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OH THE DRAMA...
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lundi, septembre 27, 2004
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(just a little something mom sent me that i thought was good...read it if you want to or don't...it won't hurt my feelings either way!)
"Leading a team Part - 1":
John Quincy Adams once said "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, become more, you are a leader." What a true statement! A leader is someone who is leading people, because if you're not leading people you're just taking a walk.
Leading, however, is not about a position or title. There are many people who have the status but not the influence, who have the position but not the impact. Leadership is much more then a business card or a name plaque on the door, to effectively lead a team of people takes a certain amount of qualities, at least if you want to be successful. If you desire to lead a team, to grow an organization and to create a winning environment, then you as the team leader must possess the following qualities.
1) Personal integrity
Author and speaker Brian Tracy stated that "The glue that holds all relationships together - including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust and trust is based on integrity." Without personal integrity you cannot lead. People have to trust in you and have to know that your words are gold or they will not invest their life and future with you. Without integrity you forfeit any future you may have as a leader.
2) Clear Vision that inspires others to action
Jack Welch proclaimed that "Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision and relentlessly drive it to completion." If you are a team leader you must be clear about the vision and you must articulate that vision to those on the team. If there is not "buy in" to the vision, the team and the vision will radically suffer. In addition, you must do everything you can to drive that vision to completion. It's one thing to dream, another thing to get it done!
3) Displays positive energy
Like it or not you are on display, that is the reality of leadership. Your energy whether it is positive or negative is contagious, so be cautious in your attitude, words and response to people. Norman Vincent Peale exclaimed "The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results."
4) Solution oriented
A team leader must learn to handle problems with decisiveness and wisdom. Showing a lack of confidence in yourself as the leader will only cause the team to feel a lack of confidence in you. Be able to make the tough decisions and show confidence and compassion along the way.
5) Motivates the team
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. The duty of a leader is to inspire people through words and actions to become more then they ever hought possible. A true leader motivates the team to both corporate and individual achievements. They bring out the best in everyone! In the words of Stephen Covey "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them achieve what they are capable of becoming."CREATE your new destiny- DECIDE for a better future and GO for it.
11:42 AM
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