Abstract: An element of leadership that many leaders ignore or neglect is character. It 's a necessary ingredient in leadership? The author answers the question with the remark that can really challenging to drive leadership results.
In the first part of this two-part article, I talked about the importance of character in leadership. After all, the best leadership of membership of people with the leader in deep, human, emotional ways. The passive way of looking at character is that the bond will not happen if people are confused about your character or contempt. But there is also an active way of looking at character: you can use aspects of your character to promote effectively the results. Your best character traits can be turned to the results multipliers. Here's how.
By the way, the results I'm talking about are not necessarily organizational performance. Many leaders have used my processes in their life outside their organizations, with adolescents or with a spouse, for example, and not simply as a "process of leadership. Who are you as a leader must be intertwined with who you are as person. If your leadership is not your life, reduce both your leadership and your life.
To begin, select one of the character traits you identified in the first part. We will focus on ways to use this feature to get increases in results, however you define those results.
For example, the section "always ready to forgive can be a driver of results, because it helps clear the air with the people you need to help you get results. After all, if you're always ready to forgive insults and injuries received, we avoid shifting the blame and finger pointing - and impediments to organizational results.
Epictetus (55-135 AD), another Stoic philosopher, said, "people usually mean blame each other for their misfortunes. ... Those who devote themselves to a life of wisdom understand that the impulse to blame someone or something is madness. ... The more we examine our attitudes and work on ourselves, the less we tend to be swept away by the storm's emotional reactions in which we seek easy explanations for events spontaneously. "
Although its leadership in relationships are based on the results, the results more effective relations of production arise when these relationships ultimately have nothing to do with the results when people respond to you not only as a leader, but simply and deeply as a human being.
Get your values and your character right and the rest of leadership is a matter of details. After all, freedom is not only in what they do happen, even in what you let happen.
Also have the trait of acting for a solution to the needs of your audience.
Put the / solution in a soup-challenge results and then just see what cooks up. In other words, a situation that demands results, acting on the trait you want to emphasize - in this case, being always ready to forgive - and observe the results.
Of course, with this stretch, your effort will not work unless there are hard feelings in the air, but finding someone exhibiting such feelings should not be difficult - if you are the main item. If your leadership challenges do not lead to some people feeling oppressed, you're not challenging them enough.
Act with a group of people or an individual. You might say something like: "I know we had hard feelings, and if not guilty to causing them to be handed out, you can look for me. But as the first step to go after new results, start with a fresh slate .
Focusing on this trait is particularly important to avoid creating conditions. Say, for example, "If I do this, I expect you to do that" depreciates the stretch. Character should be without conditions, in you and for you, regardless of outside influences such as the opinions of others. Otherwise, would not be whether a lasting nature, but changing sensitivity.
When we are dealing with the character and results, we can not expect to force the results. Let them grow naturally from the interaction. It 's like putting a seed crystal into a supersaturated solution. Given the correct solution and the right voltage, you get a rash of organic crystals. That is why I stress that you need to understand and acquire the power to be an observer.
Focus on putting the line in action as a solution to the needs of your head because in order to increase the results.
Remember, the characteristic of being always ready to forgive is just one of many you can work. No matter what trait is being developed, use the process I just described occurs for the results.
In the long run, the important thing about leadership is not what we get, but we are now in our achievements. Focus on our character, not only for reasons of nature itself, but also for fonts generates results, which will become a treasure of our lives.
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