Some one has correctly pointed out - "Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches". Similar is the case with leadership. Only the leader knows where the shoe pinches. Assuming leadership role is not easy as it’s generally thought, currently spearheading a large scale project in Gujarat and have been gaining tremendous learning's during this phase. Some of the learning’s as a leader has helped me to grow personally and at the company level also, sharing some of the learning's with the masses.
Stretch the limits: One of the foremost qualities that a leader should have is the ability to stretch himself only than will he be able to exemplify to his subordinates and they shall emulate the leader. Though the simple & literal meaning of the phrase means "work hard" but they have to be taken in a very deeper sense. The leader has to go beyond limits I remember a statement from a prominent business magazine wherein a leader turned entrepreneur mentioned - "A leader has to get the job done by going to the lowest level - he says get the hands dirty, work at the grass root level put in efforts results are bound to follow".
Plan: A four letter simple word never understood by me in my B-School and just mugged up by me but although realised that its not that easy to make plans and stick to it- though my mentor always insisted that i should have a plan before doing any activity but never realised that planning would make such a big difference. The idea of creating a plan and actually sticking to it sometimes gives me a nightmare but still i have learnt it the hard way planning is must to carry out any task successfully.
Feedbacks: Feedbacks are like medicines they are bitter they are difficult to digest but a true leader has to take the feebacks in a positive sense. One has to understand that the feedbacks in the longer run will be helping in making the process efficient and effective. One of the art that the leader has to develop not only the ability to receive feedbacks but also the ability to give feedbacks which is important to learn and grow.
Ownership: A leader is responsible for the acts of his subordinates. Owning the responsibility and the courage to accept that things have gone wrong is one of the qualities that a leader should possess. It does not mean that the leader does not get the credit if things go in a proper way but seldom do leaders realize that accepting responsibility for what has gone wrong actually puts them above the pedestal of common beings. A leader has to own his subordinates his role is like a potter he has to pat his colleagues for a good job done and he has the right even to pressurize his subordinates if things do not go in a planned manner. One of the lines that i remember from Narayana Murthy's sayings he says: "A true leader criticizes in private and praises in public"
The common man is learning the hard way but I hope the learning’s are useful for the masses in their professional lives.
Feedbacks: Feedbacks are like medicines they are bitter they are difficult to digest but a true leader has to take the feebacks in a positive sense. One has to understand that the feedbacks in the longer run will be helping in making the process efficient and effective. One of the art that the leader has to develop not only the ability to receive feedbacks but also the ability to give feedbacks which is important to learn and grow.
Ownership: A leader is responsible for the acts of his subordinates. Owning the responsibility and the courage to accept that things have gone wrong is one of the qualities that a leader should possess. It does not mean that the leader does not get the credit if things go in a proper way but seldom do leaders realize that accepting responsibility for what has gone wrong actually puts them above the pedestal of common beings. A leader has to own his subordinates his role is like a potter he has to pat his colleagues for a good job done and he has the right even to pressurize his subordinates if things do not go in a planned manner. One of the lines that i remember from Narayana Murthy's sayings he says: "A true leader criticizes in private and praises in public"
The common man is learning the hard way but I hope the learning’s are useful for the masses in their professional lives.
