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Leadership Journals
May 16
One of the sources of the electronic media, on internet we can see a wide range of leadership journals, which illustrate the important role of leadership in various sectors of the society. Also by such leadership journals, we can get acquainted with contribution of various renowned personalities in different fields. By reading such journals, we can understand the importance of leadership quality for running any organization. By these leadership journals, we can really know about the theory, roles and techniques for improving the leadership qualities inculcated in us.
By reading the leadership journals, we get familiar with the leading personalities of various fields like business, politics, sports, education, science, technology, and music along with space. So these leadership journals really facilitate us with extra-ordinary qualities, character, lifestyle, personality of uncommon persons who are renowned in the world only because of their leadership in a particular field. So such leadership journals are the ideal platform for the readers who like to lead from front in adverse and critical conditions. So really columns, editorial pages, autobiographies, true stories focusing the leadership qualities are utilized by the readers to fix their ideal personality. So that gives them idea about how to lead and tackle the critical situation.
A wide range of leadership journals on various fields are available on internet and bookstalls. Both the publication authority and editorial body do not interfere in their work. Also the releasing schedule of the edition of such leadership journals varies relies on the printing process. Some of the leadership journals release weekly or monthly or annually. So that covers all the incredible news about the leadership exponent personality of that particular week or month or year. In some of the journals of educational leadership the more emphasis on the publishing of hypothetical, experimental, realistic or academic documents in education.
In the leadership journals which are specially written for the field like strategic and organizational field, the more emphasis on the publication of the documents like theoretical and empirical of the strategic and organizational leadership. Some of the leadership journals are mainly written for the analysis of the R& D departments of various fields.
Some of the leadership journal gives more emphasis on the actual research on the particular subject, which are dealing with national interest. Therefore, they assist the original research of senior military and governmental leadership by supporting and accomplishing innovative research on the topic by keeping up experimental statistics and knowledge. Therefore, such leadership journals turn into the superlative organization for the study of the senior leadership from military and government institutions. Therefore, these leadership journals serve as a standard for the study and broadcasting of critical frame of the research.
Apart from the national and domestic reviews, columns about leadership, some of the leadership journals provide manuscripts on international politics, international society and behavioral science. The main concern behind such dedication of the leadership journals is to write about advanced theory, research, and applications pertaining to leadership. Some of the online leadership journals are tied up with reputed universities, which facilitate the readers to read and view more about the role of leadership in education field.
Leadership Exercises
May 8
The success of every corporate organization largely relies on its team-members performance from lower order employees to higher designation CEOs. These managerial persons like performs various leadership exercises to improve the performance of their organization. By using these leadership exercises, they can easily regulate, manage and maintain the atmosphere of their corporate sector fresh, happy and always try to maintain their employees satisfied.
By using the leadership exercises, the person can increase the productivity and quality of the company. He has several leadership qualities to manage the performance of any corporate organization.
One of the integral parts of these leadership exercises is the teamwork consistently. Such teamwork as a part of leadership exercises contain the skill of the leader to spot the positive points of his team members. Also apart from his teammates, he also gives importance to strengthen his organizing abilities. The leadership exercises also include the quality to tie up the skillful individuals into one unity. Also while uniting these skills and different human characters, the consent about the type of work, organization, ideology of the organization is one of the integral part. If the leadership exercises fail to satisfy their team members, the productivity will less and that makes crises in the organization.
So create an environment of mutual understanding is vital leadership exercise for making the environment fresh and undutiful. The true leader always gives emphasis to leading from the front. So leading the team with courage and confidence is the significant part of the leadership exercises. Such positive signs from the leader make the environment of the organization positive and optimistic. Also such leadership exercises also possess positive and attacking thinking which makes him and his teammates hungry for success. the encouragement, admiration and appreciation of the legendary qualities, dynamics of the team members is one of the type of the leadership exercises . These techniques are essential to increase the confidence among the team members.
While recruiting and appointing the eligible candidates, various leadership exercises are held by the corporate sectors, government sectors. The main aim of such leadership exercises is to familiar the trainee candidates with factual leadership tasks, responsibilities and problems regarding the leaderships.
In professional courses like MBA program, various internships of technical courses, civil services examinations; there is a provision to firstly conduct the leadership exercises for the selected, eligible responsible candidates of such course. So the main objective behind that leadership program is to develop the leadership qualities like teamwork, decision making in critical situation, developing the positive mindset, attacking attitude, etc. so these are the vital leadership exercises in the training program which makes the candidate well prepared for the actual situation in society while facing the crises.
In such leadership exercises, the inclusion of the leadership tips gives the candidate slight idea or experience about the adversity of exact problem. Such leadership tips contain the objectives of the leaders which are the vital part of the leadership exercises. These tips are making a plan to achieve the target, building a competent team to achieve that target, making the co-ordination between team members to achieve such targets.
Center for creative leadership specializes in developing leadership qualities. They offer leadership education that will help in tackling leadership challenges and problems that is very essential for individuals or organizations. Creative leadership helps people to develop new skills throughout the world.
Creative leadership is said to be the capacity to act and think without any limitations. A leader may face different types of problems and hurdles in a complex market place. He may need to face the problems from government agencies, society, customers and so on. He must therefore have excellent skill and capability to tackle all the problems.
Center for creative leadership is helping the people to become a creative leader. It strongly believes that leaders are made and not born. It also hopes that any person can become a leader provided he\she has the adaptability to accept changes. CCL provides training to people in developing interpersonal skill, self awareness etc. The main objective of CCL is to practice and develop leadership for the benefit of the society throughout the world.
CCL offers services to leaders in more than 2000 organizations that include non profit, private, public and educational institutions. It has earned a good reputation among various organizations and it ranked sixth for open enrollment programs. Customized services of CCL are as given below
The Center for Creative leadership offers certain customized services. They are as follows;
CCL grants various educative and innovative programs that help the leaders to meet current challenges as well as future directions. It also offers individual leadership development programs that will help in establishing integrated leadership practices in an organization.
It trains leaders to use different perspective to meet various business challenges, strategies, people and culture which are very essential to withstand in global market. CCL also focuses on meeting specific challenges in your organization.
CCL provides in house training to leaders. The techniques and tools will be unique to meet your organizational needs. It also offers collective learning programs which will benefit more in getting shared experiences of people in an organization. This approach is particularly effective in implementing any change in the organization. Again this method will provide long term benefit.
The center for creative leadership provides greater flexibility in developing leadership qualities in an organization. The programs will be mainly tailored to meet your needs and not according to the CCL routines.
CCL has 40 years of experience in this field. It has been working with managers and executives all over the world. Therefore it has broad knowledge in developing creative leadership qualities that will help in meeting business challenges and strategies.
CCL has a unique design process. The D6 process is as follows;
* Discover your business challenge: CCL helps in identifying your business challenges. It tailors unique programs to meet your business needs.
* Diagnose your leadership need: CCL helps in analyzing the areas in your organization that requires creative leadership.
* Design your customized initiative: then it will design the techniques and tools that will be required to meet your organizational challenges.
* Develop the training and materials: CCL then will develop the method of training to leaders in the organization and the materials required for this purpose.
* Deliver your solution: Then the plans will be delivered to the organization.
* Discern the impact: CCl then starts to evaluate the process which will surely benefit your organization.
The interchangeable use of leadership and management often leads to confusion about these two concepts.
Leadership is not management. A leader creates what a manager should control. A leader visualizes what a manager should put into practice. A leader inspires the people that a manager should keep in line. A leader takes the risks that a manager should implement.
Leadership possesses an innate set of aptitudes, which motivate and inspire other organizational members to follow, to be loyal, and to produce. Leadership qualities are responsible for increased business results both for the organization and the customers or clients that it serves.
Leadership is not required in management. When organizational members work in team formations they do not necessary need a team leader to consult or to report results. They function more as a self-motivated scheme in which each team member is equally responsible to meet the organizational goals, but also to share organizational rewards in equal terms.
Leadership is responsible for own behavior but also for the behavior of the followers. Leading by example is a process that a manager may be involved in but not to the extent a leader is. A manager would have to “lead” a smaller team, not the whole organization. So, the complexity of leadership is rather associated to the cognitive aspects of organizational members (if and how much they resist to organizational change and why) than to the routine elements of management.
Management is not leadership. A manager performs the duties that a leader crafts. A manager copes with the complexity that a leader sets as organizational direction. A manager aims to sustain a competitive advantage for the organization and to promote stability, while being rule-oriented to the leader’s imagination.
Some managers possess some leadership qualities, but this does not insinuate they are leaders. They need enhancement through training and coaching. Within this context, Ongoing Professional Development would target that need, along with Self-Improvement training through relevant books, a career coach, a counselor, or professional organization.
Although there are fundamental differences between leadership and management, confusion still exists, particularly in regards to strategic management. In the process of strategy formulation, the leader decides on the strategies to be implemented by the manager. Yet, statistical data hold that 90% of strategic plans fail because of a strategic gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. In other words, the complexity that a manager copes with distinguishes him from being a leader, while it makes him absolutely responsible for effective strategy implementation.
Despite their essential differences, leadership may be regarded as a facet of management anchored by the authority to decide on organizational fate. In any case though, a leader needs followers, while a manager needs subordinates. Any manager can be excellent but requires massive insight to be an inspirational leader. So, in bottom line, although leadership and management may be complementary, still they are distinctively different.
Leadership Qualities
Apr 28
Leadership is the ability to influence and motivate human minds to achieve the desired objectives. In order to lead, it is imperative that one should have certain leadership qualities. A leader is one who leads by example; he walks the talk. His every word and his every action should convey certain message.
One is not always born with leadership qualities it can be learnt also. However, it is often argued that leaders are born they are not made. Though it might be true in many contexts but no one will disagree that these born leaders also learn many leadership qualities in due course of time.
Some of the important leadership qualities are ability to handle pressure, not losing focus during adversity, rising against the tide, showing practical and rather simple approach towards a complex problem, exhibiting patience, having tremendous self-belief and having courage to accept the mistake.
A leader needs to communicate constantly. So it is very important for them to have good communication skills. They should be able to establish a chord with the people so that the people feel comfortable in expressing themselves in front of the leader. A heart-to-heart relationship with the people is a must for any leader.
A leader needs to be visionary. He understands the future much better than others understand and accordingly take decisions. Dhirubhai Ambani was a visionary; he took certain decisions, which initially was termed insane but later changed the face of the Indian industries.
A leader should be capable of taking risks. It is said that higher the risk higher is the gain. A leader should not confine him to a shell lying in a comfortable zone and being happy with whatever he has achieved. He should not sit on past laurels. Such leaders soon lose their position and the time wave eliminates them from the peoples’ mind. Constant innovation is one of the most important leadership qualities. It helps the leader to be in sync with the modern time and help them to face new challenges much more effectively.
A leader needs to be honest. An honest leader is trustworthy. People show tremendous faith in such leaders. It is said that it is easy to preach but difficult to practice. So a leader should always preach by his action. Mahatma Gandhi did what he preached; he never compromised with his integrity. This is why even British respected him. A leader has to show consistency in his words and deeds. He should not change his stance too often as it would confuse the masses and soon he will lose his credibility.
A leader should have the ability to withstand criticism and not get carried away by it. It is not possible for any individual to please everyone. So a leader should tolerate the criticizers and should not allow his decision to be influenced by such criticism. He should always work for the benefit of the people and should not try to please everyone. A leader should have the ability to motivate others and should create a healthy environment around him.
You need to build your leadership qualities to succeed in Civil Services, says Dr K Subburam, Principal SRM Arts & Science College.
Career in Civil Services is all about Quality Leadership
Leadership Theories
Apr 28
Many leadership theories have been suggested since time immemorial. Early leadership theories focused on the behaviour and qualities of successful leaders where as later theories gave more importance to the role of associates and followers. Some of the leadership theories are as follows:
Great Man Theory; According to Great Man theory, a leader is born and cannot be made. This theory believed that leaders are people who have inborn exceptional qualities and are destined to lead. Here the term “Man” is used since leadership was considered as a concept that would be primarily dominated by males. Great leaders would arise only when there is an urgent need of it. It also suggests that leadership qualities are inherent.
Trait Theory; According to Trait theory, few people are born with qualities that are suited to leaderships. People who transform into good leaders posses right combination of leadership qualities. Through this approach, people with such leadership qualities could be separated and then people with such qualities could be recruited or selected into leadership positions. This approach was commonly used in military and is even today used to recruit candidates for commission.
Contingency Theory; this theory focuses on variables that are related to environment and that would determine which style of leadership is suitable for a particular situation. It says that it is impossible to determine which leadership style will suit best for any situation. Success depends on qualities of followers and other variables.
Situational Theories; this theory suggests that on the basis of situational variable, leaders should choose the course of action. Diverse styles of leadership will me more suitable to make certain types of decisions
Behavioral Theories; this theory believes that great leaders are not born but are made. The prime focus of this theory is on actions of leaders. The focus is not on internal states or mental qualities. This theory believes that people can become leaders through the process of teaching, learning and observation.
Participative Theory; this theory defines ideal leadership style. An ideal leadership style takes into consideration the input of its associates. Such leaders encourage contribution and participation from group members. The leader also has the right to say no to any suggestion of other team member.
Management Theories; this theory gives more importance to the role of organization, supervision and most importantly the group performance. This theory is based on the system of punishment and reward. Managerial theory is often used in many companies. When employee’s performance is very good, he or she is given a reward. If the employee’s performance decreases below a certain level, he or she is punished.
Relationship Theory; This theory also called Transformational theory focuses on the connections that are formed between followers and leaders. These leaders inspire and motivate people. They also help group members in case of any difficulty. Such leaders focus on performance of of members of group. These leaders have high moral values.
Path Goal Theory; this theory focuses on what leaders should do to motivate and inspire people so that the employees can perform well.