Thursday, May 24, 2007

Leadership



Leadership is all about a leader who handle the ship. Some people said that, we cannot have more than one leader in one ship. But, why not? Everybody is a leader- at least for their own self. Everybody is a follower - no matter how 'big' we are, we are the follower of god. However, only the best follower can be the best leader.

As a leader, we must know our destiny. As a leader, we must always be prepared and knowledgeable. As a leader, we must aware with our strength, and weakness. As a leader, we must be creative, inovative, open minded, energetic, and ready to transform ourselves for the betterment during our journey to success.


The ship might have a million of brilliant leader, but only one would become their captain. As a leader, we must know how to choose the best leader and become the best follower to achieve our goals.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Leader & Manager: Differences in Perspectives


Red Squirrel

Managers think incrementally, whilst leaders think radically. "Managers do things right, while leaders do the right thing." [2]. This means that managers do things by the book and follow company policy, while leaders follow their own intuition, which may in turn be of more benefit to the company. A leader is more emotional than a manager . "Men are governed by their emotions rather than their intelligence" [3]. This quotation illustrates why teams choose to follow leaders.


"Leaders stand out by being different. They question assumption and are suspicious of tradition. They seek out the truth and make decisions based on fact, not prejudice. They have a preference for innovation." [4]


Thursday, May 17, 2007

Definition of Leadership


House defines "leadership" organizationally and narrowly as "the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members".[1]

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The Crux of Leadership Development

Abandoned baby polar bear is 'better off dead' than raised in zoo?




“The crux of leadership development that works is self-directed learning: intentionally developing or strengthening an aspect of who you are or who you want to be, or both.”


~Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee


Primal Leadership (Harvard Business School Press)




Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Tailor Feedback to the Person



Be sensitive. If the person's life orientation is to prevent disaster, stick with suggestions for improvemnt to help them achieve that goal. If individuals will be devastated by negative feedback, accentuate the positive aspects of their performance.
~ John H. Zenger & Joseph Folkman

Zenger, J.H. & Folman, J. 2004. The Handbook for Learders: 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership,United States: Mc Graw Hill. (p. 42).

Monday, May 14, 2007

Push The Self to Improve

Orang Utan


Possesing even one strength causes performance ratings to imrove drastically.
~ John H. Zenger & Joseph Folkman

Zenger, J.H. & Folman, J. 2004. The Handbook for Learders: 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership,United States: Mc Graw Hill. (p. 24).



Sunday, May 13, 2007

Find Trustworthy Sources of Feedback

It's easy to get blindsided by our own weaknesses.
We need people we can trust who will tell us the truth about ourselves.
Don't shy away from giving good feedback to others.

~ John H. Zenger & Joseph Folkman


Zenger, J.H. & Folman, J. 2004. The Handbook for Learders: 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership,
United States: Mc Graw Hill. (p. 42).

Friday, May 11, 2007

Treat for Success



If we treat people as they are, we make them worse,
but if we treat them as they ought to be,
we help them become what are they capable of becoming.

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Not to Know...

Scientific name: Ailurus fulgens


Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse

~African Proverbs

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Smile & Change




Some people grin and bear it. Others smile and change it.

~Unknown

Monday, May 07, 2007

The Real Fault

Is the tapir an endangered species?

The real fault is to have faults and do not try to mend them

~Confucius

Friday, May 04, 2007

New Definition of Management

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.
~Agha Hasan Abedi

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Key of Developing Great Leadership

Platypus


Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weaknes, but by the presence of clear strengths. The key to developing great leadership is to build strengths.

~ John H. Zenger & Joseph Folkman


Zenger, J.H. & Folman, J. 2004. The Handbook for Learders: 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership,
United States: Mc Graw Hill. (p. ix).

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Leadership vs Character

Meerkat Manor

Everything about great leadership radiates from character

~Dave Ulrich