Leadership basics

Leadership basics Leadership covers many skills including, the vision, influencing, change, confidence, motivation, strategy, integrity, personality indicators and more...

Definition

Definition of leadership Leadership definitions are many and varied, but there are some common traits which are independent of the area of practice...

Leadership and effectiveness Leadership is linked to effectiveness and can be seen at differing levels of development...

Leadership functions Leadership is concerned with motivating people whilst maintaining good project management techniques...

Being positive

Attitude Leadership needs a positive approach with the right attitude...

Change Leadership usually means some form of change requiring a positive mindset...

Self discipline Leadership needs plenty of organisational skills and that requires self discipline...

Issues and action Leadership requires a positive outlook in the way you deal with issues and generate actions...

Be clever Leadership needs a positive approach but you must work in a clever manner...

When in trouble Leadership meets many problems be positive when in trouble...

Project management Leadership needs a positive approach and project management techniques can help...

Change management Leadership usually means change and this will require a positive attitude...

Communication Leadership can benifit from good communication and a positive approach...

Business

The CEO Leadership may get you to the top so one way or another you may meet the CEO...

The chairman Leadership needs to be aware of the role of the chairman...

Mergers and acquisitions Leadership may require some knowledge of mergers and acquisitions...

The top team Leadership needs quality people to help this might be the top team...

Career progress

Top of the ladder Leadership has many problems one of them could be getting to the top of the ladder...

Chess 'the middle game' Leadership may mean stepping up the career ladder without getting stuck in the middle...

Support Leadership will not be successful if you go it alone, you will need good suppport...

Change

Skill development Leadership does not mean stagnation you must move forward with your own skill development...

Problems of change Leadership is not an easy process there is always problems with change...

Progress Leadership needs momentum as stagnation, eliminating progress, can prove fatal...

Communication Leadership can not be carried out in isolation good commmunicatioin skills are essential...

Confidence

General Leadership uses many skills and one useful attirbute is confidence...

Development part 1 Leadership is more efficient if you have confidence, you can develop your confidence...

Development part 2 Leadership is more efficient if you have confidence, you can develop your confidence...

Communication

Meetings Leadership will require many decisions and many meetings...

The agenda Leadership will mean meetings make sure that you focus on the agenda...

Open questions Leadership requires good communication which may benefit from the techniques of open questions...

Influence

General Leadership means getting people to do things and that means influence...

Position Leadership is irrespective of position, position alone does not mean influence...

Leadership styles for learning Leadership uses many management styles there is no simple formula...

Who? Leadership is more than just acquiring influencing skills it is important to focus on key people...

How? Leadership influencing skills will require practice and some key training techniques can help...

Personal traits Leadership will benefit from a knowledge of personal traits and how these may affect influence...

Selling Leadership needs work and influencing people requires that you sell your view of the future...

Integrity

Integrity Leadership is supported by many personal aspects key amongst these is integrity...

Foresight Leadership is not easy to pin down, one area that is difficult to define is foresight...

Respect Leadership is not easy it will take time to build respect...

Trust Leadership means influencing people and you can't do that without trust...

Credibility Leadership uses persuasion and this will only work if you can build credibility...

Insight

General Leadership requires many skills, one of these is insight...

Development Leadership training should include insight development...

The problem Leadership can not exist without coming across problems...

Leadership training

General Leadership doesn't just appear it requires good leadership training...

Selection Leadership needs succession you will have to decide on the best people to train...

Opportunity Leadership needs practice so training requires suitable opportunity for having a go...

Emerging leaders Leadership means planning for succession and for that identifying emerging leaders...

Leadership expansion Leadership is used to achieve goals this will become much easier if you consider leadership expansion...

Leadership qualities

Leadership qualities Leadership has many requirements and skills some of the key attributes are...

Winner mentality Leadership problems can arise if your attitude is wrong, maintain a winner mentatility...

Proactivity Leadership will not succeed if you sit back and wait you must be proactive...

Proactive behaviour Leadership needs proactivity these could be some of the necessary behaviours...

Follow the leader Leadership means influence derived from high standards so follow the leader...

Follow the leader - adverse behaviour Leadership requires integrity which you can not demonstrate if you exhibit adverse behaviours...

Leadership styles - adverse behaviour Leadership is seen through many styles some of which may exhibit adverse behaviour...

Leaders v managers Leadership is knowing the difference between just being a manager and being a leader...

Standards Leadership requires trust so you will need to build and maintain standards...

Values Leadership can not succeed without adhering to values that others can see...

Identifying the leader Leadership training may give you some indication of the key people in a group...

Empowerment Leadership needs the efforts of others for success so make sure you use empowerment...

Loneliness

Loneliness at the tip part 1 Leadership sometimes means being unpopular this can lead to loneliness at the top...

Loneliness at the tip part 2 Leadership sometimes means being unpopular this can lead to loneliness at the top...

Motivation

General Leadership needs the cooperation of people and for that a necessary tool is motivation...

McGregor's X and Y theory Leadership might use Douglas McGregor's X and Y motivation theory...

Abraham Maslow Leadership can utilise another motivational technique developed by Abraham Maslow...

Frederick Herzberg's hygiene factors Leadership can utilise another motivational technique developed by Frederick Herzberg...

Key problems Leadership utilises motivational techniques but there can be a few key problems...

People part 1 Leadership must use good motivation techniques and that requires people...

People part 2 Leadership must use good motivation techniques and that requires people...

Personal direction

General Leadership means gaining trust and this will be generated from your personal direction...

Generating ideas Leadership is affected by your personal direction it may be useful to generate some related ideas...

Personality

General Leadership relies on people so a few general comments on personality may prove useful...

Action Leadership will meet many personalities you will need to deal with these...

Personality indicators

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® - general Leadership can use many tools to assess personalities one of these is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®...

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® - uses Leadership could utilise the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® here are some uses...

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation - Behaviour (FIRO-B®) Leadership may benefit from another personality tool called FIRO-B®...

Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) Leadership may find the OPQ personality tool useful especially in recruitment...

Prioritising

General Leadership has many tasks to perform you will need to prioritise...

Basics Leadership requires plenty of skills and some will be prioritisation basics...

Problem solving

Basics part 1 Leadership is never without issues it is useful to have some problem solving techniques...

Basics part 2 Leadership is never without issues it is useful to have some problem solving techniques...

Relationships

Relationships Leadership is much easier if you are likeable, you will need to work on your relationships...

Mutual attraction Leadership needs the right team, getting the right people can be affected by mutual attraction...

Balance Leadership has many pressures you will need to strike a balance...

Life transitions Leadership faces many challenges some of which are reflected in life transitions...

Strategy

General Leadership needs a vision and that in turn requires a strategy...

Selecting Leadership may generate many strategies you will need to be selective...

Recording Leadership requires a good strategy, make sure you record it...

Developing Leadership should have a strategy and you can use simple techniques to develop it...

The schedule plan Leadership needs a strategy that is then converted to a schedule plan...

Overview Leadership will need a strategy and some common issues are seen in this overview...

Part of leadership Leadership can not exist without some sort of strategy to implement a vision...

Style spider

General Leadership makes use of many techniques one of these is a spider diagram...

Choices Leadership may use spider diagrams to recognise traits and inform choice...

The three Cs

General Leadership is never easy going, you may well come across the three C's...

Action focus part 1 Leadership will see the three C's you will need to focus your actions...

Action focus part 2 Leadership will see the three C's you will need to focus your actions...

The vision

General Leadership is nothing without planning for the future, create a vision...

Direction and vision Leadership is about the future and is nothing without direction and vision...

Long term investment Leadership is not for the short term you have to be in for the long haul...

Preparing Leadership requires a vision you will need to prepare one...

Personalities Leadership means the communication of a vision and this is influenced by differing personalities...

Overview Leadership means generating a vision and it is useful to consider a few general points...

Miscellaneous

Continuity Leadership is about a vision of the future and that will include succession planning and continuity...

Delegation Leadership is not a one person show, you must learn to delegate...

Freeze to freedom Leadership will require a rise up the career ladder will you go on or freeze...

Forces Leadership efficiency can be influenced by forces for and against...

Letting go Leadership is planning for the future, succession planning and letting go your own positon...

Pathology Leadership requires an understanding of people and how their background may influence their characters...

Practicality Leadership means the casting of a vision but do not lose sight of practicality...

Stakeholder Leadership is not carried out in isolation, there are interested parties, stakeholders...

Structure Leadership can only exist with a strong sense of order you will need structure...

SWOT analysis Leadership will utilise many planning techniques one of these being the SWOT analysis...

Summary Leadership can be many things a few of the key areas are summarised here...

The boss Leadership can be affected by many people one of these will be your boss...

Timing Leadership is more than implementing good practices it is also about timing...

Useful words and derivations Leadership covers many areas it may be useful to know the derivation of some key words...