It is a commonly known fact all over the globe that there are three types of leaders, one who are born leaders, others who attain leadership and third are those who have leadership thrust over them. No one in the world would like to fall in the third category, though it is not that easy to avoid a situation that leads in the direction. When the case is a personal one people often tend to handle the situation by hook or by crook and evolve as a...more
Who invented the idea of a silo? We see today in organizations worldwide. Initially, the goal is to do something but he ended things hinder a better performance. And may lead to jealousy, competition, and executives have refused to take action because it had not been accepted through the right channels. What can we do to get rid of them?One-to-one discussions with members of the management team and became the constraints imposed by the silos and...more
People who integrated leadership development program are basically sponsored by their managers, if not needed by them. Therere others though who select to attend such development training because they would like to boost their leadership skills. An efficient leadership development program may be the thin line between the capability to conduct in demanding situations or to become only a retainer. Investing money and time in a program for leadership development training is highly beneficial for the participants. The program will be the development for the future leader to follow on the techniques in which hell lead those under him, how hell propel them, how to aid them define their aims individually and most emphatically, how to propel them to reach their aims. A participant knows that by investing in a leadership development training course he will rehash his motivational abilities that are a main part of being an influential leader.In performing leadership tasks, managers sometimes make efforts to change over from one leadership program style to another as according to the situation. Its rather hard to do for most people and unless individual learns to do it efficaciously, it may...more
Ties may be a symbol of leadership. A sign of superiority but surprisingly it was not always so. This draws its origin in between Croatian mercenaries and the French during the thirty years' war. The French influenced by the Croatians knotted neckerchiefs and sooner adopted it as a part of their own clothing.. The tie then called as cravat as...more
Do you have people mover leadership skills?Each businessperson has a unique leadership style. Some of it is learned and some of it is hardwired into your executive fabric.Are you:An instinctive mentor?Growing a large, high quality professional network?Able to keep your perspective on employee performance and potential?Business executives who are...more
In this age of logistics systems, fleet management software, mobile devices, and GPS it is reasonably easy to see how the leadership of global organizations can cope with thousands of moving parts. But one has to marvel at the level of managerial skill that it must have taken to manage a large operation, such as a shipping company or railway, in an age before computers, when data was not nearly as available as it is today.The drama of the rail line in "Atlas Shrugged" is thrilling, revealing the struggle of will in the executive offices of a sprawling, nationwide transportation company. The novel focuses on the characters that occupy the seats of the board room because those characters placed an indelible mark on the organizations they ran. Today, leadership has changed because its tools are different.At the core of that change is the surging importance of data. Every year computers get more powerful. Every year they are more able to store and organize information. For decades there have been efforts to feed loads of information into computers, creating a reality in which we can build a reliable statistical model for just about anything.Statistics remove the guesswork from...more
Transformational leadership is the ability to guide a team on day to day activities to achieve a common purpose. This can be achieved through various methods:Idealized Influence: This is about winning confidence from followers or employees and...more
Campus or school education isnt sufficient to equip one with these very vital leadership skills. This is because what individual encounters at on the job is generally quite different from what he has studied in college. Its for this fact that...more
Leadership Development is something that organizations are paying a lot of attention to in India. Let us understand why Indian leaders need to have a mindset shift to be comfortable with this role.In the Indian context what takes precedence...more
Chief Executives make seven classic complaints about their leadership team, according to BlessingWhite, a global consulting firm based in Princeton, USA. The complaints are clear signs that the senior-management team is not functioning well, the firm...more
Leadership development is, in a larger sense, any action or activity that enhances the skills necessary to lead people and organizations. To this end, leaders can take part in different leadership programs designed to focus on and enhance their...more
The Symbiosis Institute of International Business in Pune holds the distinction of being one of the few institutes to successfully combine academics with co-curricular activities. One of the flagship events of the institute is the leadership series...more