leading the leaders
Post on 15-Jul-2015
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Dr Adizes is one of the leading management experts in the world. He taught at UCLA, Stanford and Columbia Universities. He is a consultant to prime ministers and Fortune 100 companies.
The purpose of management is to see to it that the organization is effective and efficient in the short and long run.
Peter Drucker said “ the top management job in any company requires at least four different kinds of people-the thought man, the action man, the people man, and the front man.” rarely do you find someone who is a good mix of all four.
While we have managers, we also have mismanagers. Mismanagers lack the ability to perform certain types of roles.
One of the mismanagers in a company is the lone ranger – who ends up doing something even if it not the correct thing.
Another mismanager is the bureaucrat- who drives excessive rules and has no concern for business success.
Another mismanager is the field rat – so busy doing things that he cannot look up and see the bigger picture. Take time to think.
All the mismanagers abuse time, but do it differently. So, managing time is key to be a good leader.
Focus on who is speaking and why he is saying what he is saying, rather than focus on what is being said.
Telling people what to do does not mean you have a team. You must get people to think for themselves.
Meetings are essential and a good way to get alignment. If you don’t have regular meetings, people will have corridor meetings and the outcome can be disastrous.
Never hire people and promote them despite their bad personality and tantrums. Good leaders call bad behavior
Do not present a problem unless your goal is to arrive at a solution. People who present problems without providing answers are poor team players.
Going with the flow does not make you a leader. Good leaders stand up when they see things are wrong.
Because change is constant, the focus of an organization has to be to handle change. Poor managers and leaders keep postponing taking action thinking it is a decision. It is a decision doomed to fail.
Agreeing is not enough. It is better to have a mediocre decision implemented than an outstanding decision never implemented.
The fact that people agree does not mean they will implement it. You have to drive that as a leader.
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