Sunday, May 23, 2010

THE COVETED SECRET OF GOOD LEADERSHIP

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The Leadership Secret - Knowledge of Theory

 

The man at the top is usually someone who has been in the habit of going to the bottom of things. – Anonymous.

 

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It’s been quite some time since I last shared a little secret of success at ‘Leadership’ with you, my dear friends! Hence, let me talk about the same with you today. It’s the sine-qua-non of being a good leader to go into the details of any given situation in order to comprehend the same to the T. An average person is not interested in going into the details of a situation. So he argues that he is interested only in practical knowledge. Any effort to educate such a person about “why” and “what” of a situation is ridiculed and labeled as boring theory.

 

It is true that theory alone is not enough. Practice is necessary. Knowing “how to….” is essential for the execution of a job. However, the practice will not be perfect without theoretical knowledge. Moreover, learning a skill is easier compared to decision-making. Visionary people know ‘why’ something must be done and they only decide ‘what’ needs to be done. Average people feel satisfied with learning a skill and think it to be enough.

 

Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways doesn’t probably know how to fly an aircraft but he owns the company.

 

Remember: In order to grow in your career, apart from learning technical skills, you must also have a vision, an analytical mind, decision-making abilities and a definite involvement in the affairs of the organization you belong to. You must be a thinker and you must learn the ‘whys’ and ‘what’s’ too.

 

The one who knows ‘how’

Shall always have a job,

But the one who knows ‘why’

Will be his BOSS.

 

 

THOUGHT

 

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You say “I think” ten times a day

Or fifteen times, or twenty

And even more. Well, anyway

You sure repeat it plenty.

But pause and ponder half a wink

And start your brain-cells clinking;

“I think” you say, but do you think

Or only thinking you’re thinking?

 

How often is the thing you’ve thought

Out of yourself created

And not a dictum you’ve been taught

And simply imitated?

Into a revive you sink

And like an owl you’re blinking,

But do you actually think,

Or only Think you’re thinking?

 

“I think” you say – and ladle out

Some fusty old opinion

That probably was known about

In Pharaoh’s dominion.

Do new ideas ever slink

Into your cranium’s chinking?

I wonder – do you really think

Or only think you’re thinking?

 

Traditions, customs, fill your head

And some of them have virtue,

But most of them have long been dead

They fester there and hurt you.

Son, chuck that clutter in the drink,

Wake up – don’t sit there blinking!

Wake up! And then perhaps you’ll think

And not just think you’re thinking!

 

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- Berton Braley

(As quoted in the Forbes Book of Business Quotations)

 


2 comments:

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