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How to tell if you are an effective leader

by David Pangaribuan

Created on: April 20, 2009

"Management is to get things done through and with other people." Leadership is effective managerial skills in the implementation of the work with or through other people.

Effective leaders have the technical and managerial competence of professionals. Technical proficiency in accordance with the competence fields are managerial role in leading the demands of others. Skills are radiated in the action in select, educate, motivate, develop the relationship to work. Leading by example is one of the characteristics of an Effective leader.

An effective leader is able to harmonize the style with the situation and the people who are subordinates. All this needed to be able to recognize and understand the good and true that there will be a challenge and able to achieve the goals of the organization. The Leader also claimed to have the ability to work together and develop their subordinates and gain full trust from the team / organization.

A leader is able to adjust the step with the rhythm and all those who cooperate with it. Not only will impose its own style and rhythm.

In the theory of leadership - that is, the approach Contingency model of leadership. Basic idea of this approach are: the effectiveness of leadership will greatly depend on a combination of leadership styles of the situation or context to the challenges faced by the environment. Effectiveness will only be successful and run optimally if there is synergy between the fitting style of leadership that was conducted with the challenges faced by the model.

Effective Leaders are believed akan Business processes that occur and progress in the organization, business processes determine the condition, and the future direction of the company, effective leader who will think right and act right. (Right thing and Things Right). Organization that runs the process with the proper management, will achieve the expected results of the appropriate, can survive in a crisis, and can maximize the market situation is developing rapidly.

"Efficiency is foing things right: Effectiveness is doing right things"

- Teddy F. Drucker

Effective leader in menjankan duty and responsibility to act:

1. Form a working group to the dynamic

* Set the function in the Working Group Organization

* Engage in active in the Working Group Forming

* The Working Group-The Effective

* To build solidarity Working Group

2. Build relationships with the ability of subordinate

* Style and the relationship with the model (interaction with the subordinate), develop communication and build on.

3. Leadership of a successful and effective

* The success Essensi Leaders: Which to act and be responsible, have integrity, ability, character, loyalty and akseptabilitas.
* Characteristics of Leaders with the Higher Achievement (never satisfied and always quick to want to do the repair and improvement)
4. And Monitoring of

* Improvement of the Facilities and How to Work Productivity subordinate (Provide the trust and support to subordinate in the implementation of its tasks)
* Monitoring the activities of subordinate

5. Pembinaaan and subordinate development (coaching and developing)

A leader must be able to build and develop the potential of subordinates, directing and improving the quality of teamnnya.

Ability to adapt and overcome, and any changes (Internal and external) with either a big challenge for a leader who effectively.

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