Hello Happy Monday ka!
I have two articles to share with you, which could really be applicable to your team or even interns to increase learning and productivity, and for leaders to think and act more efficiently ka.
This article is entitled, 'Why Are People Terrible at Delegating?' by Tracy Spears from LinkedIn June 9, 2016.
I like it because it gives us some reflections many of us, me included, think and become hesitant to train or delegate work to inexperienced staff or to those who we don't have that much confidence in, or out of 'grengjai' ka.
Have these questions popped up some time when you are thinking of delegating your work?
"I can do it better myself anyway”, “Sometimes it’s an imposition to ask others to help”, “I can do it easier and faster”, “It will take too long to explain”, “She’s going through a tough time and I don’t want to add to her problems”, or “I’m just not good at it”.
The author points out that we need to relook at the benefits of delegating our work, some of which are like we've got some help and even we spend some time explaining the tasks, in the longer run, the return will be much more than the time spent earlier ka.
We may have made life far too complicated na ka!
Another article is about leadership on, 'The Six Mistakes That Exceptional Leaders Avoid' from ExceptionalLeadersLab.com ka.
1. Trying to lead everyone the same way A good rule of thumb is to lead everyone equally but not the same. Understanding diversity and make it understood to all could be one of the ways to help lead mai ka?
2. Believing that they are a “finished product” -- The best leaders are learning leaders. They are observers and students of leadership. We have to make sure we gradually change our traditions of thinking and expecting our leaders to know everything and that the leaders feel they have to live up to the expectations as well lae ka.
3. Confusing manipulation with leadership -- Manipulation could serve only as a short-term strategy and leaders must be more strategic in their decisions-- could mean looking more to the long-term goals and for me personally, I think leaders should manipulate only when the team occasionally needs to be driven forward lae ka.
4. Not understanding how successful decisions are made -- Top leaders know when a situation calls for a consensus or when a decision from the leader is needed. Listen and accept feedback to decide more sensibly....many more articles and books have been mentioning about 'listening' and now some have been offering workshops on 'listening' na nia!
5. Forgetting that leadership is not a talent -- I like how the author puts it ka, "Effective leadership is a skill and a craft. It can be learned only through a unique combination of study and experience." We learn along the way and know how best to apply the learning na ka.
6. Not understanding that leadership is really just a powerful form of influence -- exceptional leaders influence decisions, enthusiasm, actions, possibilities, confidence, beliefs, direction, and culture. I'm not sure if our leaders think of 'influence' or 'power'. Mainly, we often see the abuse of power mai ka? Um! too pessimistic plao ka....part of it could also be due to our culture of giving far too importance of taking care of our more senior in ranks mai ka?
After all, quite a few things we learn have to refer back to our cultural traditions and seriously, it depends largely on our own leaders to exercise their leadership differently to start 'New Normal' leadership in the Thai society.....be humble, listen more, delegate with coaching, insist others not to take care of them far too much, and be a role model themselves what a New Normal leader must be ka!
Enjoy the first day of your work ka.
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