Business leaders are always invited to define the future vision for the company they run, to solve immediate problems whenever and when they arise and of course to be interested not only in the proper functioning and productivity of the company but also in producing the required results that they have set or have been set by the shareholders of the company.
In any case, the leadership expiration includes several qualities that go beyond the hierarchy and thus separate those who lead from those who simply command or direct.
by Thanos S. Chonthrogiannis
©The law of intellectual property is prohibited in any way unlawful use/appropriation of this article, with heavy civil and criminal penalties for the infringer.
In today’s age, the leader is required to have the cognitive background complemented by the ability of lifelong learning and self-improvement as well as to choose that cognitive background that will help him operate based on new knowledge and experiences.
Awareness of his abilities and weaknesses are the basic foundations of his character’s formation to have the necessary confidence to run a project that is either individual or constitutes the business itself.
Certainly, the main driving force behind the mobilisation of a leader is his personal ambition.
In this effort or initiative, he undertakes each time if the leader can know the limits of his “I” and his knowledge, he indirectly recognizes that he is not omniscient and seeks those who complement him.
The degree of adaptability and flexibility in each time emerging situations and conditions are those that enable him to re-evaluate his attitude and be open to the “new”.
The leader must lead by example, showing every day that what he says means it and makes it happen.
At the same time, it must have created the appropriate decompression and recharging mechanisms. In this way it creates positive energy and thought to channel it into productive energy in its environment.
But the leader, on the other hand, must also think “out of the box” to approach challenges in new ways to mitigate the degree of productivity and efficiency, especially in times of crisis.
The tensons faced daily by leaders are:
- Learning intensities: which relate to their ability to learn and grow continuously.
- Performance intensities: related to conflicting issues, needs and outcomes.
- Identification tensions: related to the leader’s relationship with himself and at the same time as a member of the company’s leadership-management team.
Managing these tensions on the part of leaders will enable them to fulfil their duties and roles as team or business leaders.
