Leadership Behavior

One Minute Manager: One Minute Reprimands

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:28:00 +0000

The One Minute Reprimand works well when you:

1. Tell people beforehand that you are going to let them know how they are doing and in no uncertain terms.
the first half of the reprimand:
2. Reprimand people immediately.
3. Tell people what they did wrong-be specific.
4. Tell people how you feel about what they did wrong-and in no uncertain terms.
5. Stop for a few seconds of uncomfortable silence to let them feel how you feel.
the second half of the reprimand:
6. Shake hands, or touch them in a way that lets them know you are honestly on their side.
7. Remind them how much you value them.
8. Reaffirm that you think well of them but not of their performance in this situation.
9. Realize that when the reprimand is over, it's over.

One Minute Manager; One Minute Praisings

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:15:00 +0000

The One Minute Praising works well when you:

Tell people up front that you are going to let them know how they are doing.
Praise people immediately.
Tell people what they did right-be specific.
Tell people how good you feel about what they did right, and how it helps the organization and the other people who work there.
Stop for a moment of silence to let them "feel" how good you feel.
Encourage them to do more the same.
Shake hands or touch people in a way that makes it clear that you support their success in the organization.

One Minute Manager; One Minute Goal

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Wed, 28 May 2014 13:03:00 +0000

One minute Goal Setting is simply:

Agree on your goals.
See what good behavior looks like.
Write out each of your goals on a single sheet of paper using less than 250 words.
Read and re-read each goal, which requires only a minute or so each time you do it.
Take minute every once in a while out of your day to look at your performance, and
See whether or not your behavior matches your goal.

Skills of Manager

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 02:21:00 +0000

There is general agreement that at least three areas of skill are necessary for the process of management:

technical, human, and conceptual.

Technical skill. Ability to use knowledge, methods, techniques, and equipment necessary for the performance of specific task; acquired from experience, education, and training.
Human skill. Ability and judgement in working with and through people that includes an understanding of motivation and an application of effective leadership.
Conceptual skill. Ability to understand the complexities of the overall organization and where one's own operation fits into the organization. This knowledge permits one to act according to the objectives of the total organization rather than only on basis of the goals and needs of one's own immediate group.

The appropriate mix of these skills varies as an individual advances in management from supervisory to top management positions.
Proportionately less technical skill tends to be needed as one advances from lower to higher levels in the
organization, but more conceptual skill is necessary. Supervisors at lower levels need considerable technical skill because they are often required to train and develop technicians and other employees in their section. At the other extreme, executives in a business organization do not need to know how to perform all the specific tasks at the operational level. However, they should be able to see how all these functions are interrelated in accomplishing the goals of the total organization. This ability is particularly important because the executives' focus at the higher organizational levels is increasingly more external and global.
The amount of technical and conceptual skills needed at these different levels of management varies; notice, though, that human skills are crucial at all levels.

Three Competencies of Leadership

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Leading or influencing requires three general skills, or competencies;

Diagnosing. Understanding the situation you are trying to influence
Adapting. Altering your behavior and the other resources you have available to meet the contingencies of the situation.
Communicating. Interacting with others in a way that people can easily understand and accept.

Here is a brief discussion of each;

Diagnosing is a cognitive-or cerebral-competency. It is understanding what the situation is now and knowing what you can reasonably expect to make it in the future. The discrepancy between the two is the problem to be solved. This discrepancy is what the other competencies are aimed at resolving.
Adapting is a behavioral competency. It involves adapting your behaviors and other resources in a way that helps close the gap between the current situation and what you want to achieve.
Communicating is a process competency. Even if you are able to understand the situation, even if you are able to adapt behavior and resources to meet the situation, you need to communicate effectively. If you cannot communicate in a way that people can understand and accept, you will be unlikely to meet your goal.

Leadership Defined

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Leadership is a broader concept than management. Management is a special kind of leadership in which the achievement of organizational goals is paramount. The important distinction between the two, therefore, lies in the term organizational goals. The definition of leadership is that leadership occurs whenever one person attempts to influence the behavior of an individual or group, regardless of the reason. It may be for one's own goals or for the goals of others, and these goals may or may not be congruent with organizational goals.

Management Defined

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

We shall defined management as the process of working with and through individuals and groups and other

resources (e. equipment, capital, and technology) to accomplish organizational goals.
This definition, it should be noted, does not specify business or industrial organizations. Management, as defined, applies to organizations whether they are businesses, educational institutions, hospitals, political or military organizations, or even families. To be successful, these organizations require their management personnel to have interpersonal skills. The achievement of organizational objectives through leadership is management. Thus, everyone is a manager in at least certain activity.

Distinctions between Management and Leadership

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Leaders conquer the context-the volatile, turbulent, ambiguous surroundings that sometimes seem to conspire against us and will surely suffocate us if we let them-while managers surrender to it. The manager administrates; the leader innovates. The manager is a copy; the leader is an original. The manager maintains; the leader develops. The manager focus on system and instruction; the leader focuses on people. The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust. The manager has a short-range; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what
and why. The manager has an eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager imitates; the leader originates. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Managers do things right; leaders do the right things.

Challenges of Leading an Organization

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Some concepts in the behavioral sciences give you some good ideas to think about, but they do not always tell you how or when to put those ideas into practice in the management of human organizations.

Leading-influencing the behavior of others-is not a single event. Leadership and management are full-time responsibilities that must be practiced on a
continuous basis. Each minute must be spent wisely. This is because real life situation are never static. They are constantly changing, with many factors or variables interacting at the same time. Consequently, the behavioral sciences, unlike the physical sciences, deal in probabilities. Our purpose then is to help increase the odds in your favor, not to suggest rules. in behavioral sciences, there are no rules.
It is human nature to react to problem in an emotional way. Successful leadership is fundamentally determined by leader-follower interaction in the pursuit of goal accomplishment. It involves readiness assessment, leadership intervention, appraisal of the results of this intervention, and effective follow-up.

Organizations as sources of Competitive Advantage

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

The sources of competitive advantage have changed through social and technological development at various international levels. The sources have progressed from control of natural resources through economic and financial expertise, to improved marketing ability, to control of technology, and to improved use human resources.
Historically, productivity improvement has focused on technology and capital equipment to reduce input of labor cost. Improved output was generally thought to be subject to obtaining more production by applying industrial engineering techniques such as methods analysis, work flow, etc. Both of these approaches are still appropriate, but the current
trend toward better use of the potential available through human resources.

Effective Leader

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

The most effective leaders will be people who use their energies to accomplish desired results. Leadership,

change, implementation, and results-these are the operative words for new world order. They will become, as never before, core influences on an organization's environment, thus affecting the leadership of effective organizations. It is clear that exploding technology in such areas as communication will accelerate the pace of life as well as give individuals the freedom to be self-directed leaders. It is also clear that effects of globalization will intensify personal and organizational demands by subjecting everyone to the rigors of global competition.

Leaders must become aware of each situation and be able to use the Leadership Style appropriate to that situation.

Technology and Organizations

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Not only is power shifting from sellers to buyers. Internet technology is giving buyers the ability to search for

the best quality, service, terms, flexibility, and innovation. It is giving them the convenience to search with just one click. If you are not pleased with one firm's products/services, another's website is just a click away.

Technology is also giving organizations the systems and tools to be relentless cost cutters. Traditional layers of management are being stripped away because the Internet is reducing the need for middlemen, brokers and distributors. People now have the tools to gain immediate access to anyone, anywhere in the world. The geographic distance between leader and follower is increasing. The pace of
change is frenetic. The need for employees to be self-directed has increased faster than ever anticipated. The day of the knowledge worker is here, and it has already changed the way organizations function, lead, hire, and promote. As technology provides the tools for the increasing globalization, the requirement of individuals is to become more self-reliant. Self-sufficiency requires high levels of confidence, commitment, and motivation because one's leader is becoming less able to provide proximate leadership. Distance leadership becoming the norm with telecommuting, virtual offices, e-commerce applications, the Internet, and worldwide operations growing. We increasingly becoming tribes of digital nomads working whether and whenever. Also the rate of knowledge obsolescence is accelerating.

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." -Henry Ford

Purpose of Management

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:49:00 +0000

Management must meet the needs and aspirations of both followers and other stakeholders. Therefore, we

define management as influencing people and other resources to achieve meaningful results. "Leaders who are not getting results aren't truly leading. Or, more specifically, leaders who aren't getting desired results aren't truly leading. Leaders must must learn to understand and focus on desired results."

Successful organizations are deeply aware of their sense of purpose. Just as a search for meaning is a principal human motivation, it is also a principal characteristic of dynamic, growing organizations. These organizations have classified their responsibilities toward customers, society, the environment, owners, employees-all of the key stakeholders that are affected by their performance.

Inspired leadership has stimulated the revolutionary changes that are sweeping the world. Individually and in groups, people with the courage to turn their aspirations into action are making important changes everywhere in our global society. The good news is that most of this changes are making a positive contribution to human well-being.

The pace of change is continuing to accelerate. "The major challenge management faces today is living in a world of turbulence and uncertainty where new competitors arrive on the scene daily and competitive conditions change. We can no longer count on a stable world that is unchanging and unvarying and manage accordingly."

Powerful modern customers whether consumers or corporations want one thing: more. They want more products for less money, more quality and more service, more flexibility and convenience, and more motivation.

Leadership is Learning

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:43:00 +0000

Learning is acquiring knowledge and skills. It is the process of continuous accumulation of knowledge. Learning is a lifetime process. Learning will take its place any where. The mistakes that we commit everyday are sources of knowledge when we learn about it. Our exposure and continuous relating to our fellow will make us learn.

A leader should never stop learning. If a leader stop reading then he also stop leading. He should learn about his follower. He should learn about his different duties. He should learn the needs of his group. He should learn to transform and build his group.

Everybody should learn to acquire knowledge and skills to be prepared for future duties. We should not depend on the one who lead for instruction and guidance. We should find ways to have better skills and accomplishment. We should never stop learning to be prepared for any available opportunity around.

Leadership is Optimism

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:25:00 +0000

Perceiving and looking for something that is good and favorable. It is looking and focusing on the bright side. Optimism is more on looking at the brighter side of life. Having high energy and tempo in moving and achieving something that you want to have and become.

A leader must be optimistic, and always looking and focus on the bright side. Life has an ups and down road,
plain and sometimes bumpy, but a leader must look at a brighter side of it. There are times that outcome are not favorable, but it is not a good reason to stop or be discourage. The spirit of excitement must be preserve and nurtured in a leader.

We all need to be optimist. The leader and follower need it. The follower must believe to the leader. The leader must believe in himself and to what he can do and to his follower. We could do more and will achieve more with brighter thinking and perception.

Leadership is Expectation

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:32:00 +0000

Waiting for something good or bad. Assuming to come, arrive, or will happen. Expect the unexpected is part of expectation. Waiting for the outcome of product or development that you have installed. It is normal for anybody to expect, with or without something that is done. Much more to individual that have done something.

If you want to expect for more you have to do more, but if you do less or nothing, don't expect for more.

Leader expect from followers good and excellent performance. If the leader instruct and guided his follower, he is expecting a good performance. But if he just delegate task, then expect and wait, it will not be sure that good performance is an outcome. Although it is not sure that good performance and excellent inputs produces good outputs. We must learn to accept good and bad, expect and accept both good and bad.

Leadership is Insight

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:08:00 +0000

The ability to perceive, feel, and see what is possible to happen is a trait that need to learn. It is not only through listening and learning from others experience but most from your experience. You will learn it through constant encounter knowing the outcome. By knowing the situation, it's size, period, time, and involve will already reveal the insight or what is the outcome that still can't be seen.

The leader must be able to see what is inside or see what is about to happen. It is a great advantage of group if a leader has this capability. The wait and see attitude will be minimize or will be completely eradicated. You will
be saving a lot money and time. You can completely focus on a thing that you know it is sure.

Of course mistake is still there, but it will be lessen because of the knowledge and experience the leader posses and acquired in his years of service or experience..

Leadership is Communication

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:10:00 +0000

The process of dealing, sharing, giving, and directing is done through communication. The good relation is establish in nurturing a good communication. Updates to other is possible through communication. There are many possibilities in having communication.

It is not only in a group that communication is needed. It is one of the very important tool that we need daily. It is use to express and send to others what we want and need. using it properly will not only enable good
relation, but will also build good personality and image.

A leader must practice and master the art of communicating with people. They must know the proper timing of using appropriate and inappropriate words. Words are sharper than sword, so before a leader will utter words, think of the possible impact if the words are uttered to him. Will it be pleasing or hurting, destructive or constructive.

Leadership is Charity

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:08:00 +0000

Generosity is an act that must be known and practice by anyone, not only to leaders. It is a trait that must be develop. Not everyone was blessed to have their needs and can acquire their daily necessity, that is why their is a need to give to less fortunate or to the one who need most.

The sensitivity of leader to the needs of his group and fellow around must be develop. The leaders' quickness to respond to his followers need is also the quickness of his follower to respond to the need of leader. So that is
why leader must show good pattern and example to follow.

If the leader is sensitive to the needs of the needy and he was quick to respond to it, i'm sure that he can catch the follower's sympathy and loyalty. The little or big thing that comes from your heart, for them is more valuable than anything you give to them without sympathy and your concern.

Leadership is Motivation

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:28:00 +0000

Before any action, a group or individual need to set mind, focus to a certain goal or target for a particular time. You need to catch the attention and mind of follower or group before directing and giving command.
To catch and direct motive of anyone needs some effort, you need to observe them, interrupt them, and direct their attention. You can't catch them easily, even those who followed you enthusiastically, if you cant divert their present focus and attention, and you just direct them without catching their motives, I supposed their is no
excellent outcome in the process.
The leader needs the constant study and practice of motivating followers, the situation, time, and action change, that is why constant observation and motivating process for the follower must also be changed. The leader must be familiar to everyone who must be involved in the process, or else, you're just throwing nothing to no one in the process of motivation.

Leadership is Venture

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:37:00 +0000

The undertaking that involve risk and uncertainty. It is a journey with no sure or clear destination. It is a purpose that is powered by inspiration, the desire to achieve a midst different threat and weaknesses. Every venture has no definite good result, even if planned carefully, put necessary inputs and requirements, still it is not guarantee to have good outcome or results.
A leader must be ready for venture, in everything there are uncertainty. Must be ready to accept any result as outcome for venture. A leader when planning always expect and detailed it to have good output, but when it
turns out to be failed only few survived and continue. There are things to be learned and to be familiar with in any venture. It is just like hitting the baseball, if you can't hit it in the first strike, be careful and sure to hit it in the second and third strike. Learning and mastering takes time, remember that you're not alone, solicits and seeks advice from your members, don't take it alone, let them be part of it, to feel the failure and victory.

Leadership is Vision

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:37:00 +0000

The ability to visualize the future of an organization or group. It is seeing the future status and situation of an established organization and group. The ability to picture out every details and its intended function. The vision is a dream and picture of destination. You will exert ten percent effort in visualizing the dream, and ninety percent effort is required to realize the dream.
A chosen and aspiring leader should possess and develop the ability to visualize and realize goal. He must be ready to face any obstruction and problem. He must be brave and firm, not to quit and give up if it is needed.
The task of leader to visualize and realize the goal is not easy, he needs to consult and confirm decision of members and authorities. The leader need to sacrifice and give much understanding. If there are opposition, just let them continue to their function, sometimes they are important, because without them, there are no people to remind you to be always smart and alert in decision and in actions.

Leadership is Networking

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:21:00 +0000

The process of linking and connecting to other group, individual, company, program, and subject. There is a need of interconnection. The link to different private and public entity is necessary these days. It is said that, "more heads are better than one." It is not because we're weak and don't know much, but because we finished and achieve more in more numbers of individual that are involve in task.

A leader needs connection to produce and accomplish more things, he needs network of leader with same
concern he had, he needs network to be updated of changes and trends, he needs network of sources and supplies, he needs network or connection to public and private servants.

Networking start within an organization. From leader to members, then the people in the community where the organization and group exist. Everybody has talent and skills to share, everyone has acquaintances and connection. Don't underestimate anybody, you need them.

Leadership is Mentoring

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:48:00 +0000

It is teaching and counseling. To bring up a new leader, to multiply himself. In a regular process of management, leaders command and delegate task to be done, because leader can't accommodate all the needed task. To qualify to the requirements needed, a leader need to orient, guide, tell, and participate. He must show the process of getting things done the way the leader wants it.

The relationship of mentor and follower should be improved. The leader as a mentor should show to the follower the need and important of acquiring the knowledge that must be transferred, that the knowledge is not
only the present but it is also essential for his future if he will achieve a management position. Establishing a rapport to follower is not easy, but once it is establish and the follower is become confident in performing his task, the burden of leader will be lighten and lessen. If the leader leave or resign, there will be no problem for transition and continue of process. But there are only few leader who are doing this, because the art of relating with people is not easy.

Leadership is Foresight

noreply@blogger.com (David Danio Jr) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:25:00 +0000

The ability to see and conceive the future situation and facts is a leader's trait. If you're planning to exist five, ten , or more years ahead, you must have the ability to plan and act for things that will exist for longer periods.
If you are the school administrator or president, you must have the ability to foresee the situation ahead, must know the expected number of students, teachers, staffs, and other personnel. The expected income and sources must be identified. The settings and structures of buildings and other physical facilities must be properly identified and
guaranteed that they are proper and existing for the next ten to twenty years. Every decision and action initiated requires effort and a lot of money, these are investment that need to be properly done. See to it if possible that every investment you established will be used as long term source of income for more production and output.
Leaders who has the capability to foresee are assets and power of company and organization. Let us also give them the due recognition and reward, for them to be inspired and function well. In return we could extract more from them.