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Rikki Hunt
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EXPERIENCED LEADER, EXECUTIVE COACH, CONSULTANT, NED, MOTIVATOR, INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR AND ADVENTURER.
On a recent Business Masterclass I was asked about different levels of leadership. Of course we have leaders at all levels of an organisation so to make a point I created this blog, which shows that you have to have leadership thinking in any group situation.
The 11 checkpoints below can be applied to running task groups, departments, and even meetings. It will also demonstrate your leadership skills.
Its a good base point to remember Leadership is not about you, Its about your team.
This article is the SECOND written for the Institute of Directors way back in July 1991.
And still holds true today.
As a Business Leader I have always believed in – and actively, taught – thinking techniques to those I work with. I do this to help others identify what their own individual mind-sets are, compare themselves to others, and consider if there is a benefit in making changes.
Those who profess to know everything will inevitably proceed to do or control everything, frustrating all of those around them. They demonstrate a key difference between being a Boss or a Leader
‘I will do it myself’, ‘I’m the only one I can trust’, ‘I need to oversee/control everything’ are common beliefs of the Boss who is then surprised when employees show a lack of ownership.
Many in the work place are living with stress.
Whether you are the CEO or the Executive, you are guaranteed to be suffering both emotionally and financially if there is stress in the workplace.
If you are a causing or suffering from stress you will be affecting the productivity and profits of the company, your own earning potential, your relationships with colleagues and your health.
"You owe it to the Good to dump on the bad" Others may have expressed it differently, I once heard;
“I wanted a happy culture. So I fired all the unhappy people.”
However you want to say it, factual of fluffy, to many companies put up with employees who are cancerous, slowly destroying all the good cells and ultimately the host, the company.
Are you a business owner who feels that you are on your own? Do you feel that your staff lacks “Buy in”? Do you wish your staff worked better together?
I have some good news you’re not alone and some bad news it’s your fault.
Now for some more good news, you can “flip” the situation from problem to advantage.
This article was the FIRST of three written for the Institute of Directors way back in June 1991. All that has changed is the title.
How many of us have attended courses and then left, fired up with determination to go right back to the company, to implement immediately, to spread the word to other directors and so on, only to find that you hit a wall?
