approach. The group members should also be encouraged to amalgamate the suggestions of all in such a way that ensures the victorious outcome.
Once all these actions are taken, the genuine leadership qualities will become the part of their incomparable personality, eventually leading them to be a successful leader. The students are future of tomorrow; any careless mistake on our part could explode their future in no time, creating a huge problem on the face of earth. That’s why it is exceptionally important to water these seeds with good efforts to make them strong, sturdy plant that cheerfully blooms in the blissful blossoms of successful people.
Leadership At Managing The Resources
Leadership is a great responsibility in its true essence. Its areas of attention are as diverse as its styles and theories are. When it comes in to light the term of leadership, the picture of managing the resources accordingly, yielding the best from the present, is what to be expected from the leader.
The current developing world is in severe urge of an authentic leader that could make the effective use of resources, with minimum side effects and high yields. When such high is the demand of the time, the upcoming leaders must concentrate on these points in order to evolve the best.
• Time Management
The first and foremost factor that influences the usage of resources is the “time” factor. Timely fulfillment of the tasks without any last minute hassle, would avoid many abrupt decisions that could be dangerous for the individual and organization as a whole.
Moreover, the more planned the tasks are, giving their deserved time, more mistake could be avoided. It would not affect the efficiency of the followers and they would mentally be satisfied and relaxed in doing their job as it is well said “the birth of tension is the death of talent.”
As long as the time is managed properly and the demanding tasks are given their due attention, the tension would not stem up and would not hamper the performance of the individuals.
• Meetings For The Prioritization Of The Tasks
The organization of the meetings is immensely essential for the management of resources. It is always advisable to arrange the meetings, inviting all the related top officials and the subordinates, and discuss the resources from many angles i.e. discuss its negative and positive points, the cost effective areas, the creative and the lucrative areas. Prioritize the tasks on the basis of these factors and allocate the financial and expertise accordingly.
The more the concerned issues are addressed, the minimum would be the chances of hurdles and work can be done smoothly, resulting in the terrific accomplishments of goals.
• Managing The Budget
Proper and effective use of the money has always been an important aspect for the leadership influence. Though, the apt use of money is indeed the key to the success, any mistake in it could explode the very basis of the assured success in no time.
The allocation of money should be based on the prioritization of the task and the resources available. If the more convenient resources are available to achieve the simple tasks and the desired work can be obtained from those resources, it is always wise to spend the money on the area which is lucrative and affects the results across the board, ensuring the output maximum, too.
• Usage Of Technology
No doubt the technology has incredible effects on the efficiency of the process and yields the greatest, too; the unwise spend on it, without judging it from all angles, will not necessarily produce the profitable and balanced results.
For example, if any task requires the use of machinery, and that can be easily manipulated manually too, it is always suggested to estimate the over all profit of the task manually as well as in mechanized form. If the profit is significantly higher in mechanized form, covering the cost of machinery in the good package, the idea of the mechanized technology can then be supported. And, if the profits are not up to the expectations or are not in harmony with the mechanized path-way, then the use of manual power would be the only best option.
Management of the resources is no doubt a difficult and demanding task, the careful analysis of the key factors from varied angles and the discussions of the allocation of the staff and the finance would produce the optimum results. The fundamentals like time factor and the technology use are indispensable too, for they assure the uprising of the brighter sun from the horizon of success!
The current developing world is in severe urge of an authentic leader that could make the effective use of resources, with minimum side effects and high yields. When such high is the demand of the time, the upcoming leaders must concentrate on these points in order to evolve the best.
• Time Management
The first and foremost factor that influences the usage of resources is the “time” factor. Timely fulfillment of the tasks without any last minute hassle, would avoid many abrupt decisions that could be dangerous for the individual and organization as a whole.
Moreover, the more planned the tasks are, giving their deserved time, more mistake could be avoided. It would not affect the efficiency of the followers and they would mentally be satisfied and relaxed in doing their job as it is well said “the birth of tension is the death of talent.”
As long as the time is managed properly and the demanding tasks are given their due attention, the tension would not stem up and would not hamper the performance of the individuals.
• Meetings For The Prioritization Of The Tasks
The organization of the meetings is immensely essential for the management of resources. It is always advisable to arrange the meetings, inviting all the related top officials and the subordinates, and discuss the resources from many angles i.e. discuss its negative and positive points, the cost effective areas, the creative and the lucrative areas. Prioritize the tasks on the basis of these factors and allocate the financial and expertise accordingly.
The more the concerned issues are addressed, the minimum would be the chances of hurdles and work can be done smoothly, resulting in the terrific accomplishments of goals.
• Managing The Budget
Proper and effective use of the money has always been an important aspect for the leadership influence. Though, the apt use of money is indeed the key to the success, any mistake in it could explode the very basis of the assured success in no time.
The allocation of money should be based on the prioritization of the task and the resources available. If the more convenient resources are available to achieve the simple tasks and the desired work can be obtained from those resources, it is always wise to spend the money on the area which is lucrative and affects the results across the board, ensuring the output maximum, too.
• Usage Of Technology
No doubt the technology has incredible effects on the efficiency of the process and yields the greatest, too; the unwise spend on it, without judging it from all angles, will not necessarily produce the profitable and balanced results.
For example, if any task requires the use of machinery, and that can be easily manipulated manually too, it is always suggested to estimate the over all profit of the task manually as well as in mechanized form. If the profit is significantly higher in mechanized form, covering the cost of machinery in the good package, the idea of the mechanized technology can then be supported. And, if the profits are not up to the expectations or are not in harmony with the mechanized path-way, then the use of manual power would be the only best option.
Management of the resources is no doubt a difficult and demanding task, the careful analysis of the key factors from varied angles and the discussions of the allocation of the staff and the finance would produce the optimum results. The fundamentals like time factor and the technology use are indispensable too, for they assure the uprising of the brighter sun from the horizon of success!
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