LEADERSHIP
Top five leadersh By Dr. Wilbert R. Mutoko (PhD, FHEA)
Dr. Wilbert R. Mutoko (PhD, FHEA) is a business doctor, researcher and senior lecturer for Leadership, Strategy, Change Management and Entrepreneurship at Botswana Accountancy College in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University (UK), University of Derby (UK), and University of Sunderland (UK). He is a dynamic and entertaining International Inspirational Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Certified eSpeaker & Online Facilitator, and Author for almost two decades. Dr. Mutoko has empowered over hundreds of CEOs, directors, and managers to discover their strengths, sharpen their presentation skills, build self-confidence and emotional intelligence, and harness capabilities to build winning teams; to become peak performance leaders with increased profitability. His three books on financial freedom and relationships are available at Exclusive Books (Riverwalk) and Bala Books (Rail Park Mall). Dr. Mutoko writes in his personal capacity. For feedback, you can contact him on email: wilbert@ wilbertmutoko.com or wilbertmutoko@gmail. com. Visit Dr. Mutoko’s website: https:// wilbertmutoko.com/
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eadership can only be effective if you acquire skills and sharpen them over the years. The top leadership skills that we considered in part one included integrity, ability to mentor your juniors, and decisiveness. In this part two we look at ability to delegate, communication, and empathy.
Ability to delegate No matter how hardworking, smart, or committed you are as a leader, there is no way you can do everything by yourself. You may be able to get by alone when the organization is small. However, as the organization grows and your time becomes strained, you need to learn to delegate duties to your juniors. If you do not believe me, ask the biblical Moses who was working from dusk till dawn judging people’s cases. One day his father-in-law Jethro advised him to set other judges to sit over smaller matters. After Moses set the ‘smaller’ judges, he suddenly had time for more important matters and time for himself. If you do not delegate, you will experience burnout and possibly fall sick. In some cases, lack of delegation limits your growth and that of the firm. However, delegation is easier said than done. Many leaders find it difficult to delegate duties because they do not believe that there is any other person who can do what they do. Imagine! If CEOs did not want to delegate, would we be having big enterprises such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn, Mascom, Orange, Botswana Telecommunications, and Botswana Post? The answer is NO. Research says that if you can find anyone who can do up to 85% of what you can do, feel free to delegate to them. Now somebody’s challenge is that they want perfectionism. They would never delegate to anyone who cannot do 100% of what the leader can do. If you are one of such leaders, it might be time you learn to delegate. However, delegation does not mean that you give all your duties to juniors while you are sleeping. Do I need to emphasize that anymore? There must be a balance when delegating. Strides Magazine
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Communication Any leader who does not communicate effectively is signed up for frustration and failure. Communication skills are crucial whether you are within a team, or you are communicating with the outside world. It is imminent for every leader to sharpen their presentation skills and listening skills which all form part of communication skills. On a scale of 0 to 10 (0 being the worst and 10 being the best), how good are you at communication?
Empathy is one of the qualities of a successful leader
November 2021
