101-Tips for Effective Leadership


  1. skillsAlways strive to preach quality and practice improvement.
  2. Ensure that you involve all staff members in quality improving schemes.
  3. Always be on the lookout for chances to learn valuable lessons.
  4. Take a refresher course if you need to brush up on rusty skills.
  5. Use coaching sessions to learn as well as teach.
  6. Set an example to your staff by being trained yourself.
  7. Use projects as way of learning more about other disciplines
  8. Make friends with people in different departments, and get to know how they operate.
  9. Think carefully about the best way to behave in every situation.
  10. Concentrate on getting things done, not on trying to show that you the one in charge.
  11. Keep a checklist of key leadership duties and ensure that you do them.
  12. Always look beyond the detail and consider the bigger picture.
  13. If you are resisting change, ask yourself why.
  14. The greater your expertise, the more authority you will have.
  15. Always work on and build upon your own strengths.
  16. Put all your ambitions down on paper to help you realize them.
  17. Understand what you are doing in order to achieve your aims.
  18. Never accept any weakness as one that you cannot correct and cure.
  19. Take time to get your bearings in anew job-but do not take too long.
  20. Actively seek the views of your team members.
  21. Avoid appointing candidate simply because you are short-staffed.
  22. When recruiting team members, look for their growth potential.
  23. Take into account the feelings of staff when promoting internally.
  24. When a referee has reservations, always probe more deeply.
  25. Ask candidates what they did really well in their previous jobs.
  26. Ensure there are no interruptions during interviews.
  27. See that new recruits are welcomed and fully supported.
  28. Make sure that any instructions you give are clear and concise.
  29. Encourage people to approach you if things go wrong.
  30. Act quickly when you learn of any real problems.
  31. Insist that staff tell you all the news, good or bad.
  32. Use crises as an opportunity to develop people.
  33. Remember that delegation boosts morale and builds confidence.
  34. Never keep work simply because you do it better.
  35. Set high targets in agreement with your delegates.
  36. If time pressure increases, ask if you are delegating enough to others.
  37. Check regularly and informally on progress of delegated tasks.
  38. Keep an open door for all your delegates.
  39. Intervene fast when the delegates cannot cope.
  40. Make sure that everybody knows what must always be left to you.
  41. Talk honestly with your staff and you will get honest answers in return.
  42. Take steps to get accurate reports of team opinions.
  43. If all feedback is positive, you may not have been told the whole truth.
  44. Be prepared for misunderstanding of what you are trying to achieve.
  45. Encourage groups to achieve by setting high but realistic targets.
  46. Always be ready to allow others to take the lead when appropriate.
  47. Remember that everyone thinks in a different way.
  48. Seek to defuse emotion before tackling issues.
  49. Treating everyone equally will avoid causing resentment.
  50. If decisions can safely be taken quickly, always do so at once.
  51. If you ask for advice from any co-worker, expect to act on it.
  52. Seek to turn the impossible into a target that you can achieve.
  53. Expect setbacks, and always have contingency plans fully prepared.
  54. Cut your losses fast if failure is truly inevitable.
  55. Ensure that team members share the same goals.
  56. Encourage competitions between ideas, not individuals.
  57. Boost a team's effectiveness by training members in new skills.
  58. Ask people if they have enough responsibility.
  59. Do not accept the opinions of others on team abilities.
  60. Allow new people and teams to prove how good they are.
  61. Reward real merit openly, but never appear to have any favorites.
  62. Give people a time for meetings and always keep the appointment.
  63. Keep discussions informal whenever possible to ease staff relationships.
  64. Never hide behind the closed doors of private offices.
  65. Use meetings to take decisions as fast as possible, not to delay them.
  66. Ask only relevant people to meetings to keep the numbers down.
  67. Allow staff to stay away if they feel they have nothing to contribute.
  68. If you are in the chair, do not use the position to be dictatorial.
  69. Keep meetings to the shortest time needed to cover a brief agenda.
  70. Keep it simple and look first for the easy solution.
  71. Regard problems as opportunities for team learning.
  72. Consider an issue from every possible angle.
  73. Look for the positive side of any negative situation.
  74. Ensure you have all the facts before taking action.
  75. Find ways of showing people that you trust them to act effectively.
  76. Never refuse a request without careful thought.
  77. Reward success with praise as well as material recognition.
  78. Always be loyal to your people in any public situation.
  79. If you have to criticize someone, do so in private.
  80. Never seek to get results by bullying people beneath you.
  81. Use discipline sparingly, but make it swift and effective.
  82. Keep the "carrot" visible but he "stick" in hiding.
  83. Share responsibility for mistakes and failures, and analyze errors so you can prevent them next time.
  84. Write down your ambitions, and revise them periodically.
  85. If your vision seems unattainable, simply intensify your efforts.
  86. Keep vision and mission wording brief, clear, and prescriptive.
  87. Give statements to others to check before you finalize them.
  88. Make people see that it is everyone's job to generate ideas.
  89. Try to implement suggestions, as long as they will cause no harm.
  90. Make sure ideas are challenged with respect and not with contempt.
  91. If unsure about whether or not you should pass on information, do so.
  92. Ensure that your messages reach all members of staff.
  93. Make sure that you encourage staff to participate in decision-making.
  94. Always keep your mind firmly on the outcome that you are seeking.
  95. Encourage people to seek clarification if they are unsure about any of their objectives.
  96. Make the outcome measurable if at all possible.
  97. Get staffs fully involved in achieving the ultimate objective.
  98. Let your staff know exactly what you except from them.
  99. Use appraisals to develop your staff, not as ends in themselves.
  100. Do not gamble, but back your own best judgment in going for results.
  101. Keep up-to-date on the progress of competitors.

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