{"id":5822,"date":"2014-04-02T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2014-04-04T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:18:11","slug":"5-key-lessons-adopt-great-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=5822","title":{"rendered":"5 Key Lessons to Adopt to be a Great  Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5824\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5824\" src=\"http:\/\/noomii-blog-files2.s3.amazonaws.com\/2014\/04\/3146429711_7ea314f9cf_z.jpg\" alt=\"original image adapted for use under creative commons\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" class=\" wp-image-5824  \" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kh-67\/\" target=\"_blank\">original image<\/a> adapted for use under creative commons<\/p><\/div><p>\r\n\r\nIs there anyone who believes in true mutual relationship? <em>Not really, since one party always, even just slightly, overpowers the other.<\/a><\/em><\/p><p>This is a common human trait and tough to ignore when we look deeper into the workplace, culture and team dynamics. We think of equality, common goals, commitments, but those things do not happen so fast.<\/p><p>The same thing is valid in the workspace.<\/p><p>Greater engagement in the workplace helps to execute the job, business, relationship and life more smoothly. Often the leaders come up with success concept that appears quite simple, but they are tough when executed. Leaders must have foresight and should keep a tab on small details to make things grow successfully. Above all, in order to increase loyalty and engagement in the workplace leaders needs near-equal exchange of information about the business goals and challenges and shared sense of the work value.<\/p><p>Below you are going to find 5 lessons that leaders of today need to adopt or integrate if they want to grow a remarkable work cultures.<\/p><h2>1. Grow Your Listening Abilities<\/h2><blockquote><p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cIt takes a great man to be a good listener.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Calvin Coolidge<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Workplace of a leader is never restricted to a physical space. Since the sky is the limit, his workspace is spread across the global corners. How does a successful leader ride the global popularity meter? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holberton.com\/sol_vol-3-no12.html\" target=\"_blank\">Power of listening<\/a> is their key to success.<\/p><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a2 Great leaders listen to their customers, prospects and employees to understand what they need or want.<\/div><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a2 They listen to the challenges that customer and employees face to gain a better understanding of what is really going on within the organization.<\/div><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a2 They listen to the colleagues to welcome innovative or fresh ideas.<\/div><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a2 They even lend a good ear to the shareholders, investors, competitors it makes them feel that you are more committed to the mission at hand.<\/div><h2>2. Be Yourself In Business<\/h2><blockquote><p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe more of me I be, the clearer I can see.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Rachel Archelaus<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Great leaders are those who align with their real identity and retain integrity is beyond comparison.<\/p><p>Customers, employees and media all like to entertain and help the <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2013\/10\/be-yourself-but-carefully\/ar\/1\" target=\"_blank\">authentic persons in busin<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2013\/10\/be-yourself-but-carefully\/ar\/1\" target=\"_blank\">ess<\/a>. With the intervention of the social internet, the line between public-self and private-self has blurred out. Now the leaders of tomorrow are more transparent as they go online on their social profiles, merging heir profession and personal lives.<\/p><h2>3. Be Transparent<\/h2><blockquote><p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Simon Mainwaring<\/p><\/blockquote><p>It is hard to keep secrets and business owners who eventually try to keep secrets are exposed. Openness and honesty help great leaders to keep their customers and employees happy. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2009\/09\/30\/business-transparency\/\" target=\"_blank\">Transparency in business<\/a> helps to restore peace in life, help leaders to stay unworried and makes them grow more productive.<\/p><h2>4. Bet the Motivated Team Player<\/h2><blockquote><p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe ratio of We\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s to I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s is the best indicator of the development of a team.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Lewis B. Ergen<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Your organization may be small, but you need to interact with each other within or outside the workspace. Allow employees to excel above each other, welcome innovative ideas from them and follow rules of leading CEO\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s for working in a team.<\/p><p>You need to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceo.com\/flink\/?lnk=http%3A%2F%2Fthebuildnetwork.com%2Fleadership%2Fmanagement%2Fteam-building-plus%2F\" target=\"_blank\">grow a culture of success<\/a> within the organization and must include out-of-the-box thinking.<\/p><h2>5. Be Responsive in the Worksphere<\/h2><blockquote><p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe wise respond; the otherwise react.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Raheel Farooq<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Leaders who are best in their niche are responsive to customers, staff, investors and prospects. As stakeholders of today are one of the potential viral sparkplugs, thus the winning leaders can easily recognize them and insist to grow the culture of responsiveness. The leaders of today communicate via email, voicemail, notes or tweets to generate immediate response as it shows how much you care for your customers and employees. This helps to foster positive impact on the organization.<\/p><p>Leaders must treat their surrounding with similar courtesy, which they expect from others. Holding other people in the Worksphere with high regards motivates others to work with you. 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