3.3.4 - Creating Vision, Purpose, and Leadership Character
Leaders must be such that the teams must be able to emulate them. Most organisations concentrate on building the leaders skills. However, the leaders themselves must be able to build character based leadership qualities and also be able to understand the organisations vision, purpose and strategy.
Leadership vision: Leadership vision must be powerful and the leaders must believe in the vision and mission and not just believe but live with the vision. Leaders should also organise the teams required to accomplish the goals. When leaders demonstrate the vision and value it and strive to achieve, it acts as a motivator for the people. When leaders share a strong vision, the teams believe
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• Inspire faith, belief, commitment and enthusiasm in company members;
• Communicate and share the vision at all levels of the organization to help create momentum within the employees to reach the goals of the organisation.
Leadership character:
In a complex global business organisation, character is fundamental to what we engage in, how we engage in and what we value and how we choose to act. Leadership character is built out of values, traits and virtues. • Personality traits such as openness to experience, agreeableness and extroversion are important for leaders.
• Values are beliefs that people have about what is important. They are the guiding forces for behaviour.
• Virtue is behaviour which is exhibited fairly consistently. Excellence is a virtue. Courage, truthfulness, wit and justice are virtues which must be practiced.
A leader must develop character by building on these traits , values and virtues.
3.3.5 - Planning, Trust, Connection, Empowerment, Priorities, Growth and Legacy
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Leading a team is about developing the skills and abilities of others. Therefore in order to manage, build and integrate the aspects of the performance cycle , the leader must be clear about the goals to be achieved , assemble necessary resources to meet what has to be done. Monitor and address the gaps in development and performance. Review the people and set future objectives and lead the change to meet the future objectives.
A manager is one who achieves the goals of the organisation, he sets the process, procedures and rules for the achieving the goals of the business. The manager is mostly concerned with providing the necessary resources people, structure and the goals. A manager must be able to take decision rationally and must be persistent.
Leading a team is all about:
1. Taking up a leadership role: A leader provides clear direction to the individuals about performance expectations and ensures the team is effectively motivated and helps the individuals build skills and