Why are you passionate about leadership?

Why are you passionate about leadership?

My simple answer is this- BECOZ ..I WANT TO BE A PASSIONATE LEADER ..WHOM I ALREADY AM..

 

Before that let me explain …. WHAT IS LEADERSHIP

“ Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime and departing  leave behind us footprint on the sounds of time. “ – Hendry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

According to the leaders who conversed about leadership……

Ø  Leadership is the art of giving hope to the people while influencing them to work towards a common goal (Patterson K.A. and Winston B.E,2006).

Ø  Leadership has been considered, as a process to motivate and encourage people to move in a single direction for the accomplishment of shared objectives (Ernst C. and Martin A.,2005).

Ø  Leadership is about influencing others to make an average team of individuals transform into superstars. This reflects that leadership is the ability to motivate the employees, sub-ordinates and peers to achieve greatness in every second of their work (Gastil J.,1994).

Ø  Leadership is less regarding personal needs, and more about the people that are being influenced. This implies that leadership is an act that ignores personal needs for the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives by influencing others to work towards a common goal (Rost, 1990)

Ø  According to Mellissa Horner at Leadership Theory: past, present and future, leadership is a dominant function that involves understanding oneself and communicating the vision to the employees for the creation of trust and loyalty among the employees while realizing the leadership potential through effective actions (Horner M.,1997).

 

“Any fool can keep a rule. God gave him a brain to know when to break the rule.”

                                                                   ~ General Willard W. Scott

 

Though the leadership is a practically appliance instrument, many of studies has been done by various scholars due to its’ importance.  Bass & Stogdill’s Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research and Managerial Applications (Bass B.M. and Stogdill R.M.,1990) cites approximately 8,000 studies on leadership. It illustrates that some managers may be effective leaders without ever having taken a course or training program in leadership. Some scholars in the field of leadership may be relatively poor leaders themselves. Leadership will always remain partly an art as well as a science.

As per the definitions of leadership, it has widely describes the behave of and qualities of a leader and qualities of the leadership to be transferred.

Before explain why I passionate about leadership, I would have analyses the passion of the leader and leadership by describing,

1.   Who is a leader

2.   Qualities of a leader

3.   Qualities of the leadership

4.   Qualities of a passionate leader

5.   What is passionate leadership and

6.   Why passionate leadership matters

1.   WHO IS A LEADER

·       A leader is the person who influences a bunch of people towards the achievement of a common goal.

·       And the leader is one who goes first and leads by example, so that others are motivated to follow him. This is a basic requirement. To be a leader, a person must have a deep-rooted commitment to the goal that he will strive to achieve it even if nobody follows him!

 

2.   QUALITIES OF A LEADER

·       Understand the  people and their SWOT

·       Passionate in every angle

·       Develop people

·       Looking at the big picture and looking ahead

·       Influence and inspire others

·       Reveals vulnerability

·       Take responsibility

·       Build confidence for self-liability

·       Integrity

 

3.   QUALITIES OF THE LEADERSHIP 

·       LEADERSHIP offers guidance to the group members while allowing them to participate in the group without any discrimination.

·       Helped in the creation of excitement and commitment among the members of the team

·       Encourage and frequent appreciate the team members in return for their efforts and outstanding work. ( Leading with lollypop – Tedtalk by Drew Dudly)

·       Focuses on the development of team members through effective organizing and support.

  4.   MERITS OF A PASSIONATE LEADER

·       They are fully engaged and committed to achieving their goals while helping others achieve theirs.  

·       When you’re in the presence of a passionate leader, your sensory system is stimulated – your emotions are stirred as you pick up their positive, contagious energy

·       Passionate leaders lead with heart and soul

·       Passionate leaders believe in themselves. They trust their gut instinct, do not take criticism personally, and are undaunted by obstacles at work, in business, or in life.

 5.   PASSIONATE LEADERSHIP 

·       What is passion- Passion is a POSITIVE FEELING for something that is deeply meaningful for individual person. Passion is born out of something that is intensely meaningful to someone. It is not a general hobby or a fleeting interest; rather, it is core to who you are.

·       How it works- If someone is passionate about something, he/she can’t help but think about it, work at it and be excited about it. His/her passion influences his/her daily choices and activities. What he/she does and say centers on his/her passion.

·       Contents of a passion- It contains a VISION, POSITIVE ENERGY, and ENTHUSIASM through ENTERTAINMENT.

·       Why a good leader need to be passionate- It inspires others to join and identify someone’s vision. No one has ever been inspired by a leader who is not passionate.

 

 

Passionate leaders and passionate leadership is well described on the article published by Michelle Ray (Ray.M 2019):Passionate Leadership-12 Key Traits That Distinguish The Best From The Rest

   I.      Passionate leaders rise above naysayers. They seek solutions rather than    problems, critique instead of criticize, and look for the good in every situation.

   II.    Passionate leaders have a profound understanding of people. They are open-minded, appreciate differences, and respect divergent opinions.

  III.    Passionate leaders are outstanding communicators. They listen with intent to genuinely understand, rather than to advance their own agenda.

IV.      Passionate leaders have clarity of vision. They are future-focused and have the capacity to engage others to realize their goals.

 V.      Passionate leaders see opportunity in adversity. They recognize that failure is part of success, and embrace challenges.

VI.      Passionate leaders are fuelled by positive energy. They surround themselves with like-minded people and are enriched by collaborative relationships.

VII.      Passionate leaders have compassion. They give for the sake of giving, expecting nothing in return.

VIII.      Passionate leaders are resourceful. They recognize potential and intuitively utilize others’ strengths, rather than try to be all things to all people.

IX.      Passionate leaders anticipate rather than react. They are free thinkers and do not subscribe to the “herd” mentality.

 X.      Passionate leaders take action. They are risk-takers, execute ideas, and do not dawdle or dwell in the past.

XI.      Passionate leaders are lifelong learners. They remain teachable, aware, and tuned into key trends.           

XII.      Passionate leaders believe in themselves. They trust their gut instinct, do not take criticism personally, and are undaunted by obstacles at work, in business, or in life.

6.   WHY PASSIONATE LEADERSHIP MATTERS

ü  Most SUCESSFUL leaders do not have a JOB. They have only a PASSION.

ü  Passion accelerates productivity and ensured employee commitment to the vision of the Leader. Passion eventually leads to mastery and success, in large part because you are always thinking and working on the thing you are passionate about.

ü  A passionate leader can build passion in employees as well. Many people lack passion for their work.  Many employees feel trapped, are bored or simply hate their jobs.  They become stuck and are limited due to this lack of passion. Because of this, the organizations they work for can only achieve so much. 

ü  Having passion as a leader is one thing; inspiring passion in your employees is another thing altogether. 

ü  Employees will not automatically be passionate about the work they do.  Perhaps for a short time they will, but if you are aiming for long term engagement and excitement, you should be intentional about providing inspiration. 

ü  Leaders inspire employees to be passionate by expressing genuine enthusiasm and articulating why the organization does what it does –why and how the organization makes a difference.

ü  Without passion, employees will not sustain the energy and focus necessary to help the organization truly succeed and make a difference.

“Employees expect leaders to be passionate, and if you are not, why would they be?” To inspire passion in employees, leaders need to be vocal and excited about why the organization matters, and employees need to see that their leaders are passionate about this.  In turn, employees will become more passionate.

This analysis clearly distinguish that WHY I PASIONATE ABOUT LEADERSHIP which is “because I want to be a PASSIONATE LEADER’

 

WHY I WANT TO BE A PASSIONATE LEADER

·       I always actively involved and engaged with my subordinates , and they work to mobilize the organization in a common direction for a common cause.  They believe that what they do makes a difference! They have passion.

 

·       I want to achieve my company’s desired success, it must have effective leadership. My belief is Leaders have the ability to challenge their employees to accomplish a challenging task while exploring and unlocking the employees’ potential.

 

COMMITEMENTS WHICH I HAVE TO DO TO BE A PASSIONATE LEADER

Ø  Effective communication

I need to have the practical knowledge necessary to communicate effectively with both employees and senior stakeholders. I need to be able to communicate effectively with my employees in order to get the right message across regarding my expectations and about the job in hand.

Ø  Passion about my employees

I have to encourage, support and appreciate each and every employee in my organization to take the maximum out of them.

Ø  Team work ability

The word “ I “ is to be least practiced and the word “WE” should be replaced in every time .

Ø  Quick and accurate decision making 

Do not have to hesitate to make quick decisions right time and right way to safe guard my company and its stakeholders.

  

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Ray M., “Passionate Leadership : 12 key traits that distinguish The Best from the Rest”2016 updates on 2019