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From Seattle to Singapore, top managers show leadership by coaching their teams to success. They accomplish goals with five habitual philosophies.
Certainly, they have numbers to crunch, products to market and customers to satiate. Along the way, they have to be detached from distractions and not be narcissistic.
They know the road to success can only be driven with motivated employees. That means to achieve goals they visibly lead through change, communicate well and understand their employees.
In essence, they succeed with agility and efficiency. Specifically, how do they do it?
Top managers are adept at implementing five philosophies:
1. They advocate a minimal bureaucracy
They don’t over-staff. They only hire for communication skills and overall competence, which means they can confidently delegate to high-performing employees.
This helps avoid mundane routines, unnecessary meetings and reports with extraneous data.
2. They instill a culture prepared for constant improvement
By having a company-wide culture of flexibility, their organizations adapt to ongoing challenges. Employees enthusiastically support new initiatives.
The salient benefit: This means the workforce doesn’t go into shock over new initiatives.
3. They make use of Pareto’s Principle
Italy’s Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto – who lived from 1848 to 1923 – was an engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher.
Initially, Pareto’s Principle – known as the 80/20 rule – concluded that only 20 percent of Italians owned 80 percent of the wealth. That led to the idea that a minority – 20 percent of inputs – result from 80 percent of results.
For example, 20 percent of customers give you 80 percent of your revenue; or 20 percent of employees produce 80 percent of results.
Leading managers set objectives according to Pareto’s Principle. They identify and monitor the best metrics for success.
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
4. They are approachable
This is an important aspect of communication. Great bosses are accessible, especially during change. They participate in meetings to dispel rumors and to calm employees to build confidence among their workforce.
They are transparent. They communicate with their staffs even when they don’t know answers, and they possess the skills to deliver bad news well.
5. They astutely capitalize on individual talents
Great managers understand their employees’ personalities and skills to maximize processes. They determine objectives and processes in tandem with the unique talents of their human capital.
With smooth-running work flows, this also means they more easily coordinate aspects of change programs.
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“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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