Good management is essentially the use of one's common sense. It flows from one's accumulated wisdom and experience. The old model of management through command and control has given way to leading through inspiration, motivation and self-example.
This new model of leadership respects the human potentials and considers human resources as the greatest assets.
The real art of management is to attract, retain and motivate individuals, recognizing their intrinsic differences and life styles and assist and make possible in every way the achievement of the corporate and employee goals. In doing this, the leader influences his subordinates and shows them ways to lead themselves.
The manager today has to be a leader. He has to become a role model for others and practice what he preaches. He should be aware of his own self, his potentials and explore ways to manage himself and his talents effectively before trying to manage others.
Self-management is the key to successful leadership. The leader should identify his own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and get control over his moods and develop his competencies at the right opportunity.
It is said that a good leader is a guy who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. He does not believe in coercion and punishments but offers freedom to others to innovate and make mistakes. This freedom gives his subordinates confidence and competency.
He delights in changes instead of resisting and challenging changes and new ideas. In fact the ideal leadership is to fall in love with change.
Today's manager to be a leader has to be a learner. Pretending to know everything is a dangerous thing. In a rapidly changing world, only those who look for the opportunities to learn will thrive. He has to be a learner first if he wants to train and develop his subordinates.
A leader is a visionary. He has a clear vision of where he is going, communicates this vision to others and inspires them to achieve this vision. This vision is based on the current reality and resources. The visionary leader has two important characteristics: first he is going somewhere; second, he is able to persuade others to go with him.
The leader thinks positively of his followers. He looks at what is possible rather than the constraints. He believes that people can change and become better. His greatness comes through his ability to develop greatness in others.
He also has a good humour which helps him to keep things in perspective when they don't go according to plan. He is a manager of good cheer. He smiles even when things go wrong to create confidence in his people.
Good performance is the result of good leadership not the blind use of best assets. This is the fruit of excellent relationships. The leader is a builder not a one-man demolition squad. He trusts his people and builds excellent personal and professional relationship with them. He is free and frank in communication and informal in relationships. He leads as a team, not as a loner. He is a friend and guide not a dictator and tyrant.
Finally, the managerial leadership can be summarized as an __expression of one's faith. The 10 strands of one's leadership faith are given below.
I believe that:
People are the most important asset for my organisation;
People will perform if I give them freedom;
The rule of my management is teamwork;
A team with a desire for performance is a winning team;
The responsibility for performance lies with me;
Performance is not beyond my reach'I can motivate others to give their best;
The subordinate is the first;
I must create value for him and then for me;
Every problem has a solution, but people are not problems;
My management practice must be based on my spirituality and faith.
Signing Off -dinotino®©-
posted by dinotino ®© D` Life Line @ 14:42
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