Self development and growth into leadership

Self development and growth into leadership

Quality depends on your perceptions, how you deal with failures and strive to achieve.

Today’s businesses require more and more leaders, and it is not easy task finding leaders- many may want to lead but not all can lead. The fact of the matter is that leadership is a quality that one is not born into but is developed. It depends on your perceptions, how you deal with failures and how you strive for achievements.

The human mind is extremely powerful but sadly, this secret is not revealed to us for numerous reasons. What makes each person unique depends on the way one has been exposed to the world, including one’s family, friends and relatives; the environment; social and economic circumstances; and ideology/belief system you grew up with all contribute to influence your mind and body to react in a certain way, and you get used to it. But it is not difficult to break this pattern and become a leader. 

As the famous author Robin Sharma puts it: lead without title.

The first thing you can do is inculcate in yourself a belief system which says “ I can achieve it” and then prepare others around you – your staff, your colleagues or even managers to believe in this and gradually build up a collective consciousness of winning.

Once the mind is set – now called a winning mind, you have essentially become a leader in the making without a title. But there will be challenges on your way to achieving what you want or your desired corporate goal. And although it may seem impossible to achieve the beginning, it is easy.

A research made on great minds like that of Gandhi, Mandela, Lincoln, Einstein, etc. show they had one thing in common - they all had a questioning in mind. They questioned themselves when they faced failure instead of brooding: why did it happen? Working at the root cause of a problem and eradicating it; asking how success can be achieved; what the plan is, and arriving at procedure are valid points to consider.

Once you rise above the petty politics, learn to lead and study the lives of these extraordinary persons and you will discover each of them started with a failure or an unhappy situation in life, but they either fought the situation or learned from it. So you can too.

Career Tips:

·       The formation of personality is influenced by the environment.

·       Inculcate in yourself the belief that you can achieve anything.

·       Emulate the lives of extraordinary leaders; learn from mistakes.

Emotional intelligence a major success factor- Career Tips

Emotional intelligence a major success factor

It takes more than professional skills and know- how to succeed in life

In today's corporate world there is new yardstick for success among executives and managers. To be successful  in your career, you don't just need intelligence or know how, but emotional intelligence (EI) as well.

But what exactly is emotional intelligence? It is the art of knowing yourself and how others think and feel, what feels bad and what feels good to others. It is the ability to identify one's own emotions as well as that of others. It helps you detect emotion in facial expressions, vocal elements and body language.

In the Gulf countries where there are flatter organizational structures with fewer management layers, stiff competition and more demanding customers - factors that contribute to higher stress levels, there is greater need for emotional intelligence.  But how do we manage our EI to our advantage?

There is a five - step management approach to EI:
Awareness. Get in touch with your feelings and know your own goals and feelings; gauge other people's moods from their facial expressions and body language.

Decide how you want to see a situation. Our beliefs and values create a map of reality. A good illustration is how you choose to see a glass halfway filled with water - is it half-full or half empty.?

Surround yourself with positive people. They are the ones who are above petty politics, have a broad mind and are compassionate. Very often, the people around us influence our thoughts and behavior to a great extent whether or not we are aware of it.

Use positive affirmations and self-talk. Repeat affirmations and self-talk. Repeat affirmations in your mind or write them down several times in a day, or at least say them to yourself in the morning and at bedtime.

Take up coaching, and learn to view emotions and ways to constructively channel negative emotions.

Career Tips

Emotional intelligence is crucial in a person's success in life

Be in touch with your feelings and those of other people's

Be optimistic and surround yourself with positive people.