Leadership Skills (Book Review)
Leadership Skills (Book Review)
Leadership Skills (Book Review)
Leadership Skills
(A Book Review)
MTD Training Training & Ventus Publishing ApS ISBN 978-87-7681-603-2 Source: WWW.BOOKBOON.COM
Leadership skills are the tools, behaviors, and capabilities that a person needs in order to be successful at motivating and directing others. You dont have to be born with leadership skills. They can be learned. There are three traits every successful Leader must have:-
Integrity
Can be defined simply as being true to your word, being authentic in your actions and speech and demonstrating the kind of behavior that yoy would like to see your employees have. There are three key characteristics: Sincerity (Authenticity): Leaders with this facet of integrity 1. Do not out up a false front. 2. Accept responsibility for their commitments and strive to meet them. 3. Are honest about their own limitations. 4. Accept responsibility for their mistakes. 5. Tell them the truth. Consistency: Leaders demonstrate this facet of integrity by: 1. Treating employees equally as much as possible. 2. Following through on promises. 3. Working as hard or harder than their employees. 4. Having the same expectations or rules for themselves as for their employees.
Substance: Refers to integrity becoming a part of who you are being in all your work relationships by: 1. Keeping private employee information private. 2. Not gossiping or complaining about team members to other team members. 3. Doing whats best for the team and not just yourself. 4. Giving credit where credit is due. 5. Caring about the development of the employees. 6. Making it a priority to maintain clear communication and resolve any conflicts.
Leadership styles
There are numerous ways to categorize leadership style: Autocratic Leadership style: Autocratic leaders like to keep the decision-making power to themselves. Autocratic leadership allows for fast decision-making and can be useful for keeping employees motivated but it isnt good option for the long term. It can de-skill the workplace, making them disheartened and too reliant on the leader. Democratic Leadership Style: Democratic leaders share the decision-making-as well as the resulting reasonability- with team members. They seek feedback and prioritize team member development. Democratic leadership results in dedicated, loyal employees who are willing to work hard to deliver results and to share the credit for getting those results, but since everyone is involved in the decisionmaking process, decisions can take a long time to make. Bureaucratic leadership style: Works well in environments where following the rules is more important than creativity or thinking outside the box. Bureaucratic leadership helps promote consistent output and quality, can cut costs and improve productivity in some environments but overtime it can de-humanize and discourage the work force. With no investment in training, you can also end up without a well-skilled work force. Charismatic leadership style: As the name implies, it is based on the leaders ability to inspire and influence the actions of others. This type of leadership is excellent for encouraging creativity and forward-thinking decision making but it has to invest a great deal of time in fostering his relationships with the team in order to use this style.
Performing phase: your team is now operating like a well-oiled machine. You can delegate work and know it will be done well. You can focus on individual team-member development which will help to prepare the team members for leaving the team. Adjourning or Mourning phase: The team recognizes that their time together is coming to an end. Your role revolves around helping each individual move on to their next position or role.