Things That Can Make You Succeed Or Fail As A Leader
Things that can make you succeed or fail as a leader. Many leaders have made use of various methods all in a bid to become successful in the leadership roles that they have taken upon themselves. Being a leader is not the difficult part but to be successful as a leader is what gives a new dimension to everything related to leadership. It is therefore very common to come across leaders who were not very successful in the leadership roles that they decided to undertake. Whenever such a situation arises, something that was supposed to replicate through leadership styles of certain historical figures becomes a different thing altogether where leaders stoop so low as to be referred to as dictators and tyrants. This is the lowest grade that a person can attain and it results when everything else fails due to not planning properly. Some may say that leaders are born but that is totally false as there are things which when done negatively can make a person fail as a leader and when done positively well can also make you succeed as a leader.
Daily planning: To be given the opportunity to lead others does not give you the chance to do as you please. It is rather an opportunity for you to be of service to your members and also mankind in general. This means that you should always plan very well before stepping out to lead your people towards the goals of the company which have been set. It is always good to plan as it gives you more control over the things that you need to do on a particular day and it also makes you go about the performance of your tasks in a very systematic and orderly way which helps you to avoid the clashing of tasks and projects. There is a saying that if you fail to plan then you have deliberately planned to fail and that is very true of being a leader as failing to plan leads to one thing – failure in your leadership role.
Your relationship with people within the organization: This is also a very important aspect of being a leader which can make or break you. The people within the organization are the same people who have decided on their own to allow you lead them and as such, there is the need to ensure that you establish a very cordial relationship between yourself and these people. When you are cordial with the people in the organization, you put yourself in a position where they are willing to do anything for you to be successful. However, that is totally non-existent when the same people realize that you do not deem them to be on the same level as you. Such a strained relationship is the perfect recipe for your failure as a leader.
Your technical know-how: The mere fact that some people think that leaders are always born with leadership qualities should not dissuade you from broadening your knowledge with regards to the particular area that you want to lead. You should make sure that you are very familiar with the specific field you have chosen. This will help you to be making better decisions and have clear and achievable targets for the organization. To step into a field where you have totally no knowledge of and decide to lead others to achieve some targets is to say you want to broadcast your failure as a leader. Being in the wrong field with absolutely no knowledge of how things are done there can just destroy your career as a leader. However, taking up leadership positions in a terrain that is well known to you is one of the best ways to become successful as a leader.
How you share information with the other members: When you enter into any leadership role with the idea that each and every individual beneath you cannot be treated in the same way you will treat someone whom you view as being you co-equal then you have already failed before you even get to start. Having such a view of those beneath you makes you speak to them in any way that you see fit and when such people realize that you do not value them, they just decide to make sure that you do get your portion of leadership frustrations till you leave. Speak to them like your friends and family members and you will be amazed at what they will go through for you to succeed.
These are the things that you have to take note of carefully as they can make you succeed or fail as a leader.
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Dr. Jeff Evans
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