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With the transient nature of today’s managers and the ever increasing changes in economy landscapes, being an effective organizational leader is more important than ever. For this reason, many leaders are looking for ways to grow and adapt their leadership skills. The discipline of Organizational Leadership is focused on the development of transferrable leadership skills that regardless of industry, function, or role will be applicable to managing and leading teams. To be an effective organizational leader, you should focus on being well rounded by developing in 4 core leadership competencies.
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Situational Leadership is based on the principle that there is no best leadership style to use all of the time but that the best leadership style will be dependent on the situation a leader is in. Intuitively this makes sense, right? If you’re trying to engage or motivate an executive with industry tenure, your approach should certainly be different than that which you’d take with a recent addition to the team at a junior level. So let’s take a closer look at why situational leadership is such a key leadership skill.
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September 11, 2011 was one of the worst days in American history and provided the most superb illustration of exemplary leadership in action. The local, state, and federal leaders were faced with unimaginable decisions to make in a short period of time. From collecting information, deploying resources, outlining response planning, and directing a nation, the leaders we all followed through this horrendous event not only provided the leadership needed for a nation to endure but also set an example of what true leadership should look like in everyday work and home life.
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Most of us learned the principles of leadership through theory generated out of the Industrial Revolution. Authors such as Frederick W. Taylor whose book The Principles of Scientific Management became a cornerstone of leadership theories and helped to define the characteristics of a leader that many of us hold true today. Taylor and other leadership thought leaders taught us that people are innately lazy or unfocused in their work and that we as leaders need to implement systems and processes that ensure work flows at the correct level of productivity. Their focus was on accountability and oversight rather than flexibility and ownership. As the world around us has evolved and our values have changed, we have yet to evolve past these principles in the vast majority of corporations.
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I had occasion lately to ponder the linkage between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership. In the article The Characteristics of a Leader: Demonstrating Good Leadership Skills we identified two characteristics of leadership as being Straightforward and Fair-minded. Let’s explore how these relate to Emotional Intelligence.
As a reminder, being straightforward is about using sound judgment to make good decisions at the right time. It’s about staying focused, planning, and not making rash decisions on the spur of the moment.
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