How To ‘Build High-Performing Organizations’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Great things don’t happen by accident. There are great leaders behind them. There are great people doing great things, taking risks.

According to Eric Douglas, ‘In a value-driven organizations, managers can delegate decisions and ask people to think for themselves.’

‘When people act on the basis of clearly understood values- linked to performance measures- they are naturally engaged in making the right decisions consistently over time.’

‘Successful leaders should strive to instill a culture of values-based decision making throughout their organizations. When they do, the results can be extraordinary.’

‘Effective meeting management is more than a discipline; it’s a way of thinking about value.’

‘Communication systems need to default to sharing, not hoarding, key information about company performances.’

‘Training workshops need to build competencies that align with the core values.’

‘Good leaders devote considerable energy and time to a deep examination of the organization’s core values. By doing so, they get to the heart of what is essential for the customers and shareholders- and thus essential for success.’

‘Great leaders build trust by defining vision. People want to know that there’s a plan and a direction.’

‘To understand the difference between a great company and a mediocre one, look at its people.’

‘Effective leaders don’t let their teams stay broken for long. They take the time to communicate and regenerate the sense of team trust.’

‘Effective leaders lighten the pressure in ways that help people learn to trust one another.’

Source:

Eric Douglas (2014). The Leadership Equation: 10 Practices That Build Trust, Spark Innovation, and Create High-Performing Organizations

The Impact Of Great Leadership In The Workplace

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Leadership is not about what you know. It is not about what you can do for yourself. It is not about your title. It is not about who you know.

Leadership, real leadership, is about how you make other people feel. It is about how you treat other people. It is about what you do for others, not about what you do for yourself.

The question is, according to Tim Irwin, ‘Do you want to make an impact?’

Because leadership is about impact; it is not about power.

According to Tim, ‘The purpose of power is to implement strategies and to reach difficult goals while valuing and respecting the team that accomplishes the goals.’

‘When we have power we must exercise great self-awareness, wrap it in humility, and rein in its deleterous effects.’

‘Effective leaders must be ruthlessly intolerant of any self-deception.’

‘If arrogance is the mother of all derailers, humility is the mother of all safeguards.’

‘Effective self-regulation frees us from the tyranny of our impulses.’

‘Authentic leaders express a personal narrative alongside their vision and goals for the organization.’

‘Inspiring others to give themselves unreservedly to the mission is not a management technique. Effective leadership is far more personal.’

‘Even in our most glaringly candid moments we are reluctant to acknowledge that some of our inclinations are, at least, ineffective, if not dishonorable. Denial provides a safe way to sidestep our tension- or at least it seems that way.’

‘By bringing the issue into the light of the day, you often realize what the right decision is.’

‘Management is positional. Leadership is personal.’

Source:

Tim Irwin (2014). Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything