Recipe For Leadership
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When a manager leads in such a way that each individual within the team is motivated by accomplishments, this manager has become a leader.
When a manager treats people like intelligent contributors to the organization, this manager is practicing one of the attributes of leadership.
When each individual believes that his or her need for high self-esteem and self-actualization are considered to be as important as those of the leader, this leader will be trusted and followed with confidence.
When individuals feel supported in the challenge to be the best they can be, these individuals know that their leader has their best interests in mind.
These are just some of the ingredients in the Recipe for Leadership that will help to transition a manager into a leader. As we review these ingredients we might say that a leader’s values such as integrity and courage are the pot of water in which the ingredients are mixed.
The leader’s drive for accomplishments, his or her effectiveness in providing knowledge, truth, involvement, support and accountability are the stock of the recipe.
The attributes of the leader, some of which are decisiveness, trust in others, sincerity, unselfishness and trustworthiness, are the spices.
Through the application of these ingredients true leaders create a workforce of partners. These partners work hard to achieve daily accomplishments for their own self-esteem. These feelings of high self-esteem provide the fuel for further accomplishments.
Leaders seek to be inspirational to others. This is one of the most important ingredients of the recipe. Leaders do this because they know that feelings drive actions whereby facts just record them.
This process of encouraging empowering feelings, supporting people’s need for high self-esteem and challenging each individual to achieve accomplishments, are among the most important ingredients in our Recipe for Leadership.
Effective leaders challenge people to achieve greatness and then support their journey.
Effective leaders have high standards, solid values and positive attributes.
Some of these attributes are:
· sharing their thoughts with people,
· spending time and energy helping others to grow,
· working to create a positive can-do culture,
· understanding that an organization can be no greater than its people and people can be no greater than the self- esteem they are feeling,
· being sensitive to the needs and feelings of people,
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About the Book
Managers control activities – leaders inspire greatness. The Recipe for Leadership provides a list of ingredients that any manager can and should apply. It is the pathway to leadership.
There will always be a need for reports, procedures, policies and numerous other controlling methods for managing. But it is essential that a manager know these things are just tools for maintaining, not avenues to improvement. Without the use of the inspiring activities listed in the Recipe for Leadership greatness cannot be achieved.
In the Recipe for Leadership the author lists the most crucial values, attributes and actions required to become an inspiring leader.
The Recipe for Leadership is not just theory, it is based upon more than 30 years of training and experience from an author who has lived the challenges and applied the ingredients for leadership with consistent success.
About the Author
Ed has been managing and applying the ingredients of leadership for more than 30 years. His practical experiences range from submarine construction to textiles, from first line supervisor the general manager of multiple plants, from responsibility for 80 people to leadership of over 1100 people, from sectional responsibility to full profit and loss responsibility for companies with more than $100,000,000 in annual sales.
When Ed speaks of what it takes to be an effective manager and leader he speaks from both training and experience. Throughout his career Ed has applied the ingredients discussed in the Recipe for Leadership with consistent success.
Whether it resulted in turning around failing cost centers or in achieving further improvements in successful organizations, Ed’s application of the Recipe for Leadership has fostered the achievement of lasting and impressive accomplishments for both the people and the organization for which they worked.