Let your yes be a yes!

Based on the discussion there are 4C’s of leadership

·         Character

·         Competence

·         Concern

·         Communication

I can relate this to my experience at work, I had a boss who lacks the Concern, imagine we are only asked for 8 hours of work, but this boss will never require you just 8, if you are about to go home she will tell you DO NOT go home yet, well as for me it is okay if it really is work, but most of the time she just doesn’t want you to go home, because she doesn’t want to go home yet the reason is she is having chikka with other people. The saddest part is that she lives near our house even if she asked you to stay late like until 9-10pm she doesn’t even offer you for a ride home. The positive point with her is that she really excels in Communication. She is approachable, knows how to build coalitions and interactive and once you are her subordinate she will back you up in case other department is pointing you.

Now I have my new boss, she is tactless to others but when it comes to her team she is very supportive. I cannot help but compare both of them most people are asking me how my new boss is, because she is known as one of the tactless person in the office. She’s the niece of the President, others think that maybe it is because of that which is why she is tactless. But ones you know her she is different. Even if everyone knows that she’s the niece, she never use it to be powerful over others. She has competence, concern, character and knows how to communicate which will even inspire her team because of her wit.

Politics is everywhere but the leaders are the one who brings in politics in the organization, if the leader doesn’t believe in politics then I guess there will no longer be politics in the team or organization, decisions will be justified.

Being a leader is applicable to everyone, not just because you are the VP, the Manager or CEO because there will come a time that someone has to step up and lead a team, it may not be in the office, at home or even in the mall depending on the circumstance. The challenge is you must know how to lead the team and be able to remember the 4Cs to have an effective leadership.