lunes, 13 de octubre de 2008

Leadership video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDOA6hrop8k

This video is about the business leader role, according to Jack Hayhow a man who talks in the video a leader is a person who encourage changing and knows how to manage it.
A excellent business leader is which one who is open minded and leaders are passinate to carring out change, he took into account Peter Drucker one of the most successful business thinking who considered "the essential role of the business leader is to lead change" with this idea Jack believe that a leader shoul manage changing so that change is the way to achieve growth and progress.
In addition a business leader thinks that status quote is not something to be maintainig by contrast he or she always looking for new ideas and they know how to face the change

Leardership role article

The Role of a Leader
By Brian Tracy
Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.Of course, everyone you meet has different values, opinions, attitudes, beliefs, cultural values, work habits, goals, ambitions, and dreams. Because of this incredible diversity of human resources, it has never been more difficult and yet more necessary for diplomatic leaders to emerge and form these people into high-performing teams.Fortunately, leaders are made, not born. You learn to become a leader by doing what other excellent leaders have done before you. You become proficient in your job or skill, and then you become proficient at understanding the motivations and behaviors of other people. As a leader, you combine your personal competencies with the competencies of a variety of others into a smoothly functioning team that can out-play and out-perform all its competitors.When you become a team leader, even if your team only consists of one other person, you must immediately develop a whole new set of leadership skills. In order to determine what these skills are, you need to consider the genesis of high-performing teams.Teams generally go through four phases as they evolve toward high performance. These stages are called forming, storming, norming, and performing.The forming stage is very important, perhaps even critical, to the success of the team. Your ability to select the proper team members in order to accomplish a particular task-personal or business-is the mark of the superior leader.
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If you select the wrong people in the first place, it becomes almost impossible afterward to build a winning team, just as it would be impossible to win athletic championships with unskilled or ill-suited players.In the forming stage, the team members come together and begin to get a feeling for each other. There will be a good deal of discussion, argument, disagreement, personal expression of likes and dislikes, and the forming of friendly alliances between team members. This stage, especially the discussions and conversations that take place, may seem time consuming, but it is absolutely indispensable to the development of a unified group of people that you can lead. One of the most important qualities of a leader is that of patience. And patience is never more necessary than when you are going through the early stages of assembling your team.The second stage of team development is called storming. Storming is a shortened form of the word “brainstorming.” It is during this stage when the group, whose members are now comfortable with each other, begins the hard work of setting goals and deadlines, dividing up the tasks, and getting on with the job. During the storming phase, people learn about the contributions that each member can make to achieve the purposes of the team.The third stage of team development is called norming. This is where norms and standards are established among the team members so that everyone feels secure and confident in his or her place. All members know what is expected and how it is to be measured. And all members are aware of the responsibilities and obligations that they have, not only to the job, but to the each other as well. Your ability as a leader to promote the norming process is critical to the success of the team.
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The fourth stage of team development is performing. In the final analysis, your ability to get results is all that really matters. Your lifestyle, your rate of promotion and level of rewards, and your respect and esteem among your co-workers and bosses will all be determined by your ability to perform and to get others to perform. There are basically five qualities of the most productive work teams that you need to foster throughout the stages of team development. The degree to which you accomplish this before you start working will determine your success as a team leader and the success of the team as a whole.The first quality is the existence of shared values. You can foster this quality by asking the question, “What are our values?” or, “What do we stand for?” People will contribute the values they consider the most important. As they do, you or someone else can write them on a flipchart. The values will usually be something like: integrity, excellence, quality, caring about people, profitability, and harmony. The second quality of top teams is shared objectives. It is absolutely essential that everyone takes the time to discuss the actual reason for forming the team and the chief results that are expected of them.Leaders are those who can see the big picture. They are absolutely clear about what it is they want to accomplish and what it will look like. They have the ability to articulate this vision in the minds and hearts of others and to get everyone, no matter what their background or personality, working together in harmony toward the realization of that vision.People cannot hit a target they cannot see. Again, even though it may appear time consuming, everyone needs to have ample opportunity to discuss and agree on the ultimate goals desired before work begins. The more thorough the discussion on goals and objectives, the more effective the team will be when it begins working.The third quality of highly-productive teams is shared activities. Everyone knows what they are supposed to contribute to the achievement of the overall goals and objectives of the team. Everyone also knows what each of the other members is expected to do. All the work that has to be done is clearly divided up among the team members, and everyone knows their role in the process.The fourth quality of high-performing teams is that the head of the team leads the action. You become the role model for all of the others.
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You go out in front. You continually look for ways to make it easier for your team members to do their jobs. You accept complete responsibility for the achievement of the overall goal. You start a little earlier, you work a little harder, and you stay a little later. You set careful priorities on your time and you always work on your highest value tasks. You never ask anyone to do something that you wouldn’t do yourself. You always put yourself out in front and go to bat for your people in every circumstance. You are a leader because you continually lead.The fifth and final quality of high-performing teams is that individually and as a group, they continually evaluate their progress toward their goals and values. The are always asking themselves, “How are we doing, and how can we do better?” When they manufacture or sell products in the marketplace, they ask their customers for ongoing feedback and evaluation. They set incredible standards of excellence and they are constantly striving to be better.Whenever they have problems, misunderstandings, or difficulties within the team, they reexamine their values, their goals, their activities, their assignments, and their responsibilities. They are more concerned with what’s right than with who’s right. They are more concerned with winning than with not losing. High-Performing teams run by excellent leaders, are determined to perform in an excellent fashion. All members know that their ability to work together in harmony and cooperation is the key to the success of every one of them.The wonderful thing about becoming a leader in your work and personal life is that you can practice the skills of influencing and persuading others toward a common objective. You can promote the principles of excellent teamwork by establishing your values and goals, determining your activities, and then leading the action. And you can improve yourself by continually evaluating your performance against your standards.One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential. You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards. The more proficient you become at getting the results for which you were hired, the more opportunities you will have to get results through others. And your ability to put together a team and then to lead that team to high performance will enable you to accelerate your career and fulfill your goals faster than ever before.

Source:http://www.livingbeyondbetter.com/leaderrole.html

From my point of view:

This article talk about the skills that a good leader should have he or she has the ability to manage a group and to work in group always thinking about common benefits.
He or she has the ability to cooperate, understanding people behaviors, values and customs.
He or she never compare a person with other, because a leader knows that every one is different ans he or she has the ability to make working together to attain a goal, moreover a leader always looking for setting new objetives and new goals to be achiving.
With this article urderstood that whoever person has the capacity to be a leader so that a leaders not born, leader are made.

¿What kind of leader are you ? article

What Kind of Leader are you?
You are a leader if someone is following you. This could be as simple as one person watching you and following your example and encouragement, to being a leader in your home, your community, your workplace or even your nation. Leadership can take many forms, but typically it often involves managing people- one of the most difficult of all tasks. It means coordinating and motivating the actions of others to achieve a common goal. A leader has to establish that goal, and gain the willing agreement of others to be governed by and work together towards that goal.
The style of leadership taken by any leader is usually predetermined by the personality and motivational values of that person.
They are who they are, as a personality, and that has a strong influence on the way they lead and communicate with others.
The study of personality traits has been on going for centuries, and there is a great deal of agreement in the conclusions and findings of personality characteristics. In this article I am going to refer to the different types of personality in color form, adopts the categories applied by Linda Berens and Don Lowry .
Every personality type has particular talents and skills that lend themselves to good leadership. Any form of leadership however, is greatly enriched and enhanced if it is able to draw on the strengths and characteristics of the other styles.
A leader who has a strong Gold personality type is personally committed and dedicated to the goal. They work hard, and expect their team to do the same. They lead from a place of belief that the work is important, and has to be done right. Gold leaders value tradition- the ways of the past are proven ways, and so do not take well to new ideas unless they are well proven to have potential.
Leaders with a strong Blue personality are motivated by their commitment to the people involved, and a strong sense of community. They have a democratic style of management, valuing the input of employees and team workers. Blue leaders tend to see the big picture, and have the ability to inspire others with the vision.
The strong Green leadership style also sees the big picture as well as the complexity of detail.
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Green leaders excel in strategy. They bring intellect, ingenuity and design into the leadership role. They research and analyze facts and concepts, constantly looking for improvements for working smarter rather than harder. Facts and information are all important to the Green leader, and they pay little attention to the value of feelings and relationships.
Action is the focus of the Orange leader. Administration and organization exist to make action possible. They are great trouble-shooters. The Orange leader leads by example, setting the standard to follow. Orange management style can be quite authoritarian and abrupt as they are impatient with opposition, and expect their directions to be followed. Above all Orange leaders welcome change believing that the old ways can always be improved on. A new project represents, adventure, a challenge and potential fun, all of which the Orange personality thrives on.
Every leader has a combination of all four personalities, but one will always be the stronger, more natural way to operate in. A leaders style may also be a blend of their main strength, combined with their second strongest style. A wise leader will understand the strengths and weaknesses of their personal leadership style and use those team members with different styles to bring balance and greater efficiency in meeting the shared goal.
Barbara White

Source: http://www.livingbeyondbetter.com/leadertype.html

This article is about leadership and the characteristics that a leader has depending on his or her personality.
According to this article there are four kinds of personality gold, blue, green and orange, each of them with different characteristics, for instance gold leaders are people who work hard and they like that the group tha they leader being or doing the same.
By the contrast people who belong to green personality think, they believe that the intelillence and the ability to design are the most important to be a good leader.
Although the variety of types of personality the main skill that a leader shoul have is the ability to manage a group and to convey confidence.
Futhermore and taking account the article as a support each person can be a leader depending the circuntances and the activities that one does, for example one can shoe leader abilities at his or her school, at university, at work even at home the most important is to have the capacity to face this role.

Leadership article


What Kind of Leader are you?
You are a leader if someone is following you. This could be as simple as one person watching you and following your example and encouragement, to being a leader in your home, your community, your workplace or even your nation. Leadership can take many forms, but typically it often involves managing people- one of the most difficult of all tasks. It means coordinating and motivating the actions of others to achieve a common goal. A leader has to establish that goal, and gain the willing agreement of others to be governed by and work together towards that goal.
The style of leadership taken by any leader is usually predetermined by the personality and motivational values of that person.
They are who they are, as a personality, and that has a strong influence on the way they lead and communicate with others.
The study of personality traits has been on going for centuries, and there is a great deal of agreement in the conclusions and findings of personality characteristics. In this article I am going to refer to the different types of personality in color form, adopts the categories applied by Linda Berens and Don Lowry .
Every personality type has particular talents and skills that lend themselves to good leadership. Any form of leadership however, is greatly enriched and enhanced if it is able to draw on the strengths and characteristics of the other styles.
A leader who has a strong Gold personality type is personally committed and dedicated to the goal. They work hard, and expect their team to do the same. They lead from a place of belief that the work is important, and has to be done right. Gold leaders value tradition- the ways of the past are proven ways, and so do not take well to new ideas unless they are well proven to have potential.
Leaders with a strong Blue personality are motivated by their commitment to the people involved, and a strong sense of community. They have a democratic style of management, valuing the input of employees and team workers. Blue leaders tend to see the big picture, and have the ability to inspire others with the vision.
The strong Green leadership style also sees the big picture as well as the complexity of detail.
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Green leaders excel in strategy. They bring intellect, ingenuity and design into the leadership role. They research and analyze facts and concepts, constantly looking for improvements for working smarter rather than harder. Facts and information are all important to the Green leader, and they pay little attention to the value of feelings and relationships.
Action is the focus of the Orange leader. Administration and organization exist to make action possible. They are great trouble-shooters. The Orange leader leads by example, setting the standard to follow. Orange management style can be quite authoritarian and abrupt as they are impatient with opposition, and expect their directions to be followed. Above all Orange leaders welcome change believing that the old ways can always be improved on. A new project represents, adventure, a challenge and potential fun, all of which the Orange personality thrives on.
Every leader has a combination of all four personalities, but one will always be the stronger, more natural way to operate in. A leaders style may also be a blend of their main strength, combined with their second strongest style. A wise leader will understand the strengths and weaknesses of their personal leadership style and use those team members with different styles to bring balance and greater efficiency in meeting the shared goal.
Barbara White




Summary:

This article talk about the leadership and the relation with different personalities ways.

According to this article a person can be a leader in different aspects and depending the context that he or she is involved, for instance at school, at home, within a group of friends, at work.

In additon this article gives us a perspective about four personalities gold, blue, green and orange.

Each person with different personality has different ways to be a leader with many characteristics, some of the are analytical and measure the goals according to the result. However there are people friendly and who think that the most important aspect that characterized a leader is

martes, 7 de octubre de 2008

Video linked to Leadership- motivation

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=jh7h7kDQtLI

I watched this video call Motivation leadership change management: Patrick Dixon on leadership strategies, leadership styles and motivation tools, team motivation, war for talent and business strategy. 700 people.
It is about how people and organization can be leaders in every fiel and environment where they are.
A good experience to show our leadership skill is helping people not only giving money also spending our time with them.
Within organizations leadership is moving by the people`s values and characteristicts and the best way to encourage it, is that people feel align to organization vision, values, mission.

sábado, 4 de octubre de 2008

Leadership argumentative essay




Leadership relating to learning


Since people are children always they listen about leadership, a person who is leader and others connotations that everybody has learnt during the passing of their life.
One can know these concepts in the majority of activities that one does for instance in a group of friends, at school, at university, at work even at family.
Nevertheless, ¿Actually some of people who use these kinds of words understand what these words meaning?

At present society these kinds of words are frequently use them, perhaps because people are living the globalization boom where the competitive advantage is the most important and to achieve this goal people in all aspects should be a leader both personally and professionally.
For the majority of companies a person who is leader is the person who has many skills such as innovation, creative, he or she has the ability to guide a group of people and he or she is able to influence people in order to achieve previous goals.
The word leaderships has many connotations depending on the point of view that one can see, for example in a group of friend a person who is leader is which one who is friendly, moreover he or she characterizes by be a positive, charismatic person.
Withing a company or at school a leader is who has structure ideas, knows the procedures, attains goals, makes a excellent decisions always looking for social welfare, effective and suitable performance of activities and tasks.
A person who is not a leader in one aspect can be achieve it in other aspect of his or her life, it is possible always taking account that a leader should be honest, modest, and able to manage a group toward right way.

Even thought unfortunately lately leadership has taken different associations, nowadays this idea is related to the level of power that a person can have, or the amount of money that one can have or material things.
For some people a person is leader when he or she afford to buy whatever they want even feelings.
By the contrast that leadership meanings, this word or characteristic is related to authority, knowledge and integrity.

Finally and taking the most outstanding facts leadership can be gained during the peoples life, supported by knowledge, skills, characteristics and moral values that a person has.
In spite of this concept has taken other connotation it is important that people focus on developing and getting stronger the leadership ability.

Information taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership