http://www.leadership501.com/most-important-skill-for-a-new-leader/120/ Examining the Gears of Leadership Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.leadership501.com/most-important-skill-for-a-new-leader/120/comment-page-1/#comment-35987 Grant Robertson Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:48:43 +0000 http://www.leadership501.com/?p=120#comment-35987 Another vote for influencing - it's surprising how often those who wish to lead resort to positional power (which is really 'management') rather than having others truly follow out of choice. My recent PhD research into team leadership identified eight influencing behaviours: communicating and listening as core (without both of these teams will fall apart sooner rather than later); motivating and coordinating as key (teams can survive without these, but they'll be most successful when they're present); anchoring, risking, mediating and channelling are situational (required in certain contexts only). A key finding is that these influencing behaviours can be exercised by anyone in the team, and in this way leadership is distributed. In essence, this is how followers exercise leadership. Another vote for influencing – it’s surprising how often those who wish to lead resort to positional power (which is really ‘management’) rather than having others truly follow out of choice. My recent PhD research into team leadership identified eight influencing behaviours: communicating and listening as core (without both of these teams will fall apart sooner rather than later); motivating and coordinating as key (teams can survive without these, but they’ll be most successful when they’re present); anchoring, risking, mediating and channelling are situational (required in certain contexts only). A key finding is that these influencing behaviours can be exercised by anyone in the team, and in this way leadership is distributed. In essence, this is how followers exercise leadership.

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