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3. Be willing to collaborate• It may not be in someone’s financial interest to cooperate.
• Much more can be achieved when we bring every one to the table at once
– people are aware with this but still resist collaboration as they are
unwilling to share the credit.
• Example : Person who ran manufacturing & who ran marketing & sells
didn’t get along well.( at own business of author )
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4. Be willing to lead initiative• People are often reluctant to be associated with untested idea,
particularly if it crosses the functional boundaries.
• Example : Six sigma implementation at Allied Signal
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5. Develop the leader as youdevelop.
• One should take as much interest in their sub-ordinate’s development as
they do in their own – if not more.
• Example : Author had a boss, a midlevel manager at GE
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6. Stay current
• We should be aware of what’s going on in the world – just
because what happens in the world affects what happens
to us, to our marketplace & to our competition.
• Know what’s going on with customers – how they are
changing how their competition is changing, how
technologies & world events affecting their strategies.
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7. Drive your own growth
• Starch the working boundaries in tough assignments.
• Make addition in your existing work profile.
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--------What you can expect from your
boss
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1. Provide clarity of direction• Leader should communicate clearly where the business is going & what
benefits will if we accomplish what we set out to achieve.
• Boss should explain relevant financial results & the progress of any
operational or strategic initiative.
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2. Set goals & objectives• In addition to team goals, each person should know exactly what
individual goals he or she is going to be measured over a given period &
where invest precious time.
• Promotions & Bonus schemes should be based on such merits.
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3. Give frequent, specific & immediate feedback.
• Employees shouldn’t have to wait for an annual review to learn how they
are doing, & if the feedback is going to help driver the growth , then it
needs to be as specific as possible.
• No complicated forms of assessment.
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4. Be decisive & Timely• Decisiveness isn’t useful if it isn’t timely.
• Asking for help is not a sign of weakness but of a self confidence.
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5. Be accessible• Boss should be available to get informed for everything at least when it is
in his interest.
- Frequently – a boss doesn’t learn that someone is leaving a company
until he is about to walk out the door.
• Boss should develop such environment where subordinate feel free to
share the bad news also.
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6. Demonstrate honesty & truthfullness
7. Offer an equitablecompensation plan