Posted on Oct 7, 2015
Do you agree (3) Things Leadership Is NOT?
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Do you agree (3) Things Leadership Is NOT?
Leadership Is NOT a Position
Leadership Is NOT Power
Leadership Is NOT Pride
RP Members and Connections this is one of those lost Questions that was lost and It has been a while since I've posted something on Leadership, so here we go.
RP members do you agree or disagree with this author's assessment on the (3) things that leadership is NOT?
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by Dianna Booher Author, speaker, consultant. Leadership communication, executive presence, presentations, CEO at http://www.BooherResearch.com
Leadership—or the lack of it—has been the theme of the last decade. From political pundits, to convention keynoters, to sports team coaches, everybody claims to want a cadre of leaders to carry out their mission.
So for all the talk, training techniques, and tips on the topic, you’d think everyone would have the concept down by now. But not so. A few carrying the title of leader are still off track.
Leadership Is NOT a Position
Real leadership requires personal influence—persuasion afforded by a long track record of strong relationships built by trust. That reserve of trust may have been built by any number of things:
Direct, clear communication without intention to deceive
Consistency ̶̶ ̶̶ actions that match your words
Transparency and openness
Explanations about goals and decisions
A private life that matches the public life
Competence
Concern and compassion for others
An upbeat, positive attitude about the future
When others observe these attitudes in a leader, the personal influence compels them to listen with an open mind—and often to accept the leader’s ideas and opinions as their own.
When the personal influence is missing, a positional title often demands little more than a “hearing”—often met with open skepticism.
Leadership Is NOT Power
Positional power comes from a title—to hire, fire, write a traffic ticket, dismiss from a sports team. But members in all levels of our society have such power. The cashier has “power” to stop buyers before they walk out of store without paying for an item. The librarian has “power” to charge for an overdue book. The night security guard in the building lobby has power to turn visitors away if they don’t have a proper ID to enter the building.
But people in these positions would not necessarily be showing leadership to stop the thief, fine the book borrower, or turn away the building visitor.
Leadership comes from a higher order of power—one not simply granted by the position or title someone holds.
Leadership has to be earned. Your followers grant it. To know if you are a leader, look behind you to see if there are followers.
Leadership Is NOT Pride
Whenever I go to a conference, I’m not surprised to see the most successful attendees in the group taking the most notes. They never stop learning, growing, reflecting, tweaking to make themselves and their businesses better. The less successful often lean back as if they know it all already.
The greatest leaders demonstrate deep humility. Not a false humility, but a genuine humility. Because of their wisdom, they know the vast potential for human growth, and the standards for themselves and their own achievements remain extremely high.
The humble leader listens—to new ideas, to feedback, to those lower “on the food chain” with a different perspective. The humble leader understands that their greatest accomplishment often comes as a result from intake, not outgo.
Effective leaders communicate a lot about position, power, and pride—without ever saying a word.
Dianna Booher is the bestselling author of more than 46 books, published in 26 languages. She consults, writes, and speaks on leadership communication, executive presence, productivity, and faith. Her latest books include What MORE Can I Say: Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It, Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader and Communicate With Confidence. National media such as Good Morning America, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, CNN International, NPR, Success, and Entrepreneur have interviewed her for opinions on critical workplace communication issues. http://www.booherresearch.com
Leadership Is NOT a Position
Leadership Is NOT Power
Leadership Is NOT Pride
RP Members and Connections this is one of those lost Questions that was lost and It has been a while since I've posted something on Leadership, so here we go.
RP members do you agree or disagree with this author's assessment on the (3) things that leadership is NOT?
SEE ENTIRE ARTICLE BELOW
by Dianna Booher Author, speaker, consultant. Leadership communication, executive presence, presentations, CEO at http://www.BooherResearch.com
Leadership—or the lack of it—has been the theme of the last decade. From political pundits, to convention keynoters, to sports team coaches, everybody claims to want a cadre of leaders to carry out their mission.
So for all the talk, training techniques, and tips on the topic, you’d think everyone would have the concept down by now. But not so. A few carrying the title of leader are still off track.
Leadership Is NOT a Position
Real leadership requires personal influence—persuasion afforded by a long track record of strong relationships built by trust. That reserve of trust may have been built by any number of things:
Direct, clear communication without intention to deceive
Consistency ̶̶ ̶̶ actions that match your words
Transparency and openness
Explanations about goals and decisions
A private life that matches the public life
Competence
Concern and compassion for others
An upbeat, positive attitude about the future
When others observe these attitudes in a leader, the personal influence compels them to listen with an open mind—and often to accept the leader’s ideas and opinions as their own.
When the personal influence is missing, a positional title often demands little more than a “hearing”—often met with open skepticism.
Leadership Is NOT Power
Positional power comes from a title—to hire, fire, write a traffic ticket, dismiss from a sports team. But members in all levels of our society have such power. The cashier has “power” to stop buyers before they walk out of store without paying for an item. The librarian has “power” to charge for an overdue book. The night security guard in the building lobby has power to turn visitors away if they don’t have a proper ID to enter the building.
But people in these positions would not necessarily be showing leadership to stop the thief, fine the book borrower, or turn away the building visitor.
Leadership comes from a higher order of power—one not simply granted by the position or title someone holds.
Leadership has to be earned. Your followers grant it. To know if you are a leader, look behind you to see if there are followers.
Leadership Is NOT Pride
Whenever I go to a conference, I’m not surprised to see the most successful attendees in the group taking the most notes. They never stop learning, growing, reflecting, tweaking to make themselves and their businesses better. The less successful often lean back as if they know it all already.
The greatest leaders demonstrate deep humility. Not a false humility, but a genuine humility. Because of their wisdom, they know the vast potential for human growth, and the standards for themselves and their own achievements remain extremely high.
The humble leader listens—to new ideas, to feedback, to those lower “on the food chain” with a different perspective. The humble leader understands that their greatest accomplishment often comes as a result from intake, not outgo.
Effective leaders communicate a lot about position, power, and pride—without ever saying a word.
Dianna Booher is the bestselling author of more than 46 books, published in 26 languages. She consults, writes, and speaks on leadership communication, executive presence, productivity, and faith. Her latest books include What MORE Can I Say: Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It, Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader and Communicate With Confidence. National media such as Good Morning America, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, CNN International, NPR, Success, and Entrepreneur have interviewed her for opinions on critical workplace communication issues. http://www.booherresearch.com
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I would always ask new lower ranked team members 3 questions. What is the difference between leadership and management? What is the difference beyween fear and cowardice? What is the difference between pride and ego. If it took them more than a few words to explain I realized they did not understand the concepts. Then I would explain, you lead people, you manage processes. Fear is the aprehension of the unknown, cowardice is shrinking from it. And pride is a feeling of personal accomplishment, ego is what we think of ourselves. Leadership is not a position. Many people want to be the boss, but not the leader. Many people want to have the power, but not the responsibility that goes with it. And some people want the personal pride, read that ego, but don't want to share the pride with the whole team.
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Leading is not always done from the front.
Leadership may or may not be visible. You may not know you are a leader.
Leadership may or may not be visible. You may not know you are a leader.
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Sir,
I always refer as "the process of influencing others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation." Yes, position matters to certain extend as well as power and pride. But if you as a leader do not posses the tools necessary to provide that purpose, and I don't mean just saying it to your subordinates, you have to project it in such manner that they will understand and embrace that purpose. I also think that it boils down to the "why", why do we do things a certain way, what is the big picture here?
This might not be relevant to the question, but I always remember the time when I was an instructor...I didn't get along with my supervisor. I mean, I did not like this individual at all. But, I had to sit down and reflect what was the bigger picture, what was our mission. The mission was to educate new recruits from all services and those that were re-classifying. And that's where my supervisor and me met, we had that common purpose, the students. That took care of my motivation because I was once a student in AIT, and went above and beyond for them.
There is a reason why "purpose" was put first in this particular definition because if is not conveyed effectively to your subordinates, you as a leader will run into problems.
I always refer as "the process of influencing others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation." Yes, position matters to certain extend as well as power and pride. But if you as a leader do not posses the tools necessary to provide that purpose, and I don't mean just saying it to your subordinates, you have to project it in such manner that they will understand and embrace that purpose. I also think that it boils down to the "why", why do we do things a certain way, what is the big picture here?
This might not be relevant to the question, but I always remember the time when I was an instructor...I didn't get along with my supervisor. I mean, I did not like this individual at all. But, I had to sit down and reflect what was the bigger picture, what was our mission. The mission was to educate new recruits from all services and those that were re-classifying. And that's where my supervisor and me met, we had that common purpose, the students. That took care of my motivation because I was once a student in AIT, and went above and beyond for them.
There is a reason why "purpose" was put first in this particular definition because if is not conveyed effectively to your subordinates, you as a leader will run into problems.
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Do not lead, for I may not follow. Do not follow, for I may not lead. But walk beside me and be my friend.
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Leadership is a valuable asset. Sure I’ll buy that we can all be leaders of something in our life but by definition a leader must have a follower otherwise they a merely a competent, confident individual. Also noteworthy is the fact that a quality follower is a confident, competent individual willing to trust good leadership.
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In the sense that everybody gets the same prize for showing up and we all want to avoid taking charge and distinguishing ourselves on the field so nobody wins or loses but everybody has a "nice time", leadership is neither position, power, nor pride. But at the end of the day, somebody must be a leader, that leader must be granted power to lead and if he or she leads properly and correctly given the task at hand, there can be pride/esprit de corps in an elite team that is led well and accomplishes many things as a unit led by one person.
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