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LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #9: ENSURE ASSIGNED TASKS ARE UNDERSTOOD, SUPERVISED, AND ACCOMPLISHED

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #9: ENSURE ASSIGNED TASKS ARE UNDERSTOOD, SUPERVISED, AND ACCOMPLISHED

 

A leader will lead from the front. If you come from the place that believes a leader’s place is in the rear with the gear, then you are WRONG!
A leader always leads from the front. A leader will also be responsible for ensuring that the job is done. Individuals that have elected to be part of the leader’s team will accomplish the job. The leader will also do the job (the mission) with the equipment, resources and within the defined time.
A successful leader will have gone through many wins and losses when it comes to completely the mission. A successful leader will have worked with many individuals and used various tools and resources to make proper and appropriate attempts at achieving the objectives towards completing the mission.

A leader that is mindful of the objectives that go towards completing the mission will work all the members of the team. Working with team members, the leader realizes that assigning tasks and sub-tasks will ensure that not only the objectives are met but are done on time while not compromising the success of the entire operation.

Thus, as a leadership principle a leader must ensure that ALL tasks are understood, supervised and accomplished. When it comes to understanding the task, those assigned to the task should understand it so well that they can not only repeat what the task is back to the leader but also fully comprehend the leader’s intent of that task. Including, how it fits into the big picture of the entire mission.

Speaking of the big picture, maintaining supervision is critical throughout the entire process from beginning to the successful completion of mission. Supervision of the all assigned tasks does not have to be by the leader but by those individuals that are qualified to supervise specialized operations or processes within the tasks.

Every great leader has his or her hands full. Yet, by being consistent and ensuring that all team members have a job and maintaining supervision the inevitable outcome of any mission is SUCCESS.

Thanks,
David G. Guerra, M.B.A.

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LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #8: SEEK RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #8: SEEK RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS

No one is perfect. Not your Mentor. Not your parents. Not your kids. Not even you. No one!

Things will happen. Good things. Bad Things. Pretty Things and Ugly Things.
That is OK. That is how leaders become leaders. They learn from not being perfect. They learn from their actions. They learn to seek out responsibility. When starting out, an individual that wants to go further, to go higher, to be a leader must be prepared to do what it takes to go further.

By going further, an individual that seeks outs to execute on more opportunities is someone that not only embraces change but also embraces the good and the bad of that change. Sounds a little masochistic but the reward is great. By engaging in more opportunities based in responsibility such as leading a group, taking point on a special project, completing an important report before it is due, escorting a VIP, or showing the new employees the ropes you are more apt to be handed more opportunities to develop and increase your level of responsibility.

When things happen, whatever they may be, your first duty is to take responsibility for your actions. Take the credit where and when credit is due. Yet, you should know that taking responsibility for your actions does include taking responsibility to the actions taken by those you lead.

You lead people, you set the example and you are responsible for what you teach them. How they use, do not use or misuse what you teach them is up to them. It falls on you when they succeed or fail based on what you teach them and by how you lead them.

Taking responsibility early and often, you will not have to worry about the issues of dealing with the failures and mistakes of those you lead for very long. All followers and leaders fail at one point of another, it is expected but when you get ahead of the learning curve, you and those you lead begin to minimize (exponentially & over time) the mistakes they make, sooner.

Thanks,
David G. Guerra, M.B.A.

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LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #7: KEEP YOUR PEOPLE INFORMED

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #7: KEEP YOUR PEOPLE INFORMED

Everyone wants to know what is going. Everyone wants a piece of the action. Everyone must know what is going on.

Your people want to know what is going. You and I know that sometimes not all information can be passed along. Security and Privacy are two factors as to why withholding information is necessary.

However, that should never be the sole reason for withholding ALL the information. A leader that truly cares about his people / his followers will deliver just enough information that should hold people over until more information can be revealed or released.

Additionally, a LEADER should NEVER be the source of rumors. A true leader will everything within his power to quash all rumors and ensure that those that do exist end with the leader. It is a leader’s responsibility to ensure that spreading of rumors stops, not condoning their continuation or to begin, in the first place.

People will always want more. In highly sensitive matters, be careful or giving just enough information will become a slippery slope and you will find yourself in a place you have been warned to avoid.

Here is the fine line: Do you very best to keep them informed. Informed people are better understanding when it comes to accepting change. Informed people are easier to see what you bring to the table, as a leader & as a member of the organization. Informed people are more apt to follow a leader that does not pull any punches and delivers on her promise to bring valid, honest information.

Be that Leader!

Thanks,
David G. Guerra, M.B.A.

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