Here is an article on the three distinct characeristics of a LEADER.
Somehow, I am not able to agree fully with the 2nd quality - charisma.
Is "Charisma" a necessary quality for a leader?
Many "charismatic" leaders (a leader could be in any walk of life - even your own office boss who is supposed to 'lead') turn out to be not satisfying the 3rd quality - cause.
However please read on...........
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Here are the three 'Cs' of leadership. They're three characteristics that pretty much all great leaders possess.
By great leaders, this doesn't necessarily mean that their intent was for the greater good or actually right, some of the greatest leaders were the most evil men and women ever. We don't have to agree with their intentions. Here, I am merely defining a great leader as someone who has followers.
Think of any well known leader in history, good or bad and chances are you will see these characteristics in them in one form or another.
Communication:
It is so important to keep your team informed. Lack of or having no information or poor information has been cited as one on the biggest workplace de-motivators, with so called ‘leaders' thinking that their employees ‘can't handle the truth'. The greatest leaders through history were great communicators.
Ever sat in a traffic jam, frustrated? Then a report comes over the radio saying there is an accident up ahead and it should take 10 minutes to clear? Suddenly, you feel better because you know what's going on.
To make a team work, it's going to take more than just you being in the know. Keep your team informed.
Charisma:
“When we love or hate something in other people, we are seeing what we love or hate in ourselves.”
Take a look back through history at the great leaders. They all had a great deal of charisma. Their followers could relate to them on different levels. Their energy infected their followers. This isn't to say that to be charismatic you have to bound about all day. But it does mean that you must seek to inspire your team as much as possible. Keep your focus on the goals of the team and display endless amounts of energy.
Cause:
To truly inspire others, you must have a vision to share with others. A leader with no vision is like a game of football with no goalposts. A leader must have a vision and the conviction of character to drive it through to its conclusion. The world is full of strong starters. It is the ones who see something through to the end that counts.
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http://trainingzone.co.uk <link updated to site home>
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Bala
From India, Madras
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21Somehow, I am not able to agree fully with the 2nd quality - charisma.
Is "Charisma" a necessary quality for a leader?
Many "charismatic" leaders (a leader could be in any walk of life - even your own office boss who is supposed to 'lead') turn out to be not satisfying the 3rd quality - cause.
However please read on...........
Quote:
Here are the three 'Cs' of leadership. They're three characteristics that pretty much all great leaders possess.
By great leaders, this doesn't necessarily mean that their intent was for the greater good or actually right, some of the greatest leaders were the most evil men and women ever. We don't have to agree with their intentions. Here, I am merely defining a great leader as someone who has followers.
Think of any well known leader in history, good or bad and chances are you will see these characteristics in them in one form or another.
Communication:
It is so important to keep your team informed. Lack of or having no information or poor information has been cited as one on the biggest workplace de-motivators, with so called ‘leaders' thinking that their employees ‘can't handle the truth'. The greatest leaders through history were great communicators.
Ever sat in a traffic jam, frustrated? Then a report comes over the radio saying there is an accident up ahead and it should take 10 minutes to clear? Suddenly, you feel better because you know what's going on.
To make a team work, it's going to take more than just you being in the know. Keep your team informed.
Charisma:
“When we love or hate something in other people, we are seeing what we love or hate in ourselves.”
Take a look back through history at the great leaders. They all had a great deal of charisma. Their followers could relate to them on different levels. Their energy infected their followers. This isn't to say that to be charismatic you have to bound about all day. But it does mean that you must seek to inspire your team as much as possible. Keep your focus on the goals of the team and display endless amounts of energy.
Cause:
To truly inspire others, you must have a vision to share with others. A leader with no vision is like a game of football with no goalposts. A leader must have a vision and the conviction of character to drive it through to its conclusion. The world is full of strong starters. It is the ones who see something through to the end that counts.
Unquote:
Read further at
http://trainingzone.co.uk <link updated to site home>
Thanks
Bala
From India, Madras
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hi bala Charisma is very much necessary for a leader. Look at our prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and our Late prime minister Rajiv gandhi and you will know the truth.
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Hello Bala,
First thing is Communication: which is very much mandatory for a leader to circulate a leader's idea to their followers.
Third is Cause: cause is a goal that is also important to move ahead and lead.
Second is charisma: Well, this isn't that important from what I feel, but if it is there, nothing like it. Followers like charisma in leaders. I would say it's next to diplomatism. Tell me, Bala, your views on it?
Rupa
From India, Mumbai
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First thing is Communication: which is very much mandatory for a leader to circulate a leader's idea to their followers.
Third is Cause: cause is a goal that is also important to move ahead and lead.
Second is charisma: Well, this isn't that important from what I feel, but if it is there, nothing like it. Followers like charisma in leaders. I would say it's next to diplomatism. Tell me, Bala, your views on it?
Rupa
From India, Mumbai
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Bala,
Very interesting article.
3C also denotes Collaborate - Consolidate and Create. The 3Cs are interdependent and should work in harmony to succeed. Collaboration is an essential thing for success. Consolidation comes from a collaborative approach. Creation is the final outcome when the first two were executed meticulously.
Collaboration of efforts - Consolidation of Gains and Creation of Value.
- Penmetsa
From India, Hyderabad
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Very interesting article.
3C also denotes Collaborate - Consolidate and Create. The 3Cs are interdependent and should work in harmony to succeed. Collaboration is an essential thing for success. Consolidation comes from a collaborative approach. Creation is the final outcome when the first two were executed meticulously.
Collaboration of efforts - Consolidation of Gains and Creation of Value.
- Penmetsa
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Hi Rupa,
Thanks for the very thoughtful response from you.
My opinion on "charisma"?
Divisha commented, "Charisma is very much necessary for a leader. Look at our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and you will know the truth."
Divisha, I still might agree with you in the case of politicians. But with the current PM, I do not fully subscribe to your point of view. He may not be charismatic, but he is doing a pretty professional job as far as economics is concerned. Certain other areas like foreign policy may be taking a beating.
But as far as professional work life is concerned, I would never trust a charismatic leader. Maybe because that is my experience, and I have found the majority of charismatic leaders (in work life) to be smooth-talking (and not talking straight at all) whom I could never trust.
So that is my opinion on "charisma."
Thanks to Rupa & Divisha for their responses.
Bala
From India, Madras
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Thanks for the very thoughtful response from you.
My opinion on "charisma"?
Divisha commented, "Charisma is very much necessary for a leader. Look at our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and you will know the truth."
Divisha, I still might agree with you in the case of politicians. But with the current PM, I do not fully subscribe to your point of view. He may not be charismatic, but he is doing a pretty professional job as far as economics is concerned. Certain other areas like foreign policy may be taking a beating.
But as far as professional work life is concerned, I would never trust a charismatic leader. Maybe because that is my experience, and I have found the majority of charismatic leaders (in work life) to be smooth-talking (and not talking straight at all) whom I could never trust.
So that is my opinion on "charisma."
Thanks to Rupa & Divisha for their responses.
Bala
From India, Madras
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