Character at the heart of Global leadership
http://www.imd.org/research/challenges/character-global-leadership-morrison-black.cfm
Character at the heart of Global Leadership – really like this article for touching on simple but essential traits of being an all-seasons leader. This, coupled with an earlier post makes good reading if you are looking for a quick refresher on basic leadership qualities. This one talks about two basic traits that global leaders need to develop and practice:
- Establishing emotional connections by (a) developing sincere interest in people (b) genuinely listening to people (c ) understanding different view points
- Integrity in the form of demonstrating strong commitment to company and personal standards/values
Leadership v/s Management
http://blogs.hbr.org/kotter/2013/01/management-is-still-not-leadership.html
Another perspective on the oft-repeated subject of Leadership v/s Management – this time from John Kotter. Does a good job of not glorifying Leadership and instead simply tries to articulate the difference between these two things, while re-iterating the need for both qualities in an organization.
Very nice and crisp article on traits of collaborative leaders
http://www.strategy-business.com/article/ac00040?gko=8e8d0&tid=27782251&pg=all
There’s plenty of literature on these matters in the modern blogosphere era but I found this to be quite relevant. Took me just 10 minutes to read. Worthwhile read – if only to serve as a refresher….
My Summary: 4 important traits of collaborative leaders:
- Focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness
- Follow through on organizational commitments – in spirit and in deed. Particularly avoid passive aggressiveness
- When there is disagreement about a decision, fight the instinct to make it personal
- Relentlessly pursue transparent decision making
- Be open and transparent about your decision process, who owns the decision, accountability to execute decisions, etc.
- View resources as instruments of action, not as possessions
- Codify the relationship between decision rights, accountability and rewards
- Perhaps the most important of these 4 in my mind – in building the right organizational culture that lasts beyond your time and gets integrated into the organization’s blood stream
An Amateur's Blog - Sachin Desai 