As a leader, you will come to realise that you will be required to take on multiple roles within your team to create a value across the board for all your stakeholders – your people, your customers and your investors. These roles are meant to influence, mediate and inspire your people and business environment. But remember, the same kind of approach and one go-to-style is not going to work in every situation. Here are some leadership roles that leaders play for an effective administration.
The Visionary
A good leader clearly defines where their team is going and how they are going to get there. Effectively leaders see that where they are today is not where they need to be tomorrow. In this role, leaders create a shared vision and communicate it so powerfully that others join them on the journey. A visionary leader is someone who is innovative and is able to leverage on ideas and concepts from his or her team and merge them into a concrete plan. To be a visionary leader, you need to learn to look at your business from an outside perspective, be innovative and most importantly work as a team with your people.
The Strategist
Being the strategist is one of the examples of leadership roles that leaders take. Strategic leaders consistently achieve results with and through others using disciplined and carefully planned processes. Effective leaders translate vision into results by focusing on the most important priorities and creating systems that empower people. In this role, leaders create an environment where people can work together and win. A strategist is able to delegate well and understands what everyone’s strengths are. If you want to be a strategic leader, create a platform for you and your team to test new ideas and concepts openly. Be transparent and be ready for a transformation when it is required – which means stop resisting change and adapt yourself to technologies and trends that is fit for your business.
The Talent Advocator
A leader unleashes the ability of each person on their team to improve performance, solve problems and grow their careers. Leadership responsibilities include seeing others as whole people with a body, mind, heart, and spirit. In this role, leaders move from telling and fixing to coaching, building capability and leadership in others. In the past command and control used to work but not today, empathy, support and guidance rather than instructions, is a better approach these days to inspire innovation and commitment from your people. So, be more of a coach, teach what you have learned, listen to their feedback and concern, address the problems quickly and be available where required.
While leadership can be challenging, it can also be extremely rewarding when leaders know how to be effective. Ultimately, leadership is not a position. It is a choice as we strive for results, we can ask ourselves; Do we have a shared vision? Are we executing our strategy? Am I advocating others potential? Do you apply these roles or are there other roles you think a leader should follow? Let us know by writing to us at [email protected]
Source:
https://www.usi.edu/outreach/engage/2017-archives/five-roles-of-a-leader/