FOCUS DETERMINES THE REALITY

Leadership is the focus that determines the reality and it is the ability of a company's management to set or achieve challenging goals, take correct decisions and inspire others to perform well. It is difficult to place a value on leadership or other qualitative aspects of a company, compared to quantitative that are commonly tracked and much easier to compare between companies. Individuals with strong leadership skills in the business world often rise to executive positions such as CEO (Chief executive officer), COO (Chief operating officer), CFO (Chief financial officer) president and chairman.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

                             – Dwight D. Eisenhower

One of the greatest things about leadership is that we make things happen which is known as delegation of authority. Usually articles on good leadership qualities, involves factors like integrity, effective communication and influence. These are all wonderful qualities of a leader, but the belief which made us stand out as a leader — putting people first and ahead of me.

 Some people are born leaders and learn throughout life to become better leaders.  When there is a transition from valuing myself to valuing the people, I was transformed as a leader.  Mentor John Maxwell, in his book "Everyone Communicates, Few Connect” insist that ‘When we learn to turn our focus from ourselves to others, the whole world opens up to us.’ When you understand this and take the focus away from you, it will change who you are as a leader.

A major trait of Leadership includes:

• Viewing people as biggest success.  A good leader supports the people around them. The focus should be on developing them, helping them succeed, and watching them grow into the people they want to become. When your people are successful, it is a reflection on you as a leader. The biggest assets are the people working around us and we have to work hard on them to attain maximum result. Without them, our team can fail.

• Acknowledging and appreciating people. The people should be encouraged consistently to gain more results, because encouraging others is the tonic for them to work effectively. If their work is recognized and identified then there will be more interest to do that work. The leader should not take the credits of their fellow people and when a coworker is recognized for the work, this will induce motivation to others to make the work successful. There should be proper communication from top level to lower level of management through meetings which makes the worker more enthusiastic.

 Know the people. Knowing people refers the aims and their personal things that disturb the job sequence each and everything should be known. It also includes their family and their hopes, dreams and where do they live should be known. This is also the responsibility of a leader .Bio data of each and every employer clearly focus how concern you are working.

Leave the ego at the door. Constant Learning or Self Learning makes us to leave the ego at the door step. In Organization some people are superior to leaders because they are from different education background, and so many factors, but its responsibility of the leader to certify them and get higher opportunities. A leader should be proud of them and not jealous of them.

 Empower the people. Everyone wants to be trusted to make decisions. Empower your people to make certain decisions. Do not short change them. Allow them opportunities to shine rather than discounting their abilities and doing it yourself. Do you have a big presentation coming up with your executive team? Allow one of your top performers to give the presentation instead. Being empowered will make them confident and help them strive for larger-than-life goals.

Leadership is both a gift and a privilege. You can erode the cohesion of your team if you fail to value them. Everyone on the team deserves to be valued. Each one of them performs an essential part to keep the engine of your company running. When you can put your people’s needs and interests before your own, you will be a more successful leader. Leaders are the people who do right things and managers are people who do things rightly.