Comments on: Leaders Take Risks! http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/ It's only in the practice of leadership that we influence our world... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: prince2 training http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-44202 prince2 training Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:25:18 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/#comment-44202 It really depends on what the risks are. Many leaders risk the interests of others in which case everyone can be a risk taker. It really depends on what the risks are. Many leaders risk the interests of others in which case everyone can be a risk taker.

]]> By: Roger Konopasek http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-44093 Roger Konopasek Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/#comment-44093 Leaders essentially live in the future. The main challenge budding leaders encounter is the need to be 'uncomfortable' to others, break up old existing structures in companies and push individuals with vested interests out of their comfort zones. The most important single piece of advise a leader can be given is: a. surround yourself with mature friends/mentors who offer excellent advise and have a detached view of your vision b. start the transformation process in your team/company c. your leadership style, your leadership ideas and the very essence of the fact that you are there to create change will automatically trigger politics, re-action and backroom dealing d. stay the course, stay the course, stay the course... avoid listening to the 'good advise' of 'well meaning' older team members whose only agenda may be to maintain the status quo intact. e. every 5-10 days check in with your experienced leadership mentors and describe to them exactly what leadership strategy and tactics you have planned and executed during the last 5-10 days and how the team has reacted to these changes. Your mentors will be able to give you a detached view on how to manage the unavoidable politics of change leadership.This allows you to go back to the team Monday morning and continue your course of action with a fresh/clear mind The seduction of being a 'nice leader' is tremendous, but leadership is not an act of popularity at times, it is the deep decision to guide people to a better future, even at the price of having to stay the course against the majority opinion of the settlers who live in the past. As one of the best leaders said: Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. (Winston Churchill) Leaders essentially live in the future. The main challenge budding leaders encounter is the need to be ‘uncomfortable’ to others, break up old existing structures in companies and push individuals with vested interests out of their comfort zones.
The most important single piece of advise a leader can be given is:

a. surround yourself with mature friends/mentors who offer excellent advise and have a detached view of your vision
b. start the transformation process in your team/company
c. your leadership style, your leadership ideas and the very essence of the fact that you are there to create change will automatically trigger politics, re-action and backroom dealing
d. stay the course, stay the course, stay the course… avoid listening to the ‘good advise’ of ‘well meaning’ older team members whose only agenda may be to maintain the status quo intact.
e. every 5-10 days check in with your experienced leadership mentors and describe to them exactly what leadership strategy and tactics you have planned and executed during the last 5-10 days and how the team has reacted to these changes. Your mentors will be able to give you a detached view on how to manage the unavoidable politics of change leadership.This allows you to go back to the team Monday morning and continue your course of action with a fresh/clear mind

The seduction of being a ‘nice leader’ is tremendous, but leadership is not an act of popularity at times, it is the deep decision to guide people to a better future, even at the price of having to stay the course against the majority opinion of the settlers who live in the past. As one of the best leaders said: Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. (Winston Churchill)

]]> By: LewisJBlood (Lewis Blood) http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-44092 LewisJBlood (Lewis Blood) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:05 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/#comment-44092 Leaders take risks! http://bit.ly/11yta3 Leaders take risks! http://bit.ly/11yta3

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]]> By: RickSmithAuthor http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-44075 RickSmithAuthor Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:04:46 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2009/11/01/leaders-take-risks/#comment-44075 yes, leaders take risk. But I found in the research for my new book, The Leap, that the most successful among us are great risk mitigators, not risk takers. Similarly, the greatest leaders are the ones who can stretch the most without taking the greatest risk. And there are numerous strategies to mitigate risk. Rick Smith yes, leaders take risk. But I found in the research for my new book, The Leap, that the most successful among us are great risk mitigators, not risk takers. Similarly, the greatest leaders are the ones who can stretch the most without taking the greatest risk.

And there are numerous strategies to mitigate risk.

Rick Smith

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