What is Leadership?
More than ever, professionals in the workplace must lead with vision and innovation while motivating and inspiring others. Gain a better understanding of the foundations of good leadership with this training.
The Road to Successful Leadership
A vital first step on the road to successful leadership is having a firm grasp of what it means and takes to be an effective leader .Without good leadership, all other business elements fail. Strong leaders can help maximize productivity, achieve business goals, motivate employees and initiate action. There are many ways that leadership can contribute to success starting from coordinating roles to building morale and improving satisfaction.
Leadership vs. Management
There is a clear difference between leading and managing people. If managers treat people like machine parts to complete a task, they might lose the opportunity to realize the full potential of their employees and their abilities to fulfill tasks to the highest degree. In the modern world, many companies have understood this and changed their policies so that they think more about processes as working together rather than giving instructions to people to perform simple tasks.
Leadership in the workplace has evolved over periods of time in history. And today, it looks and feels quite different from what it did hundreds of years to centuries ago. We can see this clearly by considering specific time periods, known as ages.
The leadership models of the Industrial Age couldn't cope with the complexity that computers and technology brought to our world. In the present Digital Age, the steep vertical hierarchy of ages past needs to be replaced with a horizontal network of competence and a diverse workforce motivated by a common goal. Successful leadership today requires more than just focusing on the dollars and how quickly they can be attained. Leaders must recognize and appreciate the value of the people who contribute to the company's success each and every day.
The appearance of machines and new sources of energy brought about the Age of Industry. People could now move things and themselves around with a speed never seen before. Leaders mainly gave direct orders and the organizational structure was based on a hierarchy with decisions being made from the top down. Leadership tended to be autocratic in nature with the leaders solely focused on the bottom line and how quickly success could be achieved.
The Age of Agriculture saw the shift from hunting and gathering to that of farming. The use of human and animal power allowed for the rapid growth of crops which in turn led to an increase in population. Leadership occurred on the farm level or by an overseer, and routines, such as early rising, were set to maximize productivity.
New Method of Leadership
Effective leaders think beyond employee job duties and focus on the people who perform them. Keep this saying in mind: People are led and tasks are managed. This newer method of leading is based on:
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Clear communication
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Nurturing personal skills
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Trust
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Setting goals together as a team to create something meaningful
The Most Robust Leadership training on the market
EasyLlama’s Leadership Essentials course goes far beyond typical leadership training. It is hard work to be a good leader, and only by learning and developing ourselves can we get there. Our course evaluates employees’ grasp on their leadership abilities through engaging videos, interactive quizzes, and scenarios that reflect real-world situations.
Helping over 8,000 organizations create a safer, more productive workplace
This online training course from EasyLlama explores foundational traits for an effective leader that can be applied in the workplace. Strong leaders can help maximize productivity, achieve business goals, motivate employees, handle conflict, and initiate action. The course covers:
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