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Do you hold what it takes to become a leader?

Have you noticed that leaders are made NOT born? Well it’s accurate. You have seen instances where people step up to the plate and take charge surprisingly. You’ve seen people soar to the top out of NOWHERE. If you desire to become a leader and you aren’t already one, don’t worry, you can do it. Before we carry forward, if you are in a “leadership position” that DOES NOT mean you are a leader, YET. There are some things you will need to learn before you are really a leader. Dale Carnegie broke it down into a few simple categories.

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Leadership Development is any thing that we do in a planned and repetitive practice to build or develop leadership skills and traits. The overall purpose is to improve the quality of leadership and enhance leadership effectiveness. This includes formal training at the graduate or undergraduate level, specific programs developed by organizations, courses implemented in corporate environments or military and law enforcement training.

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I use the term “brainwash” endearingly because the truth is that it was some of best training and most effective learning that I have ever encountered in my life. The acronym was JJDIDTIEBUCKLE or “JJ did tie buckle.” It covers the following fourteen leadership traits and they are true and effective whether you are a marine, a choir teacher or anything in between.

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There are several different approaches to leadership. Below are some of the main classifications of leadership that we use today. They range from using authority to working with people and relationships to get the job done. It is not recommended to focus on one area alone when looking for a good model to follow. Using elements from all three will generally yield the best results. Compare your own leadership with these popular methods and see if you are putting them to work for you in the best way possible.

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Today, there seems to be a clear movement in viewing leadership and leadership development not only in terms of leader attributes, skills and traits, but in terms of specific competencies related to leadership.

Money (a cash award, a raise, or a promotion) is the way many managers use to motivate their staff members.

As in most things, the future promises a wide array of new methods and technology in the practice of leadership development. These are important, scenarios which will play an increasingly important role in leadership development. Several trends will rise to prominence in the days to come, changing our outlook and perspective on leadership development. These rapidly occurring changes may require future human resources professionals to obtain a masters in organizational leadership. What follows are several important trends.

Most managers motivate employees by going through the school of hard knocks tactics that cost the managers a lot of wasted time toward their goals of success.

Mid market companies face tougher challenges than larger companies when it comes to refinancing their businesses. The larger companies have more options and better pricing on refinancing debt and equity. Mid market companies also do not have the political clout to secure bailouts like the large banks and auto companies. While things are less severe in Canada than the US, Canadian mid market companies are still finding it tougher refinance than a few years ago despite assurances by bankers that they are actively lending to the mid market.

When we think of leadership communication most organizations focus on information tools. These include intranet sites, staff magazines, CEO blog, Town Hall meetings and so on. Whilst all these employee communication methods are to be applauded, they inform employees about what is going on. To truly engage employees in the process of change, for instance, a merger or acquisition, a re-organization, financial results or corporate social responsibility, leadership communication methods need to be designed to actively engage employees.