1. How Assertive Are You?
In business and in leadership, your personality needs to have that oomph. It's not really about being aggressive, but being clear of the outcome you want. Lack of your own clarity often implies that you lack assertiveness. If you want to increase your personal clarity, you may want to amp up your assertiveness. Assertiveness is an essential leadership character trait, but a leader has to know how to properly make use of it. Being assertive can make the leadership job easier, or it might irritate others and create a mess, especially if it is expressed in an arrogant and insensitive manner. As a business owner, or a leader in the workplace, you should have the influence to persuade your team to do what they should do.
Goals give leadership its purpose. As a leader, what is your goal orientation? Are you task- oriented or ego- oriented? Do you strive to do your best, or do you strive to be the best?
2. Are You Task- Oriented?
Being task oriented is striving to do your best. As you endeavor to achieve your goals, you are concerned about learning and mastering your task skills. There's a hitch, however, because a task oriented leader may have an imbalanced view of leading. Solely focusing on tasks without imposing authority can lag the team behind. Although winning matters- which may mean getting the first prize, or gaining mastery of your skills and your craft- consider that it is always important to include the team.
To a task oriented person, the focus is to gain knowledge and expertise. Doing is learning, and it builds the mastery and confidence of a substantial leader. In task orientation, you ought to remember that the outcome for an elegant leader is to balance tasks and to recognize and impose your authority.
Task orientation does not mean that the ego is shunned but possessing a strong, healthy ego pacified by perceptiveness and the right attitude, charting a solid path to success.
3. Are You Ego- Oriented?
Being ego oriented is striving to be the best. But you have to be wary of being an ego oriented arrogant bully.
Being ego oriented means it's all about wanting to win. Some may not like how it sounds- "ego- oriented"- but an ego oriented leader may also be guided by core values of honesty and respect, and this is a great match toward the goal of winning. What happens with the contrary- if a leader becomes overly egoistic without clear guiding core values of honesty and respect? He or she becomes a leader who tends to be directed towards finishing first in the race without regard of the consequences. There are too egoistic leaders who might give all they got into the competition to prove that they are the best but are rude and disrespectful in the process.
The ego is part of every human's being. With the right amount of ego kept in place, we have sufficient drive and ambition, and the will to protect ourselves. An individual with a balanced ego guided by honesty, respect and kindness can be a very desirable trait in leadership.
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Jodi and Mike specialize in executive coaching with individuals and teams. http://lighthouse-leadership.com
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