I have been very lucky to work with different personalities and managers in the past, ranging from the most idealistic manager to the most ‘i-should-not-grow-up-to-be-like-him’ type. This experience has taught me very valuable lessons on how to handle people who work for me. In today’s situation, there are many examples of where people graduate out of a business school with very high grades and after a few years of being an apprentice, they transform themselves into a leader. Though management is very much intuitive, it requires some experience and a deeper understanding of psychology of the people they manage and work with, in order to be successful.
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In one of my previous articles, i wrote about 5 most important attributes of a great leader. The attributes listed there are essential to rise up to the level of a great leader and differentiate a great leader from a good leader, but what does it really take to sustain it? If you ask successful leaders, most of them would agree it requires equal or far more effort to sustain their position when compared to the effort spent to reach there. So what would the most essential attributes of sustenance be? Read on…
Oct 152009
Being assertive in both at work and socially is very much important to have a successful daily life. Many times, just because we are not assertive enough in what we want and what we say, we tend to lose a lot. But, assertiveness doesn’t mean being arrogant. It is about expressing your views politely and clearly in order to get things done your way.
Assertiveness is not a inborn quality, though some people have it in them since birth. The culture and the way we are brought up has so much impact on how assertive we generally are. But,with some effort and interest, everyone of us can easily become more and more assertive. Being assertive also helps in developing other soft skills like negotiation and management skills. So do you want to know the tips and tricks to become a more assertive person? Plough on…
A few months back in a leadership training course all the participants were asked a question – “What makes a good leader?” The 12 of us had various views and there were many suggestions. Some of those suggestions were obvious and basic factors required to qualify as a leader like education, intelligence, communication skills and desire to be a leader. But when we were asked to list the top 5 qualities that distinguish a great leader from the crowd, we had to think harder. After a brainstorming session, we came up with a list of top five qualities which we all agreed to be the most important requirements for a good and successful leader.
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