Leadership Insight III (by Sanjivee)

   Good day fellow readers! Welcome back to my class blog especially mine...For this round of leadership insight, I would like to narrate on Nelson Mandela, on of the well-known leaders around the world with specific to his fight against apartheid. You may have notice that being from a freelance blogger on my experience sailing around the seven seas, why have I been blabbering about leaders all of a sudden? Well that's a good question...First and foremost, it's part of my class assignment and secondly, to be honest even I'm learning from the insight that I'm sharing regarding their background as well as leadership qualities. If u guys (who knows) aspire to become a good leader as well as getting to know of the aforementioned leaders of the past, I hope that my blog would be of great help...

   To start with, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalized racism and fostering racial reconciliation.

   Becoming a great leader is not about making public appearances and memorizing speeches. It is about leaving a mark on the world by displaying important qualities and giving followers a better path in life. Likewise, Mandela’s qualities and life achievements have indeed changed the heart of many not only in his country, but also around the world. With his presence, a new and better world was created.

Mandela’s Qualities As a Leader

As previously mentioned, Mandela realized his dream for his people with his remarkable leadership style. So, how he did it? Here are two of his distinguished qualities:

i) He embraces the ethical.

As the first black president of South Africa, Mandela showed strong ethical values when leading his people by constantly guiding them to keep the center of attention before they cat and to avoid all violence. While fighting against apartheid, he established a utilitarianism leadership style by soldiering ahead, as he had the morals and values to continue fighting. He was then described as a freedom fighter and hero due to his perseverance until he became the head of the country. His traits of responsibility and morality towards his followers were embraced through his honesty.

ii) He has highly effective communication skills.

When facing arguments, challenges and defenses, Mandela anticipated his opponents to effectually communicate his responses based upon the issues brought forth. Communication was vital to his leadership success, allowing him to coordinate with his followers effectively by explaining to them the plan to fight for a better nation.

Leadership Style

Mandela embraces the following set of characteristics when it comes to his leadership style.

i) Charismatic

During the 20th century, Mandela became a most influential figure who led the fight against the apartheid in South Africa. As the first black president of the country, his enthusiastic motive succeeded in attaining freedom by being charismatic. This practice was alleged to be very captivating and successful, where he held strong emotional reactions towards his followers, which built trust between him and his African National Congress (ANC) followers during his incarceration of many years. In fact, this gave them a strong belief to continue their fight and pledge willing obedience to him.

ii) Transformational

As an influential leader, Mandela was able to lead his country to nearly-liberated from prejudice. As a significant leader, he elevated his followers’ consciousness by appealing to their higher values and ideals, even encouraging many to educate themselves, as it would be the key to success. In 1952, Mandela opened the first African legal practice together with his partner, Oliver Tambo, where he was the volunteer-in-chief of the campaign, traveling across the country to raise people’s awareness and organize confrontation to prejudiced regulation. Also, he succeeded in promoting the Freedom Charter that was also adopted by the ANC.

iii) Inspirational.

While Mandela was the leader of the Congress, he inspired his people by helping them understand the values and importance of his visions. He encouraged them to develop their own understanding of what is important for the country, like the fight for equality by eliminating racial discrimination. This inspiring leadership has contributed to helping the country with overcoming the apartheid and developing it into a stable modern democracy. In his speeches while traveling every part of the country, he inspired and convinced people, adding that he could do something to overcome the apartheid confidently. At the same time, he also warned the people not to be overwhelmed by the ruling class and not to strike back, physically or verbally, no matter the hassle was.

All said and done, I guess it would suffice for this time as there have been a lot of leadership styles and qualities Nelson Mandela possess if I keep on writing. Hope that u guys have gained one or two on what I have written especially the special traits of Nelson Mandela's leadership style. Till next time, stay tune for more insight...

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The Causes and Effect of Poor Leadership

Assalamualaikum and good day everyone...

What can you say about this two picture?

In any organization, there should be a leader. This role is important as leader plays the key role to manage, supervise, motivate, dealing with important figure, and responsible for organization's future. It is undeniable that to deal with others, especially our subordinates or workers, can be difficult sometimes, but a good leader can manage all of this. 

   There are many causes or factors that lead to poor leadership. This can lead to distrust among our subordinates, which can affect the organization in achieving towards the main objectives. These causes including but not limited to:

1. Communication issues.
2. Lack of responsibilities and no initiative.
3. Low motivation.
4. Problems managing peers.
5. Bad attitude.
6. Poor relationship.

   So in order to become a successful leader, try to avoid this problems. The most important thing you need to do to be one is make a lot of reading especially in this stuff as there are more causes that I don't listed here. 

   So, what is the effect of poor leadership? Below I list a few point of its effects:

1. Lack of motivation among employees.
2. Unable to achieve organization goals.
3. Low quality of performance.
4. Lack of trust to leaders.
5. Causing stress and negative environment.

 There are other bad effect of poor leadership that we don't want to encounter in an organization or at work. Last but not least, as a leader we should trained ourselves to have a good attitude and always  be ready to be responsible to anything that happened in our organization. With that, it can be a great contribution towards our parents, family, company, society and our beloved nation. 

The Legendary Defender

  Assalamualaikum and good day everyone. So for my second entry in this blog I'm gonna share on how to become a good and successful leader, in a point of view of  a legendary football captain of Chelsea and England (previously) which I admire the most, John Terry.

  Before I go to the main point, let me introduce a bit on his background. John Terry is a professional football player, commonly play in position as centre-back. He is well known for his aggressive tackling, positioning, leadership, and his ability to read the game. He is currently playing for Aston Villa. Before joining Aston Villa, he was playing for Chelsea FC for about 19 years. As a captain, he had won five premier league title, four FA cup, three league cup, one UEFA Europa League, and one UEFA champions league title since 2004.

  These achievement making him the most successful Chelsea's captain. According to him, which I extract from the web www.fourfourtwo.com, there are several attitude that you need to have and develop in order to become a successful leader.

1. You don't ask for respect, but earn it.
2. Be honest with each other.
3. Know your mates.
4. Guide,motivate and encourage the others.
5. Stay calm and in control.

  

Leadership Insight II (by Sanjivee)

   Good day fellow readers, once again welcoming with open arms to my class blog (especially the one with my label)! This time round, I'm gonna share one or two bits of leadership qualities portrayed by a peson who is well know the people of the States of America not just because of his appearance on the dollar but also for his accomplishments as a transformational leader. He's none other than (waaitt...for itt) Abraham Lincoln.

   Most of the leaders who surround us lead their companies and businesses, day after day, in an anonymous and silent way. Other people have or have had a major influence on many people because of their notoriousness: they are “worldwide” leaders, as was the case of such a legendary man as Abraham Lincoln. Having a look at the 16th American president, we can work some leadership lessons.

   Before going further into his leadership style, let me just glimpse through of his background. Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War, its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way for the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy.

   His greatest achievement was that he led the United States to ultimately defeat the Confederacy, and following his famous Emancipation Proclamation, he enacted measures to abolish slavery. Lincoln was correct in supporting the Union, which opposed slavery. He did not defend the Confederacy and the people supporting slavery.

  It’s a fact that Lincoln was a skillful and admirable leader. After all, if he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have been able to defeat the generals of the Confederate States and reunite the country. With reference from Joseph Chris article on Lincoln, I would like to borrow some of his extract to further reinforce all the points listed…

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      1. He knew how to handle his emotions.

    One of the most difficult parts of being a leader is knowing how to properly manage your emotions properly without becoming a jaded. Many people find it hard to succeed in this endeavor, Lincoln, however, learned to handle his emotions. Like any human being, he had intense feelings every now and then, but he didn’t let these get in the way of his work. Historians have discovered that, whenever he got angry at someone, he expressed his feelings in a letter but didn’t mail it. As a result, he was able to release his anger and feel better without hurting the other party. During the times when he couldn’t control his temper and ended up lashing out at someone, he immediately sent the person a letter or made a kind gesture to show that he wasn’t harboring any ill feelings.

   Perhaps one of the best examples of Lincoln’s emotional intelligence was his decision to appoint Salmon Chase as his treasury secretary. Chase was one of his top competitors and was fervently eying the presidential seat, and he undermined Lincoln whenever he had the chance. But Lincoln saw that Chase was good at his job, so he allowed him to remain as treasury secretary instead of giving over to his personal feelings and removing him from his post.

 2.   He shouldered the responsibility for mistakes but shared his accomplishments with others.

   As the president of the United States, Lincoln could have easily passed on the blame to his generals and cabinet members whenever something went wrong. But this did not happen; instead of blaming other people, Lincoln acknowledged his mistake and apologized to everyone. This even happened when the blunder was made by his staff members and not personally by him. Rather than let them face all the backlash on their own, Lincoln stood up with them and took responsibility for his subordinates’ mistakes.

3. He mastered the art of good communication.

   Many world leaders are used to having people listen when they speak. But Lincoln understood that good leadership wasn’t a one-sided affair, so he made it a point to listen to everyone who had something to say. This created a positive culture that allowed his cabinet members to speak their mind, without fearing that they’ll get ridiculed or told to shut up. As a result, even if Lincoln didn’t actually use their ideas or follow their suggestions, they still felt that they’ve been heard and have contributed something to the team.

 4. He focused on his goals.

   Lincoln’s objectives (e.g. to end slavery and unite the entire country) were almost impossible to achieve, but he didn’t give up. When some people approached him and said that he might have to compromise on the abolition of slavery, he didn’t listen to their advice. Lesser leaders would have wavered and agreed that ending years of slavery was too difficult, but Lincoln held his ground and pushed forward. These are the things that all leaders should have: the ability to stay focused on what they want to achieve and the unwavering belief that they will one day accomplish their goals.

The tragic final hours of Lincoln..

    Well that's about it the key leadership styles that make a transformational leader as Abraham had been. Thanks for following up and stay on for more merry-go-round on great leaders of the past and present.

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Pol Pots By Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone reading this post, this last entry for my assignment is about a politician called Pol Pots. Pol Pots was a one the notorious leaders I encountered when I googled it. He was rank among the infamous Joseff Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Vlad "the Impaler" Tepes and many more.

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Pol Pots was a leader in politics whose communist Khmer Rouge government led Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. At that time, an estimated of 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork. S-21 was a detention center that is known to be so notorious that only seven of the roughly 20,000 people imprisoned there are known to have survived. The Khmer Rouge, took particular aim at intellectuals, city residents, ethnic Vietnamese, civil servant and religious leaders. Even some historians claim that Pol Pot regime as one of the most barbaric and murderous in recent history.

Pol Pots real name is Saloth sar, was born in 1925 in the small village of Prek Sbauv, located about 100 miles north of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. He moved to the capital in 1934 until 1949, he went to Paris on a scholarship. In Paris, he studied radio technology and became active in communist circles.

the fall Phnom Penh, Google

Via Google

Y'all can find a more detail about Pol Pots in the net. What I would like to share with you all is the Cambodian genocide. After the Khmer Rogue evacuated Phnom Penh's 2.5 million residents. Former civil servants, doctors, teachers and other professionals were stripped of their profession and forced to toil in the fields as part of a re-education process. For those who defy the system will be tortured in a detention center, such as S-21, and then killed. During the Cambodian genocide, the bones of millions of people who died from malnutrition, overwork or inadequate health care also filled up mass graves across the country.

Under Pol Pot, he controlled all aspects of a person's life. Money, private property, jewelry, gambling, reading materials outlawed and many more. He became the prime minister and renamed the country of Democratic Kampuchea. During his reign , borderly skirmishes were occurring regularly between the Cambodians and the Viatnamese.

In 1997 a Khmer Rouge splinter group captured Pol Pot and placed him under house arrest. He died in his sleep on April 15, 1998, at 72 due to heart failure. A United Nations-backed tribunal has convicted only a handful of Khmer Rouge leaders of crimes against humanity.




All of the pictures are from Google images.

Arinie saya xnk tulis panjang2 coz nanty anda semua mengantuk so supaya memudahkan ,saya ada amik beberapa slides dari intenet,,,Tajuknya adalah 7 best leadership qualities.So anda bolehlah mengamalkan qualities untuk masa depan yang cerah.Saya juga ada sertakan beberapa quotes daripada leader2 yang masih hidup sebagai pedoman.

Inilah yang saya maksudkan tadi,bolehlah anda jadikan ia pedoman idup anda.Thank you sume....

Hari ini saya ingin memperkenalkan seorang leader yang sangat mashyur iaitu Alan Mulally .Beliau juga antara leader yang sangat bagus.Atau korang baru first time dgr nama mamat nie,beliau lah yang menaikkan nama ford ketika company tersebut merundum jatuh. Alan Mulally was named president and CEO of Ford, in 2006, the famous American automaker was on the brink of bankruptcy. The company was preparing to post the biggest annual loss in its 103-year history—$12.7 billion.

Seven years later, Mulally is widely seen as the man behind one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history. Ford has posted an annual profit every year since 2009, its stock price has rebounded, and a new corporate culture has transformed the way the organization works. In an interview with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland, Mulally reflects on his approach to leading a large global organization, the process by which Ford seeks to understand the global business context, the importance of managing your energy (and not just your time), and why he thinks “One Ford” is more than just a catchphrase.

Apabial ditanyakan beliau camne leadership style mempengaruhi kejayaan company tu.Inilah jawapan dye. At the most fundamental level, it is an honor to serve—at whatever type or size of organization you are privileged to lead, whether it is a for-profit or nonprofit. It is an honor to serve. Starting from that foundation, it is important to have a compelling vision and a comprehensive plan. Positive leadership—conveying the idea that there is always a way forward—is so important, because that is what you are here for—to figure out how to move the organization forward. Critical to doing that is reinforcing the idea that everyone is included. Everyone is part of the team and everyone’s contribution is respected, so everyone should participate. When people feel accountable and included, it is more fun. It is just more rewarding to do things in a supportive environment.

Say, for example, an employee decides to stop production on a vehicle for some reason. In the past at Ford, someone would have jumped all over them: “What are you doing? How did this happen?” It is actually much more productive to say, “What can we do to help you out?” Because if you have consistency of purpose across your entire organization and you have nurtured an environment in which people want to help each other succeed, the problem will be fixed quickly. So it is important to create a safe environment for people to have an honest dialogue, especially when things go wrong.

A big part of leadership is being authentic to who you are, thinking about what you really believe in and behaving accordingly. At Ford, we have a card with our business plan on one side and the behaviors we expect listed on the other. It is the result of 43 years of doing this.

Antara leadership quality yang beliau apply dalam kehiduoan beliau adalah……

·        Have a vision

·        Have to implent

·        When problem arises, disclose them.

·        Involve people

·        Succession plan,   Sense of history.

    Jumpa kembali...Goodnight....