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Leadership training is needed because times and people change. For example, if leaders are retiring in a company, then there should be leaders who are already trained to move an organization or business in to the future.
“Competent leaders are assets to the organization; therefore, developing leaders is a notable concern for all types of organizations.” (Hammond & Palanski, 2017)
To emphasize the importance of developing and training leaders, Conger & Fulmer (2003), insist that choice and cultivation of future leaders is vital for the long-term health of the company.
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Why Leadership Training?
A leader needs to have a character that is worthy of being followed. To be worthy of being followed, one has to exhibit certain characteristics. A leader has to be:
· An influencer and a role model.
· Competent
· Trustworthy for the followers to invest their loyalty on him or her.
· A person of integrity
· Always humble
· Forgiving
· Hungry to keep learning
For a leader “Interest and gratitude encompass a genuine caring attitude toward the follower and being grateful for more than just successful results at work. Caring involves a genuine concern for others’ pain, and kindness.” If the followers know that their leader cares about them beyond business matters, then they will be more willing to submit to him or her.
Leadership is the process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
· Leadership is not about individuals who occupy roles (Haslam & Steffens, 2015)
· To lead, there must be followers or people one is looking to influence. “The absence of followers indicates the clear absence of leadership” (Haslam & Steffens, 2015)
· Long-term outcome of a leader are based on the quality of followers they raise.
· King (2010), observes that , ‘when individuals follow another’s actions, they make that individual a leader’
In every place, there is always a leader. Even among ants, there is a leader. It is true that one has to have influence over people to lead them. People have to believe in the vision of the leader in order to follow him or her.
Leadership Redefined
Leadership Redefined
Leader = Character
Who is a leader?
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Leadership=Challenges
I compare a leader to a parent. Most of the time, children are watching their parents, and end up acting and reacting like them. It is the same with managers. The way a leader reacts to anything matters; because, his or her subordinates are watching.
As a leader, what kind of legacy is one leaving? What kind of leaders is he/she producing out of his/her followers? Leaders are not fearful of creating other leaders. If a person is a leader, then his or her subordinates should not remain the same. They will change for the better.
A person is known by his or her fruits. I once worked for a company where my manager was always challenging me and my peers to achieve goals and to be innovative. He helped us discover talents that we never even knew we had in us. I the end, the CEO recognized that my manager's team was outperforming other teams. Not only was he recognized as a good leader; but, was promoted to a higher position.
Leadership Redefined
Leadership Redefined
Are you a Leader?
Leadership=Results
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To conclude, a question every person who wants to lead should ask is, AM I A leader?
· Being a leader has little to do with one’s title, authority or seniority
· Having several people under you does not make you a leader nor does one become a leader by how much you make.
· To be a leader you must be willing to be an influencer.
· You must be willing to be a learner.
· You must be willing to serve others even when there is no reward associated with your service.
· You must be willing to develop others to become better.
A big challenge in being a leader is communication between him/her and employees from diverse backgrounds. Fifty to ninety percent of a leader’s time is spent on communication. Poor communication costs money and wastes time.
Frequent communication is related to better job performance ratings and organizational performance. A leader should be careful of the resources he or she is extending based on individual differences. People generally like to be treated as individuals not as a group.
Unfortunately, some leaders want to take the easy route and treat every employee the same. They should understand that the diversity in personalities brings make teams vibrant, and also brings diverse ideas that can improve the workplace; so, as to reduce turnover.
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References
HAMMOND, M., CLAPP-SMITH, R., & PALANSKI, M. (2017). BEYOND (JUST) THE WORKPLACE: A THEORY OF LEADER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS. Academy Of Management Review, 42(3), 481-498. doi:10.5465/amr.2014.0431
Conger, J. A., & Fulmer, R. M. (2003). Developing your leadership pipeline. Harvard Business Review, (12), 76.
Liborius, P. (2014). Who Is Worthy of Being Followed? The Impact of Leaders’ Character and the Moderating Role of Followers’ Personality. Journal Of Psychology, 148(3), 347-385.
Platow, M. J., Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., & Steffens, N. K. (2015). There is no leadership if no-one follows: Why leadership is necessarily a group process. International Coaching Psychology Review, 10(1), 20-37.
King, A.J. (2010). Follow me! I’m a leader if you; I’m a failed initiator if you don’t? Behavioural Processes, 84, 671–674.