Finding the Secret Do you want to be a successful leader? I am sure at least once in everyone's life being a leader of some sort has been a goal. Throughout my time reading "The Secret" it has come to my knowledge that great leaders follow the SERVE model. We must understand where we as a team want to go in the future, continuously develop and engage others, reinvent continuously, value results as well as relationships, and every leader must embody the values their company has laid before them. I stand firm in belief that everyone has the ability to serve or lead others. See the future, the first step used to getting your team on your bus in the direction to success. You will want to ensure you envision and communicate a cogent plan of the …show more content…
Understanding progress is impossible without change is a start to this step. As a leader you must model the behavior he or she wants their team to emulate. Showing your team that you as a their boss is always willing to learn something new will eventually rub off on them. Ask your team their opinions and beliefs on how a process could be done in a more efficient way. This builds a desire for improvement within your team, which again gets your team members mind and heart involved rather than just their hands. I hope to bring my knowledge from this step to our team by ensuring that our team knows that not every organizational structure in our business is permanent. This will give team members the opportunity to share their opinions on how something could be done differently. Obviously, every opinion will not be adopted but it will bring more involvement in our team members, which will bring more desire to learn as a …show more content…
Gaining your teams trust will make your job as a whole so much easier. "People will not give you their hand until they see your heart"(John Maxwell). When talking with your team, practice being a great listener. When people begin to see you actually care about their personal goals they will begin to work hard to make you look better, You must invest your time for people, always leave room in your schedule for others. This is something others will pick up on extremely fast. You will realize people care little about how much you know if you show little care for them. When trying to make sure your team values results you must make them accountable. Showing a strong emphasis for the value in the results will make your team determined to obtain these goals. This goes back to the value in relationships, if you do not have trust from your team they will lack care to bring results. I aim to bring a servant-leader attitude every day to create stronger relationships with our team members. I also want to make a more transparent goal for our teams goals. With that being said I want to ensure our team knows why labor reduction is important, why productivity shows efficiency in our business, and how we can keep our business on the track to become the best mall in the
Nothing good or worthwhile will come easy, and I have learned that you will only get the results you desire, if you put in the work required. Every rewarding moment in my life followed sacrifices, restless nights, and a few moments of self-doubt but if there’s one thing that a great leader should posses, is
Usually behind every great team there is a great leader leading the way. Rather it be the president of a country, or the manager of a convenient store, leaders pave the way to make sure everyone is successful. A great example of a leader is Odysseus. Odysseus was faced to save his men from the Lotus Eaters, he had to reap the repercussions of the men opening the air bags, and he was forced to take the fall for his men eating Hilo’s cattle. In my opinion, not only do they pave the way to ensure everyone’s success, but they also take on the responsibility of the actions of the people they supervise, and here’s how.
I make sure I am always leading by example and maintaining a strong work ethic. The way I am currently influencing the performance of my colleagues in the Military Division is by consistently meeting my performance requirements every quarter, and continually assessing how I can coach others to do the same. I lead my military admission team by supporting and assisting team members that have worked in the organization for as little as 6 months and as long as 6 years. I also focus on how I can help the entire graduation team meet their goals with financial clearance and continuing student body requirements. Leadership is needed in all areas of higher education, therefore I believe it is beneficial to have strong leadership and guidance provided on the front end and that will help maintain the successes of students and staff long
This requires both a hopeful optimism and tenacity. One who is willing to work hard may expect ideal results, while one who exerts minimal force may anticipate a desolate outcome. With a goal in mind, a leader must execute his or her plan with persistence, patience, and punctuality. As a team leader, I would introduce the goal, then express the requirements to employ the plan. I would then listen and consider all suggestions given to me.
1. My philosophy of leadership is about collaboration and teamwork. Respecting and treating everyone the same, is key to supporting a good team atmosphere. I believe when a leader puts effort and care into assisting others, then their peers and followers will naturally want to support them. It is also important for a leader to recognize, that advocacy must never become so important that the critical elements of leadership are neglected (e.g. policy enforcement, command support, etc...).
But first, you should have clarity of your own identity and knowledge. Once you have your own foundation with being a leader, I think that as a leader you can transition and understand the behavior of others that may be on your team. When acknowledging others on the team, I think that it is important to identify strengths and weaknesses of others and the team. As you can see, I have outlined what I believe makes a great and effective leader.
For a person to be a good leader he or she must be willing to listen to their team because the smallest of ideas or opinions could make a lot of difference. The team will therefore feel a sense of importance to their common cause and things will go well because they feel appreciated and useful. Only in a situation where good leadership prevails, where one leads by example can huge benefit and success be
Introduction Team leadership encompasses many things. It may seem like a simple and small task, but in a real sense, it is complex and comes with responsibilities, and commonly, it determines the success of any team or a group. However, the value of teamwork should not be overemphasized considering that all organizations need individuals and personnel who are willing to share ideas, listen to others and contribute to the problem solving of any given group or a company. Team leaders should have the ability, authority, and power to analyze data and information with a team of people with a common aim and objective as well as issues. The leader should understand the dynamic patterns, the connections and relations between paramount factors in these objectives, aims and issues that help in the analysis process.
When the team’s performance expectations are met, there should be rewards and recognitions so as to encourage them to continue their great performance. Nonetheless, since performance is link to remunerations, team members might feel competitive and hence resort to unethical ways in order to achieve their targets. Alternatively, attending leadership training to improve leadership skills and to upgrade the current skills can be done. With that, the manager will have the knowledge on how to communicate, guide and motivate his team to achieve their goals.
Build on your weaknesses - Take on one stretch target in an area you need to develop. Ask a team member competent in this area to help you. Remember to return the favour. To lead, know that it is ALL your responsibility - Once you have achieved the last two, think of the entire goal as your responsibility.
After watching the interview with Ken Blanchard it was extremely interesting to hear what he believed as the most important aspects of leadership. One of the most important concepts that a business must have in order for a leader to be able to do his best in leading is establishing a vision. It is absolutely necessary to know where a business wants to go, how they plan to get there as well as what will help guide them along their way. Once an organization has developed a vision their next important step is to those ideas and put them into action in order to execute. A company could have an excellent vision, but if a company is not able to take the proper steps towards execution the organization will fail in the end.
Trust is very important, but it is a challenging feat to obtain. People within the group must trust one another that way each member will help others reach the overall goal and it makes sure that each team member can focus on one specific task without worrying if the others will complete their tasks. An example would be that if each member needs to collect different types of data, one member can finish collecting theirs and immediately know that the others have finished as well, where if they do not trust you, they will worry about not getting finished, covering another person’s job, and stress over slowing down the project. This is significant because if people are not trustable and people have to do other member’s jobs then it slows down the process and it takes longer to reach that special goal, whatever it may be. That is why I believe trust is important in teamwork, so try to be trustable and be smart about who you
Members of the team are mutually committed to the goals and to each other. This mutual commitment also creates joint accountability which creates a strong bond and a strong motivation to perform. Without purpose and goals you cannot build a team. The purpose must be worthwhile and create a sense of doing something important together. The goals must be challenging and specific so that each member can understand how they contribute to the success of the team.
A team work would be successful only if the coordination and communication is present which I gained a lot to my personal life and also how to work with a team under a leader. When working in a team there will be good times as well as bad times, it is important to stick according to the situations and work towards the betterment of the team
You cannot expect to motivate others to put in their best efforts if you yourself are not leading by example. The best motivation for many people is seeing their boss right there working just as hard as everyone else. This demonstrates your commitment to your team and is a sure fire way to inspire their loyalty. It is great if you can not only prove that you work hard, but also that you are fair and do not expect anything of your team that you are not willing to do yourself! A positive attitude will also go a long way to showing your commitment to your role as a leader.