Is your boss a dictator???

philipuso

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Send him or her this: Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator

What conclusion do you draw about our society when the majority of bosses are not elected to their positions by their subjugates???

In the context of leading people, who is a leader? There is already a vast amount of material out there dedicated to answering this very question. Most of the material, if not all, states that a leader is someone who has multiple abilities: the ability to inspire, motivate, serve, set visions, craft goals, communicate, delegate, manage conflicts, praise, ?lead from the front?, facilitate, give constructive criticism, empathize, sympathize, be a team-player, and so forth.
These skills answer the question, ?What skills should a leader have?? but do not explain, ?Who is a leader?? The answer to ?Who is a leader?? is profoundly simple: A person who?s been elected to lead by the people he?s leading. We have a different word for someone who assumes power and leads without being elected: dictator.
In organizations today, the term ?leader? is tossed around without any real understanding of the word. It?s important to define ?leader? correctly because it affects how people behave.
How so? There?s a hidden factor that causes people to behave the way they do.
 

Cdubneeddeal

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Originally posted by: TehMac
dude, the previous thread was locked for a reason.

I think it sounds interesting, just need to find the time to read all 44 pages of the PDF.
 

spidey07

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OK, I'm gonna give it to you straight in business as this takes years to master.

Most all people are followers. They need to be told what to do otherwise they are lost.
Leaders already know this and use it to their advantage.
A leader leads, he just says we're going here, you're going to do this.

Once you master this all you need to do is lead. Ever try to get a group together to go to lunch? This is the most basic trial. Once you realize all the monkeys are scratching their heads on where to go just simply lead. "hey, we're going to Chatchki's. If you want to go then we're going now."

And then just go. They'll follow.