Leadership
There are six requirements for the effective implementation of an organisation's plans and strategies.
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The order of the first five requirements is critical because each of them is dependent on the factors that precede it. Hence Employee Engagement is the most dependent variable of all.
Communication is the Central Nervous System of the entire organisation and plays a critical role in each of those five requirements. Damage the Central Nervous System and paralysis is the result. Likewise, inadequate Communication paralyses an organisation.
Leadership, being third on the list, is dependent on Management of Change and Organisational Alignment with the latter being dependent on the quality of the strategic plan and the quality of the process used to develop it.
Effective leadership and clear performance goals go together. It’s a symbiotic relationship. One cannot exist without the other.
Similarly, managing change requires leadership if change is to be successfully implemented.
Good leadership is a combination of many attributes, but very high on that list is "visibility". It’s called MBWA - Management By Wandering Around - listening to your staff, explaining the big picture, asking them for their views, showing appreciation for good work, being honest, allaying anxiety and concern where possible, being realistic.
To gain a greater appreciation of the role that Leadership plays in bringing plans to reality:Read the articles:
Management By Walking Around - Do You Do It?
Read the blog posts:
Whatever Happened To Leadership?
See my book:
Execution to Die For - the Manager’s Guide to Making It Happen
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