As organizations focus on updating their technology and innovation, leaders have to be more astute change agents in order to grow and remain relevant in their industry. Leaders are the travel guides for their teams, businesses, and organizations. Business operations are the mechanics in the lifecycle of a business journey. The welfare of the group depends in large part on the responsibility of good leadership.
Just as a tour guide provides information, assistance, historical interests, and sites, along with educational entertainment to enlighten their tourists, celebrated leaders must assume the same type of mindset when keeping their business or organization healthy, emergent and innovative. Here are some notable leadership attributes needed on the journey to transformation:
Listening, Learning and Leveraging
Good leaders listen intuitively, not only to their executives but to the lower levels of hierarchy (their subordinates and foot soldiers). They have the insatiable desire for continued learning and understand how to leverage valuable information and lessons from their collaborations.
Educating, Exchanging and Encouraging
Leaders provide educational opportunities within their organization, exchange functional ideas and encourage knowledge-driven lead generation.
Adventurous, an Asset and Analytical
You are an asset to your organization as you incorporate analytical skills and embody the courage to take bold steps to target and achieve your overall vision.
Disciplined, Diverse and Delegates
Upper-level managers and executives must be disciplined in their business affairs. It behooves them to add the ingredients of diversity to their workforce and not be afraid to delegate responsibilities accordingly.
Experimental, Empowers, Empathetic
Leaders must be willing to test new concepts, empower their workforce with clarity of purpose and convey a sense of compassion as needed.
Responsible, Risk-takers, Revolutionaries
The credibility of leadership holds the gavel of responsibility in order to make all members of their organization accountable for their duties. Leaders are risk-takers who are disruptive thinkers. They promote innovation within their organization to become a trusted leader in their industry.
Strategic, Savvy, Selfless
Great leaders think strategically but are not procrastinators. They exude a sense of confidence and are unselfish when it comes to sharing success.
Leaders are clearly different than bosses. Bosses tend to give orders, can be domineering, sometimes egotistical, as title and hierarchal position are important to them. Great leaders inspire others to think creatively and independently. Leaders do not have to always be right because such thinking and attitudes can lead to the demise of their leadership role and put their organization in jeopardy. Traditional leadership cannot match the pace of transformation in the key to modern technology and innovation.
Leaders immerse themselves in creating an environment that attracts, nurtures and encourages creativity, excellence and company advocacy. They operate with a level of optimism, enthusiasm and honor their core values that multiply with the same type of exuberance throughout the rest of the organization.
Kym Gordon Moore is an award-winning poet, author, speaker, philanthropist, certified inbound marketing specialist and an authority in strategic marketing communications. http://www.kymgmoore.com She is the Content Marketing Director for InKNOWvative Concepts, a creative disruption think-tank raising the frequency of limitless possibilities to supplement core business. http://inknowvativeconcepts.com/
By Kym Gordon Moore
Article Source: Leaders: Innovative Organizational Tour Guides
Just as a tour guide provides information, assistance, historical interests, and sites, along with educational entertainment to enlighten their tourists, celebrated leaders must assume the same type of mindset when keeping their business or organization healthy, emergent and innovative. Here are some notable leadership attributes needed on the journey to transformation:
Listening, Learning and Leveraging
Good leaders listen intuitively, not only to their executives but to the lower levels of hierarchy (their subordinates and foot soldiers). They have the insatiable desire for continued learning and understand how to leverage valuable information and lessons from their collaborations.
Educating, Exchanging and Encouraging
Leaders provide educational opportunities within their organization, exchange functional ideas and encourage knowledge-driven lead generation.
Adventurous, an Asset and Analytical
You are an asset to your organization as you incorporate analytical skills and embody the courage to take bold steps to target and achieve your overall vision.
Disciplined, Diverse and Delegates
Upper-level managers and executives must be disciplined in their business affairs. It behooves them to add the ingredients of diversity to their workforce and not be afraid to delegate responsibilities accordingly.
Experimental, Empowers, Empathetic
Leaders must be willing to test new concepts, empower their workforce with clarity of purpose and convey a sense of compassion as needed.
Responsible, Risk-takers, Revolutionaries
The credibility of leadership holds the gavel of responsibility in order to make all members of their organization accountable for their duties. Leaders are risk-takers who are disruptive thinkers. They promote innovation within their organization to become a trusted leader in their industry.
Strategic, Savvy, Selfless
Great leaders think strategically but are not procrastinators. They exude a sense of confidence and are unselfish when it comes to sharing success.
Leaders are clearly different than bosses. Bosses tend to give orders, can be domineering, sometimes egotistical, as title and hierarchal position are important to them. Great leaders inspire others to think creatively and independently. Leaders do not have to always be right because such thinking and attitudes can lead to the demise of their leadership role and put their organization in jeopardy. Traditional leadership cannot match the pace of transformation in the key to modern technology and innovation.
Leaders immerse themselves in creating an environment that attracts, nurtures and encourages creativity, excellence and company advocacy. They operate with a level of optimism, enthusiasm and honor their core values that multiply with the same type of exuberance throughout the rest of the organization.
Kym Gordon Moore is an award-winning poet, author, speaker, philanthropist, certified inbound marketing specialist and an authority in strategic marketing communications. http://www.kymgmoore.com She is the Content Marketing Director for InKNOWvative Concepts, a creative disruption think-tank raising the frequency of limitless possibilities to supplement core business. http://inknowvativeconcepts.com/
By Kym Gordon Moore
Article Source: Leaders: Innovative Organizational Tour Guides
