Leader can be a deterent.

Leaders can be a deterrent only if his subordinates are incompetent. Every leader has to understand that its his team that makes him a LEADER!!

Leaders by far are the people who dare to take that first step and make the difference. Managers are people who make leaders look good because they have the capacity to understand the leaders thoughts and implement them. That comes with understanding the fact that their team is competent enough to execute the thought to its necessary fruition. So you see its a vicious circle. Everybody is dependent on everybody. Nobody can be indepedent of the process and be indispensible!!

What you need to understand is the team, its members and its management! Good ideation!!

Present days as the Industry is bracing up for a lot of unforeseen changes day in day out Leadership is getting more & more delicate & important. Gone are the days when some team members could be expected to be totally loyal & selfless. We may still find people loyal to their immediate managers. This change may be due to increasing uncertainties, ever changing environments & most importantly the Change in Leaderships ( which happen very often).

Such a situation demands that a person who joins any organization as a leader also has some home work to make for his success. It is customary to collect feedback about team members from the boss whom he may report. But as a leader he must possess the capabilities to make his own assessments & not be prejudiced. Because there is no one who is not prejudiced & Prejudice is always proved to mislead.

Leader must first try to evaluate PERFORMANCE - Grievances within the team - Solutions if available - Changes required & make the team feel at home. Only after the team is taken to confidence should a leader start emphasis on change required. This makes the team understand the need for a New Leader & the Changes recommended.
They must be made to appreciate the reason for the change in leadership in the first place. Because some of them who were loyal to the Ex Boss may try to be nonsensical & destabilize the team by adding to the uncertainties present.

A leader ultimately must be a Example to prove to the team that under his leadership THERE WILL BE
1. NO Uncertainity.
2. NO Nonesence.
3. NO Unfair treatment
4. NO Under-performance
5. NO Bias,  etc etc.

It is more often seen that the leaders of the present day ONLY TRY TO GO WITH THE FLOW (UNCERTAIN) & NEVER ADD VALUE TO THE TEAM.

THIS gives raise to FRUSTRATION in the team & the leader him self becomes a Nonsense.

I think there are two distinct things to be a manager (and therefore engineer your team to suit companies goals, manage processes and activities and take responsibility for results) and to be a leader. Not everyone can be a leader, but everyone can be a manager. So it is insane to put some guy into "leaders" position and require him to live upto expectations - this will not gonna happen without system (business environment) support. If the system allows you to be a manager and call yourself a leader - it is already a problem. 

Dear All,

I request you to send me your comments.

A leader MUST be capable of knowing the team & understanding the aspirations, capabilities & week areas of his subordinates. He must in No circumstance involve a much lower level subordinate to spy on his own manager.

I have seen people who claim to be effective Leaders but USE / INSTRUCT the lower level subordinates to Create un favourable reports against their manager in order to discredit the man and sideline or eliminate him.

Such Leaders are not adding any value to the Organisation but are engaged only in personal gain.

Ex: A is a National Mananger - B,C,D are his Assistants & E F G H I J report to B or C or D.

A always talks to E/F/G/H/I/J to instruct them to speak against B/C/D.

I feel if the team is a Result oriented No Nonsence team, No one has to ask any one to report any mismanagement. It will come to light automatically. If any one is asking for it - then he / she is only trying to play games to protect himself or hide his inability. 

I request you to let me know if you have come accross such carectors & also suggest steps taken by you to handle them. 

I am sure you will agree that such people are dangerous paracites in the organisation & contribute only to the destruction of the organisation. They do not deserve to be in the industry. We must act fast to expose / eliminate them to protect values & build good organisations.

Regards,

Shashidhar V