[jsfg_cinti] GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP

Management - GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP 
 

Robert H. Kent, Ph.D., CMC 

 

 

Many factors influence the success of an organization's leader. Skills,
opportunity, temperament and intelligence all play a part. I've observed and
worked with leaders representing a broad spectrum of capability and eventual
success. Here are some of the characteristics that distinguished the
successes from the failures. 

 

[1] Leaders must model management behavior to their immediate subordinates,
and from there throughout the organization. Double standards are unhealthy
and so the way a leader wants his or her managers and supervisors to behave
has to be the way the leader behaves. 

 

[2] Successful leaders clearly communicate specific performance expectations
to their immediate subordinates. For example, if you, as leader "let them do
their own thing" you may have to settle for what's inappropriate or what you
don't want. The belief that specific direction to management constrains
individual freedom and initiative is incorrect. If you want to give someone
freedom to act, then it's imperative that you define the limits to that
freedom. Managing by Dropping Hints never works. 

 

[3] The best leaders don't tolerate incompetence anywhere in their
organizations. They hold people accountable for the expected performance. 

 

[4] Top leaders see that procedures are in place so that direction of the
work force is systematic, orderly, managed and not left to chance. By using
them, the leader can positively influence how all people in the organization
behave and perform. 

 

[5] Successful leaders are not lazy -- they work hard. Research shows that
maintaining a healthy management climate requires a high and continuous
energy output. A proactive leader can improve the probability of
organizational success, whereas a laissez-faire approach is likely to cause
the organization's demise. 

 

[6] Successful leaders know when to make decisions and they avoid excessive
consensus and compromise. Poor leaders tend to avoid decisions if the
consequences might upset someone: they defer the responsibility for tough
decisions to others. 

 

[7] In today's world, leaders must have effective interpersonal skills for
coaching their immediate subordinates (management and non-management) and
for gently and relentlessly enforcing the organization's standards of
performance. 

 

[8] Similarly, top leaders recognize and fulfill their responsibility to
manage their executives or senior management. Executives require direction,
coaching and support -- they're people too. Good leaders are more than aloof
figureheads. 

 

[9] Equity is crucial for trust and morale in an organization. Effective
leaders don't play favorites. They practice a high degree of objectivity and
fairness in all their actions, especially with immediate staff. 

 

[10] Communication is the blood-stream of every organization. The best
leaders have control over the communication process between themselves, at
the top, and those at the bottom of the organization. Communication
blockages are systematically routed out and eliminated. For success, not
only do leaders place a very high priority on open, timely and valid
communication throughout their organization, but also, they make it happen. 

 

 

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