Leadership is about know what & why
Half of business management is leadership; a complex issue encompassing important, competing and strategic elements of business operations. That twists the age-old saying of leaders being born; leaders, in the modern business world, are created. Or to be more precise co-created. Be absolutely sure about this. Experts, on the other hand, elevate and enhance management skills upon which a business thrives. Their job is identifying, understanding and addressing key strategies regarding various management oriented operational issues that a company faces, which, in other words: Experts create leaders. Therefore, you must be a co-creator and materialise your vision through others. No one succeeds alone! True and lasting leadership is co-created effort.
The art of simplifying complex matters
An expert to business leaders is what the coach is to a football (or basketball or any equivalent sport) team; he teaches them the ways to get the best out of their capabilities – not by hammering theories into their head, but – by turning their weaknesses into strengths, which facilitates them further in chalking out effective strategies for developing business visions, market positioning, creating opportunities and other important actions that are essential in addressing a wide range of issues in business management for achieving results that matter.
The art of talking and practicing essentials
An expert induces and maintains four key elements typically in creating business leaders who ultimately stay responsible for developing successful business plans and strategies. The first is a vision for success; it creates the target (i.e. where does a company want to be within a certain time) through clearly defined statements. Next, it is about situation analysis or overcoming the hurdles and barriers, which requires identifying the key hurdles and problems barring the ways potentially towards the desired success.
Leadership is defined by action
A strategic action plan must follow; it defines how and what an organization must do to achieve a desired position. Prioritized and pragmatic actions are thus important; they should be individually dedicated towards specific hurdles and must denote assigned resources, with objectives, expectations and activities chalked out clearly within a certain time frame, including a review time.
A leader is nothing without a following and vice versa, so communication paves the way for implementation of ideas, which shall ensure support, understanding and commitment to a planned action both by employees and stakeholders. An effective communication dictates relative success of a strategy development procedure; poor communication often digs the grave for otherwise excellent business strategies, implementation plans and action programs.
Strategic innovation vs strategic planning
This is where an expert must teach his words through his own actions, exhibiting personal commitment towards creating the business leaders. Strategic innovation, being an ongoing process, keeps an expert in business; it’s a continuous job to high performers to innovate, make things better and synergise. Planning will set the boundaries to guide, create focus and ensure commitment to continuity. All these points are vital towards solidifying and implementing the key business strategic actions. The fearless execution is to leadership the final validation and the ultimate proof that ultimately completes successful business leaders.