Month: April 2019

The Best Employees Want To Work For A Great Leader.

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Leadership
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The best employees want to work for a great leader. A leader who put people first. A leader who is ready to be vulnerable. So what makes great leaders tick?

Let’s find out.

In their book, Management Principles v. 1.0, Marson and his colleagues defined leadership as the act of influencing others to work toward a goal.

That is one of the responsibilities of a great leader: to bring people together for a common purpose.

What make them great?

Great leaders know that:

“You make have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”- Margaret Thatcher

“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.”- Tony Blair

“Leadership is not about a rigid set of rules and standards; it is about relationships, it’s about the complex ways people influence, inform, and inspire each other.”– Dr. Joe MacInnis

“Leadership is influence

Leadership is to inform

Leadership is to inspire

Each other”

“Great leaders are shaped by the challenges accepted and self-knowledge achieved.”- Dr. Joe MacInnis

“The best leaders find numerous ways of saying “I hear you; I understand you. I’m going to fight for you and do everything I can to make your job easier.”- Dr Joe MacInnis

“All great leaders have a first-hand knowledge of fear and know how to cope.”- Dr. Joe MacInnis

“You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it’s his job to watch the tide.”- Anthony Jay, English writer

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”– Ronald Regan

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”- Abraham Lincoln

Yes, whatever you do, wherever you work, be a good one.

Employers Want To Know The Answers To These Three Questions Before They Hire You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Job Interview
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One of the reasons for conducting a job interview is to find and hire the right person for a position. First, the interviewers want to know the answers to these three critical questions.

Are you the right person for the job?

Before your potential employer offers you a job or a position, the interviewer or the hiring manager wants to know if you are the right person for the job. In order words, do you have what it takes to get the job done? Do you have what it takes to be part of this company, this group, or this team? Do you have the right qualifications- knowledge, skills, and others?

Are you ready to do the job?

Just because you meet the requirements to get the job done doesn’t mean you are ready for the job. The interviewers want to make sure that they are hiring the right person who is ready to do the job for which the candidate is hired to do. This is a motivation question. The interviewers want to know: 1) Do you have the motivation to do the job? 2) Is this the job you really want to do? 3) Are you enthusiastic about the job? And, 4) Do you have the right attitude?

What is your level of fitness?

When they talk about fitness, they are not talking about getting in shape, or going for a walk. They are talking about cultural fitness, organizational fitness, person-environment fitness. The interviewer wants to know if you can join their team. If it is the right culture for you, congratulations!