Ch. 1
- Management is not something you do to other people
- You manage things, you lead people
- (Def.) Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good
- (Def.) Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.
- (Def.) Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will because of your personal influence.
- Authority is about who you are as a person, your character, and the influence you've built with people.
- Power erodes relationships
- When power must be exercised the leader should reflect on why resorting to power was necessary
- Behavior is choice
- (Def.) $25,000 Challenge: The idea that for the right motivation anyone can modify their behavior
- Challenge for the leader is to pick the character traits that need work and apply [edit] the $25,000 Challenge to them
- Key then to leadership is accomplishing tasks at hand while building relationships
- Without trust, it is difficult if not impossible to maintain a good relationship
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