Leadership Is The Organization Of Function Without...

As a leader I strive to empower peak performance without excessive constraints and reliance on continuous leadership inputs to accomplish the set goals. Leadership is the ability of an individual to empower and develop an organization and its people to achieve its mission with little or no constant involvement from their management. This is achievable by empowering subordinates to be autonomous. This requires a leader to instill the necessary competence in the organizations to ensure proficiency in their respective areas of responsibility. This autonomy can be achieved by articulating the objective with the understanding that there are many methodologies to achieve the objective. Leaders must have confidence that the required†¦show more content†¦An example of this is my organizations activity committee. The committee comprises of a board of eight individuals from different branches of the organization that plans events for the group. This planning required meetings to dis cuss and vote on certain details. After numerous hours discussing the details, the committee came to an agreement on the details. However, instead of making the decisions, the committee took all the info and presented it to the director to make the final decisions. These decisions included issues like venue, cost of participation and other normal planning resolutions. While this example is not a direct mission impact, it illustrates how we have instilled the notion that decisions have to be made at the highest level possible, without regard to implication. This concept reinforces the potential for single point failure and ultimately diminishes the overall competence of the workforce. This analysis is the basis of my philosophy. For a leader to embrace this philosophy and convert from theory to practice, they must exhibit several key traits. Respect is the foundation of any successful leader. Devoid of respect, any leader will not have the trust necessary for empowerment. Without respect and I am referring to both respect for subordinates and respect for leadership, empowerment, the ultimate goal, is virtually impossible. Empowering your employees will produce an overall environment of mutual respect,