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Leadership & Team Building in the Organizations

A Short Course on Leadership


Introduction
There are 7 predominant qualities of leaders in the organizations which need to be enumerated. Truly effective
leaders will display all 7 of these characteristics in one form or another.
1. Vision The ability to see an end in imagination. It is also called foresight or to exercise good judgment in
planning. Tangible examples of this quality include:
Seeing the big picture, conceptualizing what will be achieved and how it will be achieved
Positive mental image of the desired results
Keeping focused (when distracted, being able to redirect yourself upon your mission)
Ability to communicate the vision to others
2. Confidence Knowing that you and your team can accomplish assigned tasks, no matter what obstacles stand
in the way. The difficult we can do, the impossible takes a little longer. Examples of this quality include:
Inner strengths
Accepting ethical goals without question; ensuring they are reasonable and committing to what is reasonable
and identifying what is not reasonable
Faith in oneself and others to achieve the goals
Ability to make an impact on others, i.e. making a difference
Sense of urgency to achieve the goals
Resourcefulness to assist the organization to develop plans
Asking the right questions to establish root cause of the problems
Striving hard toward the desired results irrespective of many obstacles
3. Risk taking The willingness to try new methods. This quality is displayed by:
Evaluating the challenges and exploring options
Changing unacceptable external environments to desired environments
Experimenting with new approaches, ideas, methods, technologies etc.
Challenging paradigms (models, patterns, examples) and modifying paradigms
Accepting errors, blunders, miss operations etc.

4. Decision making

Making the timely right decisions (doing the right things at the right time)
Being effective in doing the right things
Courage to take a stand
Ability to make the timely tough decisions

5. Development of others The ability to create leadership thoughts and action in your teams, spreading

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responsibility and credit for work.


Sharing responsibility. Delegation as appropriate
Decentralizing powers
Encouraging and helping others to solve problems
Show patience while allowing others to develop
Influence on others
Inspiring others for the mission, objectives and targets
Showing energy and enthusiasm all the times
Communication The ability to channel your ideas into actions and plans.
Being simple
Listening to individuals and groups
Picking up signals from observations
Having a polite, caring and respectful attitude
Ref: Article on ASQ USA Website

Courtesy: QA Office - GM

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