When two key players
are not part of your team, it should not affect the performance of the whole team;
one great tenant of leadership is making every one take a responsible action
towards a vision.
Neymar and Thiago Silva held the strategy of their
team but the coach did not have and the opponents took advantage of the exclusion
of key factors, showed the unity and strength to beat Brazil with five (5)
goals in 25 minutes and 7-1 with the final score.
Misheck Gondo
As I was reflecting I noticed that effective learning
is not getting 100% for spelling and for reaching a reading benchmark level on
time if in the process it dampened your spirit, squashed your imagination and
didn’t help you to learn how to keep learning. Meaningful life and learning is
not just about a score.
Same with leadership, it’s not about getting 100
percent of your assignments or getting it correct all the times, but in the
process one makes mistakes (not deliberate) and apply some remedies as a pinnacle
to growth.
One of the catalysts of
being a good leader is knowing when to use a particular approach, understanding
different leadership approaches and when there are likely to be suitable will
help one to succeed.
I have come to realize
some key issues in effective leadership; being visionary, affiliative,
collaborative, coaching, directive and pace-setting.
A visionary leader
fosters trust and respect by bringing the staff and stakeholders together
toward a common vision and a focused end goal; in so doing allow everyone to
swim with the vision by driving the work forward independently.
Vision without action is a dream. Action without
vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive
difference.
Coaching is an aspect of mentoring
the team players and building their strengths and skills, at the same time
allowing the coached to contribute meaningfully to the goals.
Affiliative establishes positive
relationships and works to create strong emotional bonds with employees;
creates a sense of ownership and belonging in the business. It creates a sense
of ownership and belonging in doing various businesses, also a key component in
times of stress, as part of a healing process, to build or rebuild trust, when
bringing in new people or building a new team. However, affiliative encourage
mediocre behavior if negative behaviours or poor performance is ignored; best
when used in addition to other approaches.
Directive is essential to make
things happen in times of need or to address the challenges or opportunities
that comes by, if overused, can be overbearing and cause team players to feel
resentful and can reduce motivation.
Collaborative approach involves
everyone in contributing to the decision-making process, in line with the
vision, to get buy-in when there is that time, it brings sense of ownership to
all, though does not work well in times of crisis.
Pace-setting sets high
performance standards and leaders leads by example, it works well when the team
is highly motivated and skilled; but when there is a tight deadline can
overwhelm team players and suppress innovation.
Apart from these approaches effective communication is a key factor to
leadership success; there are many ways of communication in which one can use
apart from traditional ones, everyone in the institution should be kept
appraised of what’s happening.
As noted by one Alvin Toffler~the
illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but
those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Same with all leaders, one has to
be open minded not to stick to a single approach were it requires a different
one.
Misheck is a youth leader
in Zimbabwe Civil Society and an academic with University of Zimbabwe (UZ)
gondo.gism@gmail.com
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