Saturday, November 23, 2019

MN7185 LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT - LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES


LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES


INTRODUCTION

It is great role in the nations or organizations that leadership plays. Leaders play a tremendous role as we know in number ways by using various styles. It does not mean that leaders are free from challenges, criticisms etc… or they are in a comfort zone having showing the direction or inspiring people or aligning the people, yet they encounter a diverse type of challenges.

The challenges of leadership are inside leaders. Stop blaming organizations and others for your shortfalls and failures. Take the bull by the horns. You are the bull (Dan, 2012).

Being a leader is not quite a cakewalk. In fact, to be very honest; managing people is one of the most challenging tasks. You really need to extract the best out of your team members and handhold them even in the worst situations. We all want to lead a team, but have we ever realized what are the challenges faced by a leader? Remember, a leader is just like the captain of a ship. One wrong decision and the entire blame comes on you.

The biggest challenge in leadership is to listen to everyone’s opinions and come to a mutually beneficial solution. You just can’t afford to ignore anyone, else he/she would turn out to be your biggest enemy and would neither respect you nor bother to listen to you. Agreed, there are all types of people around. You may like someone; you may not like someone at the workplace, but that does not mean that you start being rude to the person you are not comfortable with. Avoid favouritism. As a leader; you really need to be impartial towards everyone. Not every individual has the quality of being fair towards people. As humans, we generally tend to develop feelings of jealousy and hatred towards people we do not like. Remember, such negative feelings have no place in the professional world. Sit with your subordinates, listen to their grievances and always try to come up with innovative solutions. Never ever loose your temper. The moment you do so, trust me, very soon your name would appear in the bad books of employees.

The 12 Toughest Challenges of Leadership:
  1. Humility during success.
  2. Confidence during setbacks.
  3. Stepping back so others can step up.
  4. Putting plans into action – Follow through. Experience shows up to 90 percent of strategic plans never achieve execution.
  5. Leading change. Leaders don’t just do things, they change things.
  6. Admitting mistakes. One contributor suggests that self-awareness and honesty are essential to saying, “I was wrong.” (See more comments on Facebook)
  7. Listening with the goal of learning.
  8. Encouraging constructive dissent.
  9. Learning from criticism.
  10. Asking for feedback.
  11. Maintaining focus on the future.
  12. Building the team.
What’s most challenging about leading organizations today? And do the challenges differ around the world? When researchers went straight to the source to answer these questions, gathering input from 763 middle- and executive-level leaders in organizations from China/Hong Kong, Egypt, India, Singapore, the U.K., the U.S., and Spain.
Our study found these leaders consistently face the same 6 challenges — even if they describe their challenges and specific context in different ways:

1. Developing managerial effectiveness is the challenge of developing the relevant skills — such as time-management, prioritization, strategic thinking, decision-making, and getting up to speed with the job — to be more effective at work.

2. Inspiring others is the challenge of inspiring or motivating others to ensure they’re satisfied with their jobs and working smarter.

3. Developing employees is the challenge of developing others, including mentoring and coaching.

4. Leading a team is the challenge of team-building, team development, and team management. Specific challenges include how to instill pride, how to provide support, how to lead a big team, and what to do when taking over a new team.

5. Guiding change is the challenge of managing, mobilizing, understanding, and leading change. Guiding change includes knowing how to mitigate consequences, overcome resistance to change, and deal with employees’ reactions to change.

6. Managing internal stakeholders is the challenge of managing relationships, politics, and image. This challenge includes gaining managerial support, managing up, and getting buy-in from other departments, groups, or individuals.

CONCLUSION
Knowing that these challenges are common experiences for middle and senior managers is helpful to both the leaders and those charged with their development, according to our researchers.
Individuals can benefit from knowing their experiences aren’t isolated, and can feel more confident reaching out to others for help facing these challenges.
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2 comments:

  1. Personal limitations are so powerful! Thanks for sharing all this information.Cheers Anfass

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  2. excellent,very helpful to learn about apart of leadership

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