Question on leadership & management?
Most traditional leadership programs fail because they start with competencies and focus on individuals, one group of trainers recommends a different approach.
Instead of individuals, the goal is to deliver leadership development by beginning with business results and working back to abilitites 67 (Smallwood, Ulrich & Zenger 200) (pp. 22-27)
What do you think about the statement aboce?
what really happens on the modern workplace? is it similar to what it says there?
If I understand the excerpt, the writers are saying that a corporation would do better to set measurable goals for its sales, revenues, etc. The next step would be to think about the skills necessary to achieve those goals. Then individuals could be judged against those abilities.
I do think that individuals are judged on criteria that do not necessarily contribute to the success of a corporation. Most corporations should do a better job of articulating what a successful outcome would look like and what employees would have to do to achieve that outcome.
My subjective impression is that leadership training tends to emphasize fairly vague skills like "listening" or else very specific skills that could be better learned in a supervised field setting.
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gobbledegook.they will say that wont they,that is what they are paid to do.
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higher salary = less effectiveness
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Bull****. They need to evolve vertical relationships, envision a rationale in which innovative front-end technologies ceaselessly synergise turn-key networks and visualise their bleeding-edge niches . . .
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Working backwards is ideal because you produce goals for the team, then break down an agenda, delegating tasks based on individual strengths. If you begin with individuals and aim for a team oriented goal, there may be a lack of direction. Someone may not realize how their contribution interacts with others and therefore deviates from the original goal.
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If I understand the excerpt, the writers are saying that a corporation would do better to set measurable goals for its sales, revenues, etc. The next step would be to think about the skills necessary to achieve those goals. Then individuals could be judged against those abilities.
I do think that individuals are judged on criteria that do not necessarily contribute to the success of a corporation. Most corporations should do a better job of articulating what a successful outcome would look like and what employees would have to do to achieve that outcome.
My subjective impression is that leadership training tends to emphasize fairly vague skills like "listening" or else very specific skills that could be better learned in a supervised field setting.
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From quite a few years in business, I have often observed that the good business leaders, whether they be entrepreneurs, or sales managers are born with the innate skill of leadership, and motivation. These men and women are both relaxed and confident in a business situation, as well as a social gathering in the pub!
The many ‘leadership’ courses available will genuinely help to hone those skills in the natural leader, but will only act as a temporary motivation to many contenders with their eyes on promotion and more responsibility.
The same needs to be said for the ‘self made business person’, who was often setting up ‘small business deals’ with marbles in childhood, and then flowering into a fully fledged tycoon! When it comes down to reality, the rest of us are often there just to watch and admire true business skill and courage!!
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