[nukkad] From the desk of Rajababu-Leadership style

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> Courtesy: Ms. Monica Khanna,
>
>
> >           Your Leadership Style
> >
> > Answer true or false to the following questions:   T or F
> >
> >         1. A good leader must be a good coach as well.
> >         2. The person in charge of a unit must also be its
> >              leader.
> >         3. Leadership is primarily a top - down matter.
> >
> >         4. Leadership is mostly about influencing others.
> >
> >         5. There should be only one leader in a team.
> >         6. A leader must exert authority to command
> >             respect.
> >         7. All good leaders have a clear long-term vision.
> >
> >         8. To be a leader, you must first be a manager.
> >         9. Leaders are people who make decisions for their
> >             teams.
> >         10. Good interpersonal skills are essential for
> >             Leadership.
> >         11. The best leaders are also strategic thinkers.
> >
> >         12. A leader must be able to motivate people.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Answers to Leadership Style Questionnaire
> >
> > At one time, not so long ago, all of the statements in this
questionnaire
> > would be seen as true. Today, it is arguable that they are all false. If
> > most or all of them are indeed false, and you answered true to most of
> > them, the question must arise of whether you are as effective a leader
as
> > you could be. Here are some quick arguments for seeing each of the
> > questions as false:
> >
> >
> > 1. A good leader should be a good coach as well. First let's be clear
> about
> > what leadership is fundamentally. Leadership is basically about showing
> > others the direction to follow, mainly by getting somewhere first and
> > setting an example. Coaching is a nice skill to have but leaders don't
> have
> > to have it and those who do aren't necessarily good leaders. The
strongest
> > impact you can have on others is through being admired for what you do
> > thereby motivating others to look up to you and want to follow your
> > example.
> >
> > 2. The person in charge of a unit should also be its leader. Determining
> > direction is increasingly a knowledge based skill. In any group,
different
> > people will have different knowledge. Any one of them can take the lead
on
> > a topic on which they are the expert. Leadership is no longer a monopoly
> of
> > the one person in charge.
> >
> > 3. Leadership is primarily a top - down matter. Same answer as number 2
> > above.
> >
> > 4. Leadership is mostly about influencing others. Influencing is
generally
> > regarded as a deliberate attempt to persuade others to do something.
True
> > leadership involves setting an example that others want to follow - hero
> > worship if you like - but the leader doesn't have to want to influence
you
> > as a primary objective. The leader's main objective is to compete, to be
> > the best in a particular field, to get somewhere first. If admirers
> follow,
> > that is a side effect. Influence is necessary to get group support, but
> > then we are talking about selling and this is not, fundamentally,
> > leadership, however useful it may be for other reasons.
> >
> > 5. There should be only one leader in a team. Same answer as number 2
> > above.
> >
> > 6. A leader must exert authority to command respect. Leadership is about
> > excelling in a field that others admire. It is not about exerting
> authority
> > or any other DIRECT form of influence over others. True leadership is
> > indirect in the sense that others want to follow you instinctively just
as
> > they admire a rock star or any other hero figure.
> >
> > 7. All good leaders have a clear long term vision. The best leaders ACT,
> > others admire and try to emulate. Some leaders do have a vision, others
> > improvise and react in a more entrepreneurial fashion. Expressing a
vision
> > enthusiastically is a good way of motivating doubters but this is
> > motivation - it is not essentially leadership.
> >
> > 8. To be a leader, you must first be a manager. This is part of the old
> > fashioned idea that only the manager can be a leader - surely myth
status
> > by now.
> >
> > 9. Leaders are people who make decisions for their teams. Managers make
> > decisions - making decisions for a group is essentially an
administrative
> > task - leadership has to do with discovering or creating new directions
> and
> > getting there ahead of others. Again, this statement is part of the myth
> > that leaders are, first and foremost, people in positions of formal
> > authority.
> >
> > 10. Good interpersonal skills are essential for leadership.
Interpersonal
> > skills are important to persuade others of your point of view, but the
> best
> > leaders set such a compelling example that others follow through sheer
> > admiration even if they have terrible interpersonal skills. The latter
> > amounts to a useful add on - it is not the essence of leadership.
> >
> > 11. The best leaders are also strategic thinkers. Same answer as for
> > numbers 3, 7 and 9 above.
> >
> > 12. A leader must be able to motivate people. Same answer as for number
1
> > and 4 above.
> >
>



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