Leadership and Communication within your Group - page1
Bernard Alphonso WARNER (Mr.)
Leadership is one of the most sorts after position, in Governments, Churches, Gangs, Community, Schools and Organizations; that is why most people associate. It allows you the ability to influence a system of articulate collective views of the majority of participants in the Manner that will determine the directions and consequences.
Communication within the Group
Four (4) Ways to apply good communication.
- Good listener
- Sharing of information in a timely manner
- Able to resolve conflict
- Being respected by your colleagues
When using spoken words decide on the best form of relating the information, asks once or twice if the relay thought is clearly understood. Communicating through sign language, brailing, writing or pictures are equally good; only if the sender is understood by the receiver.
What to Consider when leadership positions
When considering a leadership position in any organization, you must first understand your own strength, weakness, the missions, goals, objectives and methods for success within the Group. By designing a good strategy in accordance to the objective of the organization; you take your own vision and incorporate it with the vision of the group without conflict. You must be able to share information clearly among your comrades.
- Align yourself with others that share one common vision with you (evaluate performance, feedback, reporting and commitment) within the group.
- By sharing information with the members will create involvement within the group.
- Provide training and coaching on how to implement the necessary changes/programmed.
- Sharing of past successes and the methods used to achieve them
- Laying down the ground rules on the do's and don'ts for a win, win situation
- It's not what you say, it is how you say it.
Most people don't understand the different between leading and managing. According to the Center for Management Development Manuel of 2000
To manage means:
- To take charge of, to direct, to administer
To lead means:
- To guide or conduct by showing the way; to influence.
Management is:
- Working with and through other people to accomplish goals.
Leadership is:
- The process of influencing the behavior of individuals and groups to attain desired result or goals.
