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October 3rd, 2008 — Management
The article below is a good comparison o being a boss or a coach. I guess the comparison was made because in an organization, a leader who is a team player is much more successful than a tyrant. This article should open our eyes that bullying a subordinate is not the way to a healthy organization. Coaching guru Thomas Crane warns managers and business owners against falling into the trap of being demanding: self-absorbed, and controlling. He says that these are some indicators of “bossing” as against coaching:
Bosses believe that their job if to push people or drive them.
Coaches believe that they are there to lift and support people.
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August 4th, 2008 — Management
A study made by HR consultants firm Hewitt Associates revealed Asia-based companies filled with motivated and satisfied employees are 78% more productive and 40% more profitable than those companies with many disgruntled employees. Such companies are productive because the managers invest time and effort to create a more positive atmosphere in the workplace. This way, the employees and the employer support each other to achieve a common goal.
You can create such a positive workplace without having to incur additional cost for your business. Here’s how:
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January 4th, 2008 — Management
An essential characteristic of leadership or, for that matter, of any endeavor, is the constant striving for improvement. As with motivation, improvement doesn’t just happen; you must make it happen. How can you improve your leadership abilities? The following guidelines will help you:
Put first things first. Do you want to move ahead? You must answer that question first. If your answer is yes, then you must recognize the fact that advancement takes its toll. Advancement requires hard work and personal sacrifice, for many people, the sacrifice is sometimes too great. Know where you want to go and then prepare to sacrifice personal desires to get there. If you’re married, prepare your family for sacrifices, also. They, too, will spend long, lonely hours during the fight uphill.
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November 15th, 2007 — Management
Remember that learning effective leadership isn’t a simple “3 easy steps ” process, rather, it’s a complicated approach to one of management’s most critical functions.
Before you can practice leadership, you must realize that there’s no single style of leadership that will work in all situations. Adaptability becomes a key term in the practice of leadership. When Charles Darwin discussed survival of the fittest he was talking about all species of living things, he could just as easily have directed his observations to managerial leaders. It’s true that leaders must adapt to the leadership environment or risk extinction.
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November 6th, 2007 — Management
Learning a set of guidelines for leadership is quite normal for the student of management, but the real test of leadership potential-for students and managers-is learning how to put such guidelines into practice. The first step, of course, is knowing each guideline and appreciating the rationale for each one. Then, through introspection, perform a self-assessment to see how closely your normal behavior matches the guidelines. When you see a discrepancy you want to work on, you’ll be able to deter- mine how to go about the task of self- improvement.
As you study the following set of guide- lines, keep this fact in mind: Effective leaders are made, not born.
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October 29th, 2007 — Management
In general, a study of human personality traits isn’t a very fruitful approach to explaining leadership. This is because not all leaders possess all of the traits, and many nonleaders possess most or all of them! The trait approach also gives no guide as to how much of any trait a person should have. Furthermore, out of dozens of studies, there’s no uniformity of identified facts or any significant correlations of traits with actual instances of leadership.
Nevertheless, some studies have indicated significant correlations between certain traits and leadership effectiveness. Most writers on the subject see a definite correlation between the traits of integrity, intelligence, dependability, courage, initiative, self-confidence, and strong motivation to accomplish effective leadership. Let’s examine this correlation in more detail.
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October 17th, 2007 — Management
To accurately describe the highest dedication style of leadership, such words as responsibility, involvement, and commitment must be used. This style of leadership is characterized by a high degree interest in both work and people.
This leadership style recognizes that effective organizational goals can be achieved only through the participation and involvement of people at all levels The organizational goals must be understood by everyone, since it’s only through mutual respect and understanding that these goals can be achieved. This manager realizes that mutual confidence and respect are essential to successful work performance-that people and work must be interconnects and balanced. This grid (shown below), is used to identify various combination of leadership styles. The different styles of leadership, when located on the grid, can be visually appreciated in terms of how each style relates to the others with regard to people and tasks.
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