Comments on: How to improve your effectiveness when leading from below http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2007/03/29/how-to-improve-your-effectiveness-when-leading-from-below/ It's only in the practice of leadership that we influence our world... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:30:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andrew Sisley http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2007/03/29/how-to-improve-your-effectiveness-when-leading-from-below/comment-page-1/#comment-44860 Andrew Sisley Mon, 31 May 2010 05:57:04 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2007/03/29/how-to-improve-your-effectiveness-when-leading-from-below/#comment-44860 These certainly are really good insights - fantastic. The 2 main takeouts of interest for me are: 1: Influence - leadership is all about influence, and you don't need formal authority to positively influence others. You need to earn the respect of others - your boss, peers and workers alike - through your actions . 2: The perspective of the people you’re trying to influence - developing an in-depth understanding of the competence (skills) and perspective (what's important to them) of the people you are influencing, regardless of their position/level, allows you to ethically tap into what makes them tick. ... Leadership is all about others. These certainly are really good insights – fantastic.

The 2 main takeouts of interest for me are:

1: Influence – leadership is all about influence, and you don’t need formal authority to positively influence others. You need to earn the respect of others – your boss, peers and workers alike – through your actions .

2: The perspective of the people you’re trying to influence – developing an in-depth understanding of the competence (skills) and perspective (what’s important to them) of the people you are influencing, regardless of their position/level, allows you to ethically tap into what makes them tick.

… Leadership is all about others.

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