School of undergraduate studies aminu saleh college of education, azare

Identify five of the qualities of a good leadership and briefly explain each of them toward efficiency and effectiveness of you organization.

Explain how planning and organizing as part of administration function will lead to an organizational success.

INTRODUCTION

Leadership is the ability of an individual or group of individuals to lead, guide, or influence other groups of people or an organization. Leadership entails; having a clear vision, the ability to communicate the vision to team members, the ability to organize in an effective and efficient manner, inspiring subordinates towards the fulfillment of the organization’s goals, and balancing the conflict of interest of all subordinates and stakeholders. Leadership encompasses all spheres of life; family, political, management, or economic earned, improve through mentoring and coaching but it is more of a skill.

The core skill of leadership is influence, in fact, John C. Maxwell defines leadership as influence, how well you can influence your subordinate or situation makes you a leader: a leader is someone who guides or directs others.

Therefore it is imperative to know and understand the importance and qualities of a good leader. Therein are some qualities which every effective leader is expected to cling;

Motivation is vital to the achievement of an organization. A good leader ensures team members’ energy is high to perform the job to their very best. An efficient leader motivates team members by building trust and confidence in them so that, they take a positive approach to the job and the organization at large. Motivation is also achieved by creating a hitch-free environment by building trust among team members so as to enhance togetherness among the team members in relation to company objectives, rather than focusing on individual goals. Incentives also can be a medium to motivate team members.

A good leader must possess exceptional organizational skills in order to coordinate company goals and objectives in such a manner that will enhance team members’ productivity. It also involves setting up parameters that guide team members towards attaining company aim and objectives.

It is imperative for a leader to possess integrity. A good leader must show honesty at all times so as to gain the trust of team members. “A great leader is someone who does the right thing, even when it’s unpopular or extremely tough to do so.

Integrity in leaders refers to being honest, trust worthy, and reliable. Leaders with integrity act in accordance with their words (i.e. they practice what they preach) and own up to their mistakes, as opposed to hiding them, blaming their team, or making excuses.

One of the keys to a positive and productive work environment is having leaders who act with integrity. Integrity in leaders refers to being honest, trustworthy, and reliable. Leaders with integrity act in accordance with their words (i.e. they practice what they preach) and own up to their mistakes, as opposed to hiding them, blaming their team, or making excuses.

Good leaders communicate clearly both verbally and in written form in a way the team will understand the objectives leader must be able to listen actively and understand from the perspective of the team members, listening also includes observing the body language and other environmental signals.

Effective listening empowers the leader to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the information.

5. ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY

Good leaders abandon their egos and give room for their subordinates to express themselves in order to encourage new ideas, innovations that can trigger an organization to move into the new millennium. For instance, a leader may decide to stay away from a particular task, for team members to complete just to boost their creativity. Because creativity lies in every man but the mechanism to unleash it may be different and the leader is in a pole position to unleash the creativity each member of the team possess, even if they are unaware of it.

When someone comes up with a new idea that’s not quite ready, thank them, add information, and invite them to keep thinking. In Courageous Cultures we call this “Respond with Regard.” For example, rather than say “We tried that last year” or “That won’t work because …” you might try: “Thanks so much for thinking about new ways we could try that. You know, last year we tried something similar, and we ran into this obstacle. Would you be willing to think about how we can overcome this obstacle?” Or “I appreciate you thinking about this. Here’s some additional information that makes your suggestion challenging. I would love to hear your thoughts about how we can overcome this challenge or look at it differently.” You get more of what you encourage, less of what you ignore. Creativity requires risk-taking, so don’t limit encouragement and rewards to the ideas that work. Some ideas won’t work out, but you need all of them to find the ones that will.

Planning helps an organization chart a course for the achievement of its goals. The process begins with reviewing the current operations of the organization and identifying what needs to be improved operationally in the upcoming year. From there, planning involves envisioning the results the organization wants to achieve, and determining the steps necessary to arrive at the intended destination – success, whether that is measured in financial terms, or goals that include being the highest-rated organization in customer satisfaction.

Organizing is the function of management that involves developing an organizational structure and allocating human resources to ensure the accomplishment of objectives. The structure of the organization is the framework within which effort is coordinated. The structure is usually represented by an organization chart, which provides a graphic representation of the chain of command within an organization. Decisions made about the structure of an organization are generally referred to as organizational design decisions.

Therefore through effective planning and organization a leader will make his administration a successful one.

In conclusion, leader as an individual to influence the interest of people is expected to hang upon him certain qualities to enable him handle the task and efficiently and effectively, as well as planning and organizing a better administration, and otherwise will lead the ruin of the organization and the administration will sound negatively.