the next stalin

Every time you see in this corporate world of business you see leaders step out of their ordinary lives and produce mass amounts of money that makes their business really profitable. These are the people that will venture into the work place and climb up the ladder in the ranks and will show the overall characteristics to step up as a leader. These are the people I would most respect in life. But how do they actually do it?

In an exercise which was done in a class a key characteristic of business ethics: responsibility. “Doing what should be done” and taking care things and getting it done to the deadline. Organization I believe is the key to success in business. If all things are organized properly then in general all business will run successful. Organization does not mean necessarily paper work but rather the ability to transition with your work force efficiently.

Part of the manager’s key focus should be the fact of the global workforce of diversity. This does not mean just international workers in the office. This means managing even the local employees who could be from such diverse communities. I think a manager has to assess and learn from different work thought or approaches that he or she may be able to adapt of the style their co-workers see their working style. I know from a personal experience about this where working back home is totally a different environment than working in the U.S. The hierarchy of scale is apparent back home more and communication is done in a ladder basis whereas U.S. business is run that everyone is equal to voice their opinion. Now it does not mean that the ideal manager will define himself or herself as necessarily approachable person; that is where the behavior concept comes into place.

Part of a good manager’s technique should be the willing to understand and comprehend his fellow employees. This goes to the fact a strong leader may not be a risk-taker or the risk adverse person, but rather could he see the long run or the short run of the decisions that he/she is making. The biggest characteristic of an individual is willing to accept failure. Through failure you realize the mistakes and will try to make yourself a better person to lead. This also has to do with motivation.

Motivation is one of the key characteristics that drive a company and its workforce. Motivation brings the success and the failures. But without motivation a company could crumble. Part of this has to do with needs of the individual. Are you in this workforce due to financial needs or proving to something you think that needs change for the betterment of the company. Both of these approaches will motivate the person to work different ways in the business. But determination of whether he/she is inclined to his/her financial needs or a power struggle could be understood more to do with the position the person upholds.

Job designs and structures determine the person’s ability and approach of what he/she is expecting. So therefore it is simple to see that a person who is a janitor is only there because he either only qualified to do hard labor or the fact that money is involved. It supports the person so therefore it is easy for him/her to say that at the end of the month there will be a paycheck. Whereas a person who is the VP of operations would have more needs than a financial pride to himself/herself. It would be a power struggle. They would like to be the one to motivate someone. This has to do with goal settings and performances.

Without goals a person would loose interest in the workplace. Constantly if there is a drive and a goal that has been presented to them they would approach their position with more responsibility. But managers are the one that would set the goals or try to reach the goals the better way. Because of a reward system in most companies’ goals can be a great way to make the motivation work faster and the whole teamwork comes into place.

Communication and group dynamics would be the important aspects in creating group awareness in the company. Most successful companies create a great dynamic group structure that they are proud of working for such a company in general. Communication is the key to the manager’s biggest internal success. If the manager is willing to listen and understand his employees, he would be able to get work done much faster than a person who believes that his approach is the right way and the rest really do not matter.

Finally what makes a good leader? Looking into all these characteristics and concept expressed by Moorhead I believe as an individual getting ready to meet the marketplace it gives us an awareness of how we approach business. I believe I am a person who takes responsibility in the workplace seriously. I do like things organized so that things would make more sense when transition is needed. But the biggest defect for me I believe is the fact that I expect perfection. This has made me sometimes miss assignments and get the work done. Most effectively if I was to be a manager, I would like to be the person that could be approachable and confident that I would be able to get the work done.