The power of leadership
All the effective leaders of this world surely have disciplines they abide by. They surely have disciplines they adhere to. They have the standards they hold themselves unto. Effectiveness does not happen by chance. It is an art. It is a science.
It is not a coincidence that a body builder is the way they are. Nobody has ever woke up and found their body filled with muscles. People are intentional with their fitness. Some go to gym to be fit or big, whatever their goal is for going to gym. Some have went as far as having personal trainers.
Even with leadership, though some may love to believe that leaders are born, leadership is still a seed that must mature and grow as a result. Nobody is born a great leader. No one is born an effective leader. Though leaders may be born, greatness must be cultivated. Effectiveness needs to be cultivated as well. A seed must still go to the ground before it can be a tree. Now, what are the disciplines that effective leaders abide by? The following are the powerful disciplines of effective leadership:
- Clarity
As a leader, you need to be clear about who you are and what you stand for. Who are you as a leader? What do you stand for? If you don’t stand for something, you will definitely fall for anything. You must have a critical vision of where you want to lead your people. Be as clear as possible about the goals and objectives of your business or organization.
You need to be clear about the values, mission and purpose of your organization and what it stands for. What is the purpose of your organization? What does it stand for? Why is it in the world in the first place? Answer this powerful questions and you are half way there. Your direction will be very light and clear.
- Competence
You must be continually seeking ways to improve the quality of your product or service to your people or customers. Competence attracts favor at the end of the day. Resolve to be a very competent leader and you will indeed attract quality people in your business or organization. This is very important to understand. Quality people are attracted by competence. Competence is a game changer my leader. I recommend it. Go for it.
- Commitment
Commit to the success of your organization. Commit to the life of your business. As the head, you owe your organization or business that much. The very same way you are committed to other things, be like that to your organization or business as well. Commitment gives life to things. Commitment keeps things standing. Commitment shapes things.
- Continuous learning
You must be learning all the time. The world is forever changing all the time. A leader must always seek to evolve in order to be relevant in the ever changing world. A Leader must listen and upgrade their personal knowledge and skills. Also encourage everyone in your business to learn and grow as a normal and natural part of organizational or business life.
If you are not learning, you are not growing and if you are not growing, you are definitely dying. Make it a point to learn continuously. The very same way you see the need for daily bathing, it is the very same way you should see the need and the power of continuous learning in your leadership.
- The discipline of resilience
The ability to bounce back from the inevitable setbacks and disappointments that you will experience every single day in starting and building your business or organization. The power to stand up and come again and again. This is the power to come back again and again. Resilience is the future in leadership. If you cannot be resilient, you will fall away. Everything that comes will take you away. Please check our article on how to build resilience and it will really help you a lot.
Conclusion
Leadership is an art. Leadership is a science, done well, it can open all sorts of doors that nothing will shut. Those are the disciplines of effective leadership. If you want to be effective in your leadership, follow the above principles and your leadership function will never be the same again.
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