Leadership continues to be one of the most pressing problems
June 19th 2008 06:24
Leadership continues to be one of the most pressing problems facing any business. The business press reports on leadership problems and leadership changes on an almost daily basis.
The recent performance of Australia’s supermarket duopoly were seemingly greatly affected by leadership issues as one chain continued to outperform the other by a huge factor - reflected in both the share price and the bottom line. Inevitably this forced one chain to publicly canvas offers for new owners and hence new leadership.
Leadership is a most challenging and difficult form of work. Some leaders appear to be naturals whilst other designated leaders struggle to achieve and to even survive as leaders.
People at work, from the lowest paid to the highest paid always have lots of ideas on what their leader is doing wrong and how their leader should be performing, though their leader is seldom given the chance to share their knowledge (unfortunately, many would say their leader does not want to listen).
We all feel the impact of leadership - we may be in awe of leadership, we may oppose it, but we are always aware of its presence. And yet leadership is difficult to describe. Where do we start? Do we offer definitions or do we identify the skills and characteristics required for leadership?
There are five components that define the productivity of the leadership team in any organisation. These include: the individual job actions of a manager, the manager's personality in work related situations, the manager's power base, the profile of your organisation’s raw materials, tasks, capital investment and related factors and the organisation’s culture. Leadership includes the work of guiding change, working with resistance, and mobilising partners while building competence and self-reliance in others.
The recent performance of Australia’s supermarket duopoly were seemingly greatly affected by leadership issues as one chain continued to outperform the other by a huge factor - reflected in both the share price and the bottom line. Inevitably this forced one chain to publicly canvas offers for new owners and hence new leadership.
Leadership is a most challenging and difficult form of work. Some leaders appear to be naturals whilst other designated leaders struggle to achieve and to even survive as leaders.
We all feel the impact of leadership - we may be in awe of leadership, we may oppose it, but we are always aware of its presence. And yet leadership is difficult to describe. Where do we start? Do we offer definitions or do we identify the skills and characteristics required for leadership?
There are five components that define the productivity of the leadership team in any organisation. These include: the individual job actions of a manager, the manager's personality in work related situations, the manager's power base, the profile of your organisation’s raw materials, tasks, capital investment and related factors and the organisation’s culture. Leadership includes the work of guiding change, working with resistance, and mobilising partners while building competence and self-reliance in others.
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