Identification of Effective Leaders
While it has long been generally recognized that leadership is a key factor in the success of organizations much real life experience attests to the perennial difficulties of finding good leaders.This situation could better be resolved were more attention paid to the importance of values, conscience, collaboration and mentoring in the search for better leaders.In todays environment it is important to realize that the role of the leader is not restricted to gender nor is leadership necessarily the intellectual property of a specific age group or social class or restricted to hierarchal situations.Leaders and leadership can also vary with context and some times be focused beyond the practical to include inspirational insights also.It is my experience that too much emphasis is put on the nature of leadership beyond immediate and practical concerns to global and large group levels.However the frequently omitted factor that should be embraced by leaders is the need for leadership values, especially conscience.It should be recognized that ideas of leadership that do not recognize the internal values of leaders (especially conscience) unnecessarily hinder the development of evidence based systems to promote better leadership skills.
Effective Leaders Move Beyond Traditional Boundaries
Also leaders of today must be motivated to harness and strengthen cooperation.Ideally leaders must have the capacity to benefit from from feedback and continuous learning.Leadership especially in the medium and longer term should also be developmental and responsible.However leadership can also involve management and development of issues that lie beyond the boundaries of common concerns and knowledge. Also leaders in the public sector (or elsewhere) face a vital challenge to be relevant and satisfy public interest considerations.Leaders also need to be competent and robust if it is to be effective.It is also well established that for leadership to be effective there needs to be practical focus and to recognize the priority to give to revolve aspects of management dilemmas.
Overall Observation
Leadership need not of course be directed only in a formal organization setting.Every day is a challenge for personal leadership and development of family and other personal situations.Many leadership milestones stem from the ability to apply insight of experience in personal contexts which then lead to better leadership judgments for many.
One Possible Action
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