Leadership Trait #2
We continue our ten
part series on Leadership Characteristics based on a Harvey McKay weekly blog.
The research for
these ten words came from a four-year series of executive seminars conducted by
Santa Clara University and the Tom Peters Group/Learning systems. This list first appeared in Management Review
Magazine). These thoughts are my own
creation.
Leadership Characteristic #2
Competent
Can
you or can’t you?
Will
you or won’t you?
Everybody
wants competency in every form and variety.
Competency begets competency. And
when it comes to leadership and whether we will follow a leader, we surely want
to be convinced of one’s competency rating.
Here
are some synonyms for this study:
Capability
Ability
Aptitude
Proficiency
Experience
Expertise
If
you lead, can you add the above synonyms to your resume?
If
you can’t score 100%, what is your competency strategy for reaching a 100%
score?
Competency
begins with self-understanding and your own skill set as an executive.
Are
you competent?
Are
you a learner?
What
are you learning?
Where
do you turn to gain extra knowledge?
Competency
in people skills is perhaps the second most important ingredient.
Always
remember:
Your
employees can tell whether you care or not.
Questions
to ponder:
-Do
I trust those in my charge?
-Do
I set the kind of example they need to follow?
-Am
I reliable?
One
of the significant quotes I found for this subject is this one:
“Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do
the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and
efficiency, you will support them.”
~Harvey Mckay
Always
remember, first you manage people - not money, or projects, or the corporate
bottom line. All of these “things” are
affected first by the people you manage.
Show
your competency!
P Michael Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word
at a Time
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