Academy for Leaders

Leadership (10ofX) - approach constructiveness

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:51:57 GMT

What is action approach constructiveness? And is it possible a common model that helps us in the countless practical variations to be used?

Let us disregard the mistakes done by the CEO when setting the goal and focus on the approach constructiveness, executed by the manager:

The manager assumed his idea of list elements is good enough.

S/he instantly rushed into action, without exploring any alternatives.

The manager repeated his/her mistakes on the second and on the third day.

Unfortunately, the above described example "first act, later think" is not an isolated managerial practice.

Leader and Key Decision

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:28:04 GMT

Every leader is required to make important decisions regarding long-term development of her/his company / department. The leader must thoroughly investigate the important decision from all possible sides before he applies it on the company / department. Please below find four actions facilitating better decisions:

Does the Boss Matter?

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:50:21 GMT

To be good leaders, managers, leaders means to continually enhance the subordinates’ performance by watching their backs: providing a safe working environment for the employees to act, learn, and take calculated risks; protect them from unnecessary distractions and any external idiocy of any stripe; and creating hundreds of small scenarios to help them achieve one small success after another (regardless of the size of the success it has a huge positive impact on people’s motivation) and feel dignity and pride along the way.

Generating Ideas - Approaches, Techniques and Talents

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:03:48 GMT

A key factor in the effectiveness of the techniques is the selection of people who will use them and the overall group skills. Generators of good ideas are a rare kind of people. These people know how relatively accurately to predict what will happen in the future H if we start today activities A + B + C. When you encounter such a talent, please take care to enter it in the "green" notebook – the one with a list of people who have the potential to help your success.

Test 10. The Leader and The Need for Approval

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:13:35 GMT

The desire to obtain approval affects our decisions and actions.

The excessive need for approval leads to decisions and actions pleasing the people, whose approval we seek at the cost of the “right” decisions and actions.

Low need for approval leads to self-isolation and loneliness.

D. Marlowe and D. Crown’s test allows evaluating our desire to get approval on our actions and words from the people surrounding us.

The Entrepreneur and the Promoted Employee (2of2)

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:11:35 GMT

Peter is your best employee in that department and you promote him to Customer Service Manager.

6 months later you find out that Peter is still your best employee, but he is not appropriate for manager. He fails to praise and reprimand his subordinates, sets low department goals, etc. You have set 2 business objectives:

The Entrepreneur and the Promoted Employee (1of2)

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 13:26:44 GMT

You are a dynamic entrepreneur. In these years of economic crisis you started a new business. The first year was very successful for you. Your company has grown to 18 members. You took the right decision to promote an employee to a manager in your biggest 9 staff department - Customer Service department.

Peter is your best employee in that department and you promote him to Manager Customer Service.

Leaders, Мanagers and the Тricky Мotivation

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:06:45 GMT

So, a Leader has 4 managers of workshops that produce glazed tanks. One of the workshops has significantly lower productivity. The Leader visits the workshop Manager with the goal to find a way to improve the performance. The Leader to the Manager:...
"What can we do to improve results?"
pic.1.: Ms Stefka Kostadinova jumps over 209 cm in 1988 - world record eversince.

The Leader and the Truth

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:24:02 GMT

When an employee makes a mistake I visit him/her to show where s/he went wrong. S/he denies s/he did the error. Often s/he tries to prove that there is almost no error or the error is somewhere else. I dump on her/him all known logic of Archimedes and Pythagoras, but the employee still does not recognize the error.

Stop. What am I doing?

Test 9. Logical Thinking – Analogies

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:41:28 GMT

It sounds reasonably prior leading others to learn about ourselves. Knowing our strengths and weaknesses will help us make a decision which activities must be delegated...

The test below aims at assessing our logical thinking capabilities.

20 pairs of words follow. Against each pair of words you are requested to write down the correct code.