LEADERSHIP

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2Importance

4Thought Leaders

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Leadership

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Quotes from Thought leaders

Leadership isnt Management ICS Varma | India

Redefined

Define leadership

Leadership is both a research area and a

practical skill encompassing the ability

of an individual or organizations to

"lead" or guide other individuals, teams,

or entire organizations.

Leadership plays an important part in

the success of any organization. In the

absence of effective leadership no

organization can work efficiently.

Importance of Leadership

Leadership has nothing to do with seniority

or one’s position in the hierarchy of a

company. Too many talk about a company’s

leadership referring to the senior most

executives in the organization. They are just

that, senior executives. Leadership doesn’t

automatically happen when you reach a

certain pay grade.

What is Leadership any way

Leadership and management are not

synonymous. You have 15 people in your

down line and P&L responsibility? Good for

you, hopefully you are a good manager.

Good management is needed. Managers

need to plan, measure, monitor, coordinate,

solve, hire, fire, and so many other things.

Typically, managers

manage things. Leaders lead people.

Leadership isn’t Management

Thought leaders are the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into

reality, and know and show how to replicate their success.

Thought Leaders

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NEXTSTEPS

Actions speak louder

Leading in the digital age

Actions speak louder

than words

When it comes to leadership there is no

one size fits all. Every leader has

his/her own personality, style, and

approach to leading teams, and leaders

understand their own limitations and

always keep their teams informed.

Good Leaders know that success is a

team effort. They realize that it takes a

diverse team to truly innovate. They

search for passionate people in diverse

areas of expertise and bring them

together.

Great leaders empower their teams to

do more, they are very protective, and

they are clever in applying their

knowledge and experience in order to

move forward and avoid mistakes

either they themselves or others made

in the past.

Leading in the digital age

The technological advances of the digital age

have allowed the global workforce to be better

connected, more collaborative, and have

greater personal impact than ever before.

More information is immediately available,

through more channels, than at any time in

history. Clearly, workplaces are now optimized

for high levels of workforce engagement

Leading in the Digital Age

The rise of the global economy and the

coming of the digital age have made the

engagement question much more complex

for the leaders.

Organizations everywhere are coping with

unprecedented levels of competition and

pressure to perform.

Managing Engagement

These organizations are facing a legion of

issues that include the need to become more

global, the need to simultaneously become

more frugal and more innovative, the need to

manage new and different stakeholders, and

the need to cope with political uncertainty,

energy issues, and other factors over which

they have no control

Managing Engagement

Put yourself “in the middle.” Leaders should

position themselves between the chaos of

change and their people. Engaging leaders

use their experience, insight, and knowledge

of the organization’s business and culture to

help people make sense of changes and to

better participate in them.

Leading in the Digital Age

Invest in your people. Leaders should

personally invest more effort in talent

development during periods of high change.

By doing this, engaging leaders use change

as a medium for accelerating the

professional development of the workforce.

Leading in the Digital Age

Focus on a higher purpose. In times of

uncertainty, engaging leaders use higher

purpose to keep people focused on their

ability to shape the future of the

organization.

Leading in the Digital Age

Leave no one behind. “False urgency” is a

phrase we use to describe a phenomenon

sometimes mentioned by the executives.

False urgency occurs when change anxiety

becomes so high that fear takes over and the

only thing that matters is staying on schedule.

There is “just no time” for things like human

development and engagement, and the

workforce is left behind.

Leading in the Digital Age

Engaging leaders refuse false urgency and

stay focused on people when the stakes are

highest.

Leading in the Digital Age

Credits

Harvard Business review

Forbes 100 Best Quotes on Leadership

Wikipedia

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