Leadership on Many Levels

True Talent Shapes
Business  -  True Knowledge Finds It

In
order to be ready to lead a growing company, you need to have the foundations
in place. Just as a house/home or a factory needs to be built on solid
foundations, so do business leaders. Business leaders seldom arrive fully
formed. They learn that leadership has at least three levels;



1.Leadership of self



2.Leadership of teams



3.Leadership of businesses

Leadership of self



In my view, personal leadership comes from taking responsibility for your own
development and behaviour and most importantly, from taking action. Action is
the step that achievers take and dreamers do not. Once you have begun a course
of action, it often seems that the resources you need have a habit of turning
up just as you need them.



Our beliefs may provide the impetus to take us forward into action but just as
often (if not more often) it is our beliefs that hold us back. Limiting beliefs
lead to limited action and limited action leads to a lack of achievement.
Coaches often ask the question, . Too often we look at action from the opposite point of view – we
expect to fail and therefore never try.



Goals are very useful in this context, so long as they are SMART, that is they
are `Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Based`. The more you
work on each aspect of the goal, especially on being realistic and setting
target dates for each goal, the more you will begin to develop a winning habit
of making and delivering goals. They must also be consistent with your own
values if you are to commit fully to them and to go on and achieve them.



The consistency comes from your own inner compass and allies with the values
that are central to your own spiritual values. These are moral and human
values, sometimes but not always derived from religion. Operating at odds to
these deeply held values can lead to stress and, in the long term, to failure.



Self leadership is a continuing process and is unlikely ever to be complete in
your lifetime. So achieving perfection at this level before moving on is not an
option.

Leadership
of People and team

Teams
are an essential element of leadership in business. Without them, little that
is worthwhile can be done. So, armed with your own direction and goals, you can
begin to build your extended team, finding the right people to perform roles
that complement your own skills and, thus, extending the capability of the unit
over the individual. Not everyone in your team will be directly employed by
you, indeed in today’s business very few may be direct employees. Thus communication
and motivation are important elements in creating a high performance team.
Recognising the style of leadership needed by each individual, in each
situation, is also a key skill and one that is never fully learned in my view.
Getting the most out of the team needs clarity of goals, acceptance of input
and clear decision making.



As the team leader, one of your roles is to provide the inspiration that helps
the team to overcome adversity. Communication is crucial and making the most of
meetings, whether with individuals, groups or the whole team, is vital. The
more that team members feel responsible for their element of the outcome and
for the overall performance of the team, the more likely it is that the team
will achieve their outcomes.



For a developing leader, and which of us isn’t developing, achievement is
crucial, though there is likely to be failure, too, in the journey to business
leadership. How you handle failure as well as success will be important in
determining where the journey ends. Learning from our failures creates
resilience and character.

Leadership of Businesses

When
an entrepreneur sets up a business, the team may be small and easy to control.
As the business grows, there will be a time when the team becomes too large to
manage as a single entity and the business becomes a team of teams. The bigger
it grows, the more teams there are within the business. They may become
divisions and even business entities in themselves. The business now has many
leaders at many levels within it. Someone, however, carries the responsibility
for leading the whole business and is accountable to shareholders, to staff and
to customers for the performance and ethics of the business.



When things get complex, decisions taken within the business can have major,
often unforeseen, effects on other areas. Some decisions may resound outside the
business. Enron was an example of a business whose decisions had effects on
every business that trades in the USA (and many that do not). Sub-prime lenders
in the USA set off a chain of effects that led to queues of savers outside
Northern Rock branches in the UK and the near collapse of the banking system
that caused the Bank of England and the UK Government to get involved.



Getting the chain of decision making right is the responsibility of the leader.
Decisions need to be delegated to the appropriate level within the business,
with clear procedures for escalation and with controls in...place to ensure
that any likely issues (problems) can be identified and mitigated. Whilst the
design of such systems is the day-to-day role of operational team members or
consultants, it is the leader’s responsibility....

...
Leading a large and complex organisation requires the ability to understand
issues across the operation of the whole business and being able to make sound
decisions based on that information.



Developing business leaders who can aspire to reach this top level whilst still
remaining human and true to their own internal values, is the purpose and
passion that motivates me and keeps me striving to improve my own performance.

What is
your purpose and passion?

Together,
we can do it one step at a time.

To
your growth and success.

 

Fresh thinking requires a vision to see
beyond the conventional. When you combine excellent quality with outstanding
value for money you will begin to realise the full potential of creative and
well presented business solutions. Together, the sky`s the limit. Have passion
to learn and let the knowledge help you to be successful in life.

 

What are your plans?

Also,
to help you become more successful please take on board these powerful
publications that show you the way to be successful in business and in life as
follows:

 

To
help you succeed in your journey for success please take on board the
comprehensive publications:

 

`Accelerate with Impact` -  ISBN: 978-1-84549-289-2

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Accelerate-Impact-business-personal-growth/dp/1845492897

 

and

 

`Create
Your Own Success Story`  ISBN 978-1-84549-260-1

 

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Plus,
others to bring success for you - see below;

 

`The
Key to Success Strategies`

 

`Formula
For Success`

 

`The
Guide to a Successful Interview`

 

`The Hidden Overhead`

 

`Recession - Busting Solutions`

`Growth Blueprint for the Business and
Individual`

`How to Grow Your Business - The Reality`  

 

To building strong
relationships, this is your future for success...

Makes
all the difference......Enjoy Your Journey...

 

Have fun, learn heaps, and
remember life is all about commitment, have the right attitude to make `your`
own success in life with others!

 

May all your success be fun and may all your fun be successful!

 

Make
2018 AND BEYOND to `Manage your Goals for
Success`...

Now go and be
successful and appreciated.

Are
you programmed for success?

How are you developing your character for
Success and Happiness?

 

Now go and be more successful.

Sharing information from many sources for
your success

About the Author Colin Thompson

Colin
is a former successful Managing Director of Transactional/Document Manufacturing Plants, Document Management/Workflow
Solutions companies and other organisations, former Group Chairman of the
Academy for Chief Executives, Non-Executive Director,
Mentor - RFU Leadership Academy, Mentor
- Coventry University, Mentor - The Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development, Business Advisor NHS Deanery, author/writer
Business Advice Section for IPEX, Graphic
Display World, News USA, Graphic Start, plus many others globally, helping companies raise their `bottom-line` and `increase cash flow`. Plus, helping
individuals to be successful in business and life in general.
Author of several publications, research reports, guides, presentations, business and educational models on CD-ROM/Software/PDF and
over 4000 articles/reports and 35 books published on
business and educational subjects worldwide. Plus, International Speaker/Visiting University
Professor.

Colin Thompson

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