Seeing the Talents of Effective LeadersWritten by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer
PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to author, and it appears with included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.comAn organization of any size, from family to department store, neighborhood grocery store to largest international corporations, is a reflection of its leadership. And leadership is only as good as its leaders. What is this thing called leader"? What constitutes an unusually good or great leader? Professor John Adair, of Surrey University in England, shared his thoughts on special talents that set a bona fide leader apart. "Few leaders," he stated in International Management, "do more than merely coordinate efforts. But most effective leaders create a sense of esprit de corps, a team spirit that makes even most arduous or most humdrum work exciting." The gist of his piece is that unusual or great leader has great organizational talents. He also has ability to inspire others to expend much greater efforts than they would have expended had they been left to their own devices. Both are needed in any true definition of leadership.
| | Becoming An Effective ExecutiveWritten by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer
PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to author, and it appears with included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.com In his book, The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker pointed out that effective executive is person who focuses on making a contribution. This focus on making of contribution is key. And key to effectiveness comes in three areas: 1. in a person's work, its content, its level, its standards, and its impacts; 2. in his relationships with others, his superiors, his associates, and his subordinates; and 3. in his use of tools of executive, such as meetings and reports. The executive who focuses on efforts and who stresses his authority downwards is a subordinate no matter how exalted his title and rank might be.
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