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What Does Leadership Have To Do With Managing Performance Of Employees Productivity
Leadership remains one of those mysteries in modern management, with so many models and approaches, many of which focus on aspects like personality, inspiration, and so on. One area that is not often discussed is the relationship between leading and managing performance, perhaps because managing performance isn't a terribly "glamorous" enterprise, compared to something like charismatic leadershp
The Relationship Between Effective Leadership and Managing Performance
Consider the following:
- Organizational leaders are the ONLY ones who can make performance management work, by making their reports accountable for setting goals for employees, communicating all year 'round, and conducting effective reviews.
- If leaders want engaged employees, one of the major ways is to make the MEANING of their work, clear, relevant and inspirational, and that means using a system where employees know, not just what they are do, but WHY. The process that works is a strong performance management SYSTEM (not just a performance review).
- Leaders succeed when they act as models for the organizational culture they want to create. While we don't usually think of performance management as a tool to create culture, properly done, they are, because the parts of a management system make clear "how and why we do things around here".
- Performance management systems foster accountability and responsibility, and there's probably not a leader on the planet that wouldn't like more of both in his or her organization.
The Prescription For Leaders
Leaders don't have to be involved in the nuts and bolts of ensuring there's an effective system for managing performance, but they need to provide the impetus, the focus, to create such a system. It's unfortunate that most leaders don't spend any time on doing this, and on insisting on the accountability and responsibility that such a system can offer.
More Sources For Information On Effective Leadership In Organizations
By Daniel Goleman - Goleman speaks on the importance of enjoyable work, and the biggest demotivator at work. Viewed 418 Times )
By Robert Bacal - Without a change in the organization's culture in conjunction with downsizing, you simply wind up with a less efficient, smaller bureaucracy. And less efficient bureaucracies cannot address the four essential demands facing companies in the 1990s. They must be customer-driven, cost-effective, fast and flexible, and continually improving. Viewed 1256 Times )
By Francisco Magalhaes - It is only natural that not everyone becomes a leader; however, those who follow will no longer accept old fashioned leaders, full of authoritative ideas and who impose new management techniques on others. They want leaders with well- rooted human values and who will respect talents and contributions given by others. They want to feel enthusiastic in all their actions. Viewed 1509 Times )
By Christine Zust - Credibility. How do you get it? More importantly, how do you keep it? Gaining credibility takes years to achieve, and maintaining it is a lifetime goal for any leader. One wrong move can erase in an instant many years of hard work. Communicating with credibility is an art form, one which you can master by using a few simple guidelines. Viewed 2293 Times )
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