Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
March 10, 2008 Issue 291
From the Desk of Bob
Greetings!
Wow, it is so wonderful to have made it through yet another winter season. We've surely had our share of cold weather here, but spring is in the air. I can feel it! The clocks have "sprung ahead" and an early Easter is coming just three days after the official first day of spring. This past week, I have enjoyed starting the process of gathering together many of the shovels, rakes, hoes, wheel-barrels, and other tools I will be needing to accomplish a major amount of yard cleanup, gardening and landscaping in the weeks and months to come. It looks like we will all be pretty busy here-and that's the way we like it.
Thank you to all of our readers who have been so faithful and encouraging in our quest to share a little positive insight each week via Monday Morning Motivations. We appreciate you and your feedback and suggestions.
Hoping your week is full of great activity and powerful results! Bob
bob@mrattitudespeaks.com
In this week's issue
Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Leadership for Results
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
"Leadership is not a formula or a program; it is a human activity that comes fromt the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitutude, not a routine." -Lance Secretan
"Efficient management without effective leadership is kind of like straightening the deck chairs on the Titanic." -Anonymous
"Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond normal limitations." -Peter F. Drucker
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Seeds of Success: Leadership for Results
By Robert A. Prentice
I must admit that for many years I did it all backwards! Yes, I have had to learn the hard way how to do it right--be a leader that is. Even though I have not arrived as a leader, I am working daily on the process. For many managers and bosses, I think a common misconception is that managing and leading are synonymous. But they are not. You can manage things-projects, households, offices, etc.-but you cannot manage people. You must lead them.
There are five main functions, or responsibilities, of leadership, which include planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. Some of the many skills required of a leader are the ability to think creatively, communicate effectively, solve challenges, build human relationships, make wise decisions, and take qualified risks. A person will know immediately how well they are doing as a leader by how well people are following them.
The definition of leadership is this: That ability or skill to enlist the willing cooperation of people to achieve a desired result. Some of the key words here are "enlist", "willing" and "result." These attitudes should permeate our minds as leaders, and be consistently manifested in our actions and communications if we are to be truly effective.
Effective leadership is a life-long process. A person must first have the "want to" to be a true leader. Then they must be willing to learn, and put into practice, the necessary skills for good leadership. A good leader does his or her best to set a good example for those they are leading, and has an attitude of enthusiastically serving others rather than expecting to be served.
A true leader is one who is able to get things done, but never by stepping on or using other people. An effective leader knows how to cause people to want to be involved in achieving the desired results.
On the Sunny Side of Life
An elderly woman called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car had been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher. "They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she cried.
The dispatcher said, "Stay calm. An officer is on the way. A few minutes later, the officer raios in. "Disregard," he says, "she got in the back seat by mistake.
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