Utilizing Leadership Philosophy to Achieve Greatness by Chris D’Cruz
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eadership philosophy will surely lead you in achieving greatness. Utilizing the philosophies learned in being a good and effective leader will bring forth greater success. The methods and techniques applied in becoming a leader will aid you in scaling to greater heights. Leadership entails great responsibilities. It is a privilege and honor given to someone who is strongly believed to be capable in the task. A great leader knows the capabilities and limitations of the team and will not stop until he or she is able to strengthen the capabilities of the team. He or she will handle the collaboration of the work towards each other, working as a team to be able to achieve the set objectives. There are a lot of different forms and shapes in leadership. There are people who define leadership in a whole lot of way depending on their specification or field. Some will say that certain things aren't ride to be done and there are other things that should be done. However, whatever it maybe, it is more advisable to expand your mind by allowing leadership to grow in you in order for you to benefit an organization. For the subordinates, they expect highly from their leaders. They believe that the leaders should set an example. The leader should teach them the standards and train them to become better followers. Moreover, they are expecting leaders to always be transparent to them, informing them of what they need to know and most of all, to protect them in any mishaps or challenges. 8 RuralLeaderMag.com |AUGUST 2016
A good leader doesn't only tell his or her people to do this and that but train them as well to be effective in their responsibilities. Teach them what they need to learn. Tell them what they need to hear and be sensitive to their interests and dislikes. Everyone has their own meaning or opinion about leadership. They base it through various views and experiences of the people. Philosophies in leadership may not go along with everyone even if they have the same goal. The great thing about leadership is that it will always develop to work on expanding your mind. Whatever is the philosophy of leadership today may not exactly be the leadership philosophy in the future. Utilizing the philosophies learn in leadership will also give you a better and greater chance to excel more in other fields. As a leader you will not only be able to get the most out of your followers but more, especially when your followers will become better individuals and may emulate your ways and means in leading the team. You will be able to explore more horizons and fields if you are able to employ the philosophies you have learned in leadership. While most of the leaders have different philosophies, however, when you try to lead you should have a philosophy to follow as well. You shouldn't be responsible only for your subordinates' welfare and well-being but for the team as well. The welfare of your team should be ahead first before your own welfare. In this way you'll have a harmonious working relationship with your people thus promoting success to the organization.—
