Dear All,
Have you noticed some Leaders who are very successful? They lead their team with a cool head and many follow them. Why people follow them? Very simple - for them effective leadership means listening attentively to problems and opinions by all. Effective leadership for them is being able to go down to the ground and get the dirty work done. The average person will be very impressed if their leader is willing to empathize the situation they are going through. In simple words - leading by example!
As leaders, we have a choice either to lead by example or by extortion. Leadership by its nature bestows us with powers and many of us lead by enforcing the powers and influence we have. But if we want to be efficient leaders, we need to “walk the talk” and not only “talk the talk”. The question is how do we most effectively lead by example? Let me take you through my new article titled, " Want to be a Good Leader? - Lead by Example, Not by Extortion ! " which provides some simple tips which can help us to lead by example. Please click on the link to read the same:
"Success Through Excellence" - Shamim Rafeek: Want to be a Good Leader? - "Lead by Example, Not by Extortion"!
Do let me have your comments on the same. Have a great week ahead.
With best regards
Shamim
From India
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5Have you noticed some Leaders who are very successful? They lead their team with a cool head and many follow them. Why people follow them? Very simple - for them effective leadership means listening attentively to problems and opinions by all. Effective leadership for them is being able to go down to the ground and get the dirty work done. The average person will be very impressed if their leader is willing to empathize the situation they are going through. In simple words - leading by example!
As leaders, we have a choice either to lead by example or by extortion. Leadership by its nature bestows us with powers and many of us lead by enforcing the powers and influence we have. But if we want to be efficient leaders, we need to “walk the talk” and not only “talk the talk”. The question is how do we most effectively lead by example? Let me take you through my new article titled, " Want to be a Good Leader? - Lead by Example, Not by Extortion ! " which provides some simple tips which can help us to lead by example. Please click on the link to read the same:
"Success Through Excellence" - Shamim Rafeek: Want to be a Good Leader? - "Lead by Example, Not by Extortion"!
Do let me have your comments on the same. Have a great week ahead.
With best regards
Shamim
From India
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Excellent Sir, However i have a strong feeling that good leaders cannot be made they are born. What would you have to say on this. Regards Dev
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Dear Dev,
Thank you for your feedback, and with all due respect to you, I beg to differ on that. I do believe that good leaders can be made. All they need is the right attitude and a willingness to learn the skills.
Good luck.
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Shamim
Blog: "Success Through Excellence" - Shamim Rafeek
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Thank you for your feedback, and with all due respect to you, I beg to differ on that. I do believe that good leaders can be made. All they need is the right attitude and a willingness to learn the skills.
Good luck.
Regards,
Shamim
Blog: "Success Through Excellence" - Shamim Rafeek
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Dear Sir,
I hope you won't mind if we have a discussion on this? Let's take an example of defense officers. They all are in leadership roles (by authority) at different levels and go through extensive training, which varies from 9 months to 4 years. Leadership is the key focus area. How many of them are true leaders and lead by example? How many of them follow the basics of team building? How many of them follow or believe that the strongest resource of any organization is people?
I also agree with the fact that all fingers are not the same and that there is no black and white that exists.
According to my best understanding and experience, the first requisite of leadership is self-consciousness, which cannot be built or changed. It develops with your surroundings and experiences that one comes across. A child's psyche is formed when he is 5 years of age, post that it's all experience. We can change people's reactions to certain things, but not the individual as an identity.
Willingness to learn and attitude can be created. Implementation of ideas can lead to effective leadership; however, it would not be original or, shall I say, real.
Openness to accept that one is "not good" can only lead to effective learning. We have to throw old clothes out from our closet to make space for new ones; to change the psyche is important.
Leaders are born due to situations, i.e., experience a true experience in their life, which is not acceptable by one's conscience. A significant example is Mahatma Gandhi (Situational Leadership).
If leaders could be made in training rooms, we would have a dearth of followers.
From India
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I hope you won't mind if we have a discussion on this? Let's take an example of defense officers. They all are in leadership roles (by authority) at different levels and go through extensive training, which varies from 9 months to 4 years. Leadership is the key focus area. How many of them are true leaders and lead by example? How many of them follow the basics of team building? How many of them follow or believe that the strongest resource of any organization is people?
I also agree with the fact that all fingers are not the same and that there is no black and white that exists.
According to my best understanding and experience, the first requisite of leadership is self-consciousness, which cannot be built or changed. It develops with your surroundings and experiences that one comes across. A child's psyche is formed when he is 5 years of age, post that it's all experience. We can change people's reactions to certain things, but not the individual as an identity.
Willingness to learn and attitude can be created. Implementation of ideas can lead to effective leadership; however, it would not be original or, shall I say, real.
Openness to accept that one is "not good" can only lead to effective learning. We have to throw old clothes out from our closet to make space for new ones; to change the psyche is important.
Leaders are born due to situations, i.e., experience a true experience in their life, which is not acceptable by one's conscience. A significant example is Mahatma Gandhi (Situational Leadership).
If leaders could be made in training rooms, we would have a dearth of followers.
From India
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Dear Sir,
I have practiced leading by example unknowingly. I used to sit with my assistants whenever they were not able to complete the assigned job or whenever they had problems. Now you have confirmed that I am moving in the right direction. Thank you.
Rupa
From India, Bangalore
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I have practiced leading by example unknowingly. I used to sit with my assistants whenever they were not able to complete the assigned job or whenever they had problems. Now you have confirmed that I am moving in the right direction. Thank you.
Rupa
From India, Bangalore
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