Knowledge

What Does It Take To Be A Strategic Leader?

By Brandon W. Jones on January 25, 2015 0

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While there may not be a definite answer to the question that whether leadership is a natural talent or one can learn to be a great leader, the fact remains that even the best leaders that the world has ever known honed their skills over time to become an even greater force than they were. Considering that, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that one can polish and learn some skills that will make them a leader or at the very least make them a better person.

The way businesses work has changed a lot in the last couple of decades and so has the concept of leadership. Now there is more than one type of leader in a company. But perhaps the most important one in any business is a strategic leader. [Read more…] about What Does It Take To Be A Strategic Leader?

Top 8 Qualities of Successful Women Leaders

By Brandon W. Jones on January 3, 2015 0

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Some people say it is not easy to become a successful leader if you are a female. Statistics show that women do not only compete with men on equal grounds, but they also sometimes get ahead in career by utilizing their skills and potential in the right and productive manner.

While the concept of successful women leaders may not be that common, there are various traits that are common among all successful women leaders around the world. If you want to learn all the skills and become a successful women leader yourself, take a look at the following qualities:

1. Know Your Potential

Everybody is not best at everything. Some people are born with certain skills while others need to learn them. The first and most basic steps towards becoming successful in career include the right choice of career and correct identification of skills. If you are trying your best but fail to fulfill your goals as a leader, analyze your potential in your particular career. Also, do not hesitate to change your career to the one where you can utilize your real potential. [Read more…] about Top 8 Qualities of Successful Women Leaders

Build Leadership Credibility

By Brandon W. Jones on November 20, 2014 2

When you are a leader it is really important that you have leadership credibility. When you have leadership credibility, those you lead will follow you to the ends of the earth because they trust you, your decisions and your ability to lead.

This credibility is very hard to gain. Leaders constantly face the challenge of gaining leadership credibility from their followers. Additionally, their followers try to test their leader’s leadership credibility. Followers want to know if their leaders are really qualified to be their leader. They also want to be sure that the leader knows what they are talking about.

Gain Leadership Credibility

Leadership credibility is not something that can be gained over night. It is developed by consistent ethical and moral behavior. There are four characteristics that leaders should develop to build leadership credibility with their followers. [Read more…] about Build Leadership Credibility

Leadership Styles: What Style Do You Follow?

By Brandon W. Jones on July 18, 2014 0

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Leadership can be reflected as a method whereby one influences the others. In the course of business, leaders show multiple leadership styles depending on the situation they are experiencing.

Leadership Styles

It is argued that leaders have both authority (the right to influence) and power (the ability to work). One without the other is never suitable.

Authority develops from an individual’s position in an organizational structure, authority limits and the operation of the law. While, power can arise from the following sources;

Rational-legal: the manager may exercise his/her power because of the title “senior manager” and individuals below him are supposed to carry out his instructions.
Charismatic: where the person has great charm and force or personality.
Reward power: where the promise of pay increases or promotions are used.
Knowledge: where withholding and releasing knowledge selectively utilizes power.
Coercion: through physical power, this is seldom to be seen in modern organizations.

Extensive Job Specific Knowledge or Previous Leadership Experience?

By Brandon W. Jones on March 12, 2014 2

Lately, I have thought a lot about hiring new leaders. What is more important: someone with extensive job specific knowledge or someone with previous leadership experience? When hiring a new person, the ideal situation would be to hire someone with both extensive job specific knowledge and previous leadership experience. However, this is not always possible. What do you do then?

Well first let’s look at what characteristics the two types bring to the table.

Extensive Job Specific Knowledge

The person with extensive job specific knowledge knows the ins and outs of the existing working environment. They know what has worked well in the past and what hasn’t. They also know how to deal with people specific to the working environment. All these aspects create a foundation from which they can lead.

Because this type of person only has job specific knowledge without the leadership experience, they also have some downsides. They may struggle in making quick decisions regarding personnel. They also may have limited knowledge of how to respond when faced with challenges. Their inexperience as a leader can appear as a lack of confidence in their personal abilities which could show through to their employees. [Read more…] about Extensive Job Specific Knowledge or Previous Leadership Experience?

Information Drives Change

By Brandon W. Jones on January 15, 2014 0

When it comes to change, one of the key drivers is information. Information drives change because as people learn more, they act differently. They immediately want to act on their new knowledge, so that life can be better than it was up to this point.

Exponential Increase of Information

Knowledge and information are increasing faster than ever before. Some researchers say that the amount of information available on the earth is doubling every five years. The more people know, the more they can act on their knowledge.

Today, the Internet has made the transfer of information easier than ever before. With the Internet, people share knowledge and ideas across the world. Through this website and through social media, I am able to communicate with people that live all over the world. This exchange of information allows people to learn and grow much quicker in the past.

Knowledge is Power

Information drives change because knowledge is power. Have you ever been in a room where everyone knew more than you? Or, have you been in a situation where you knew you had a lot to learn to be more successful? Well, the saying that, “Knowledge is power” is just as true now as it was in the past. The more you know, the more you successful you can become. For that reason, people are doing all they can to obtain knowledge. People want to progress in life, so they can live a better life, be more powerful, and have more influence. In addition, people want to create better lives for their family members through gaining and acting upon information. [Read more…] about Information Drives Change