Leadership Character

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THE ROLE OF “LEADERSHIP CHARACTER” IN MANAGEMENT:

Leaders influence many aspects of work, they :

• The chief communicator of the group;
• Affect motivation by their behaviour;
• Are responsible for the group’s objectives being understood and achieved.

As leadership is a critical influence of group performance, it is worth understanding more about leadership and that makes an effective leader.

Effective Leadership

Contrary to popular belief, no one is a born leader. But some people do have certain abilities that predispose them to developing into a leader. Like public speaking, and many other skills, leadership can be learned and developed.

While there is no agreed list of qualities that makes a good leader and different leadership styles suit different situations. It is widely agreed that leaders tend to have the following characteristics:

• Intelligence academic achievement
• Social maturity – emotional maturity and a wide range of interests
• Self-motivation and an achievement orientation
• Self confidence and good communication skills.

“Leadership is the behavior of an individual when he is directing the activities of a group towards shared goals”.

Leaders influence many aspects of work, they:

• are the chief communication of the group;
• affect motivation by their behaviour;
• are responsible for the group’s objective being understood and achieved.

Leadership plays a significant role in the success of an organization, infact leadership transforms potential into reality. Leadership is a part of management and not full as management is getting things done by others by giving orders using authority etc. as leaders, guide, consult and depend on confidence.

Without leadership, an organization would be what the same Valmiki wrote in Ramayana.

“Like a herd of cattle without a keeper
Like an army without a general
Like a night without moon
Like a group of cows without a bull
Such would be a country
When the king is not seen”


Characteristics of a Leader:

1. He should be innovative and creative
2. He should be original i.e. he should take initiative.
3. He should have good communication skills.
4. He should have decision-making skills.
5. He should have good human relation skills.
6. He should have conceptual skills.
7. He should be able to focus on people.
8. He should be an inspire i.e. he should have motivation skill.
9. H should have long-range perspective.
10. He should be able to develop his follower so that they can take initiative, which generates a sense of self-involvement, which is very much necessary in management.
11. He should always have his eye on the vision.
12. He should always be ready to accept interruptible challenges.
13. Leader is not like a soldier; he is a person in himself. He leads, everyone follows.
14. Intelligence academic achievement.
15. Social maturity
16. Self-motivation and an achievement orientation.
17. A wide range of interests.

The character of a leader is not one-dimensional: compromises spectrum of traits that include integrity and compassion in the yogic psychology. The trait of compassion is found at the fourth chakra, the subtle energy center of the heart.

Leaders who are attached to third chakra the center of ambition and the will to power are unrealized as leaders dictators such as Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin are deluded by dreams of glory. Those who have evolved to the higher fourth chakra will exhibit compassionate unity with their followers.

Leaders construct and define their own value system, and they proceed with morality toward noble goals.

In the final analysis good intentions are not enough. The quality of leadership should be judged also on the quality of the outcome or consequences of the leader’s actions and they must maintains moral symmetry as the deal with various stakeholders. Organizational and political success correlates significantly with fitness of character, thought. Great leaders are moral; they operate from a deep ethical platform that considers values such as justice and goodness, to be the guiding principle for organization decisions.
 
To be an effective leader, your followers must have trust in you and they need to be sold on your vision. Korn-Ferry International, an executive search company, performed a survey on what organizations want from their leaders. The respondents said they wanted people who were both ethical and who convey a strong vision of the future. In any organization, a leader's actions set the pace. This behavior wins trust, loyalty, and ensures the organization's continued vitality. One of the ways to build trust is to display a good sense of character composed of beliefs, values, skills, and traits
 
THE ROLE OF “LEADERSHIP CHARACTER” IN MANAGEMENT:

Leaders influence many aspects of work, they :

• The chief communicator of the group;
• Affect motivation by their behaviour;
• Are responsible for the group’s objectives being understood and achieved.

As leadership is a critical influence of group performance, it is worth understanding more about leadership and that makes an effective leader.

Effective Leadership

Contrary to popular belief, no one is a born leader. But some people do have certain abilities that predispose them to developing into a leader. Like public speaking, and many other skills, leadership can be learned and developed.

While there is no agreed list of qualities that makes a good leader and different leadership styles suit different situations. It is widely agreed that leaders tend to have the following characteristics:

• Intelligence academic achievement
• Social maturity – emotional maturity and a wide range of interests
• Self-motivation and an achievement orientation
• Self confidence and good communication skills.

“Leadership is the behavior of an individual when he is directing the activities of a group towards shared goals”.

Leaders influence many aspects of work, they:

• are the chief communication of the group;
• affect motivation by their behaviour;
• are responsible for the group’s objective being understood and achieved.

Leadership plays a significant role in the success of an organization, infact leadership transforms potential into reality. Leadership is a part of management and not full as management is getting things done by others by giving orders using authority etc. as leaders, guide, consult and depend on confidence.

Without leadership, an organization would be what the same Valmiki wrote in Ramayana.

“Like a herd of cattle without a keeper
Like an army without a general
Like a night without moon
Like a group of cows without a bull
Such would be a country
When the king is not seen”


Characteristics of a Leader:

1. He should be innovative and creative
2. He should be original i.e. he should take initiative.
3. He should have good communication skills.
4. He should have decision-making skills.
5. He should have good human relation skills.
6. He should have conceptual skills.
7. He should be able to focus on people.
8. He should be an inspire i.e. he should have motivation skill.
9. H should have long-range perspective.
10. He should be able to develop his follower so that they can take initiative, which generates a sense of self-involvement, which is very much necessary in management.
11. He should always have his eye on the vision.
12. He should always be ready to accept interruptible challenges.
13. Leader is not like a soldier; he is a person in himself. He leads, everyone follows.
14. Intelligence academic achievement.
15. Social maturity
16. Self-motivation and an achievement orientation.
17. A wide range of interests.

The character of a leader is not one-dimensional: compromises spectrum of traits that include integrity and compassion in the yogic psychology. The trait of compassion is found at the fourth chakra, the subtle energy center of the heart.

Leaders who are attached to third chakra the center of ambition and the will to power are unrealized as leaders dictators such as Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin are deluded by dreams of glory. Those who have evolved to the higher fourth chakra will exhibit compassionate unity with their followers.

Leaders construct and define their own value system, and they proceed with morality toward noble goals.

In the final analysis good intentions are not enough. The quality of leadership should be judged also on the quality of the outcome or consequences of the leader’s actions and they must maintains moral symmetry as the deal with various stakeholders. Organizational and political success correlates significantly with fitness of character, thought. Great leaders are moral; they operate from a deep ethical platform that considers values such as justice and goodness, to be the guiding principle for organization decisions.

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