LEADING EFFECTIVELY I. Comment upon the following text: The ability to lead others is a prime attribute.
To fulfill your leadership potential, learn how to get people to work with you and for you productively, using their initiative for better results. You also need to develop leaders among your staff. Managing Others To get the best from people who are working for you, it is essential to set a credible example yourself. Employees will excel themselves for somebody in whose strength and wisdom they truly believe. They also expect professional competence, part of which includes delegating tasks in order to increase staff members self-management and participation. Ascertain where your employees strengths and weaknesses lie, then delegate responsibilities that will both exploit these strengths and meet the organizations needs. Encouraging Participation Bringing competent employees to the fore is a leaders prime task. Allow others to take the initiative whenever possible, encouraging them to contribute their own suggestions and ideas. Winning Co-operation Co-operation between a manager and his or her staff requires commitment from both sides. If you expect co-operation, you must also give it, while still remaining in overall control. Two key questions to ask your staff are: What do I do that stops you from doing a better job? and What can I do to help you perform better? If you co-operate by acting on their answers, for example by investing in new tools or training if requested, you can bring about major improvements in performance. Not acting on that feedback will have an adverse effect. Your main objectives as a leader is to help staff to help themselves. Questions To Ask Yourself 1. Do I give others the chance to speak, rather than invariably put forward my own ideas? 2. Am I loyal to my staff when representing them, both inside and outside the organization? 3. Do I strive to achieve a positive atmosphere, in which people compete with ideas? Developing Leaders As a manager, you must ensure that you receive the requisite training to develop prioritizing, progress- chasing, delegation, and motivating skills. Make these an integral part of your personal development plan, and ensure that staff members also develop their own leadership skills. Listening carefully, criticizing constructively, being tolerant of error while correcting mistakes, and retaining objectivity are all vital leadership qualities. In seeking to develop your own potential, you should also be helping others to develop theirs. Building Leadership Skills All leaders need strong personality traits to assert influence and function. They must also have the ability to facilitate and inspire. To lead others well, you must: - ensure that everyone is working towards agreed, shared objectives; - criticize constructively, praising merit as well as finding fault; - encourage the generation of new ideas;
insist on the highest standards; develop individual and team like skills and strengthen them by training.
II. Use the collocations below into sentences of your own: to assign to work on a rush project performance appraisals to determine a career path to ensure a safe environment to be committed to your job to instill pride to carry out the aims to work in concert with others to strive to make a difference to reflect a wide spectrum of traits to be beneficial to others to make a comparison to take a courageous stand to hear skeptics complain to escape criticism to exert powerful influence on to reinforce expectations to convey genuine interest in certain subjects insurmountable barriers to hold opposing points of view to be overwhelmed by information
to work in an innovative fashion to need constant reminder that
III. Translate into English, using the Past Tense Simple: 1.Au fcut fa situaiei? 2.Ai respectat termenul limit? 3.Au fost surzi la explicaiile primite? 4.A binevoit s continue edina? 5.Au divulgat numele celor implicai? 6.Ai evitat un rspuns clar? 7.Scriitura lui mbina realitatea cu imaginaia? 8.Triau ntr-un turn de filde? 9.Ct a fcut pn aici? 10.Ct ctiga? 11.De cnd era acolo? 12.Ct de departe era Universitatea? 13.Cu cine voiai s vorbeti? 14. A cui main ai mprumutat? 15.Din ce era construit podul? 16.Pe care ai cumprat-o? 17.Cine te-a nvat s citeti? 18.Cui i s-a plns? 19.De unde venea? 20.Cum era sora ei? 21.Cine i-a povestit despre el? 22.Ct de des venea la Londra? 23.i-au rstlmcit cuvintele? 24.I-au tratat cu condescenden? 25.Ai parcurs tot documentul?
