Thursday, August 12, 2010

Successful leadership

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One of them is the principle of respect. You are not a leader when no one is willing to follow you. And why would they follow, when they have no respect for you?
Earning the respect of your team members/staff is the starting point for much of what we want to achieve as leaders. Without respect, forget about building trust, forget about expecting loyalty and ownership, forget about staff engagement and motivation.
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The writer focuses on three important factors in getting respect:
  • competence
  • integrity
  • fairness
The second and third factors tend to be overlooked, and the first factor (a.k.a talent) gets too much attention.