The study of value, which is known as axiology, is very crucial to modern leadership development. No leader can  do well without specific and identifiable values and value systems around his or her work.  Dictionary asserted that values are beliefs about what is right and wrong and also important in life. In other words, values are principles, ethos, worth, motive and standards guiding what we do and how we do them. They are also ideals of life that people live by to get going. In leadership, Your value will determine your priority.

 1.   Your value will determine your priority in life.

2.    Your value will determine your thinking and sharpen your imagination .

3.    Your value will determine your mentality to work, either you are supervised or not.

4.    Your value will determine your attitude to people and issues.

5.    Your value will determine your planning before success arrives

6.    Your value will determine your friendship

7.    Your value will determine your worth.

8.    Your value will determine what you adulate.

9.    Your value will determine your reward system, either to be stingy or generous to people.

10.  Your value will determine your perception about money and how you use it.

11.    Your value will determine your commitment to goals and how to attain them.

12.    Your value will determine your actions and reactions when issues to deal with arises.

13.   Your value will determine your priority.

 

1.)            PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

To do well in leadership and become successful is to keep improving yourself. The largest room in the world is the room for improvement. Leadership starts from you first. If you don’t develop yourself regularly through learning, you can never improve and add values to the lives of people. How you keep improving yourself will determine how your leadership will be – because,

 

v                If you are weak, your leadership will be weak.

v                If you are a reader, people under you will appreciate reading.

v                If you are indecisive, your leadership will be at the mercy of power brokers.

v                If you are growing, people under you will grow too.

v                If your mental capacity is low, you will only attract low-level people in your leadership.

v                If you detest learning, you will be left behind by your equals.

v                If your skill acquisition and application is little, your result may be frustrating.

KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP 2

 PEOPLE

Leadership business is purely peoples` business. Leadership is not about building, equipments or resources; but it is all about people. It is about people and for the people. To understand this simple fact is the greatest favour you can do for yourself. Never allow your policies to be more important than people. Aways take people seriously, no matter your qualification, connection or status. 

  If you ignore people, you will be ignored.
  If you abuse them, they will abuse you.
  If you appreciate them, they will appreciate you.
  If you honour them, they will ensure you are not dishonored.
  If you make them your priority, they will make your work a priority.
  If you want to march over them to the top, the will resist you with all they have.
  If you isolate them, you will bear your burden alone.
  If you celebrate them, they will celebrate you beyond your imagination.
  If you understand them, they will always stay around you.
  If you give them opportunity to excel, they will never forget you as they climb up.
  If you help them realize their dreams, they will secure your future for you
  If you see them as obstacles, they will work with you as such.

LEADER AND LEADERSHIP

There is difference between a LEADER and LEADERSHIP. A leader is a driver, while leadership is the vehicle. The way you drive will certainly determine how you also get to your destination. So, drive the vehicle well because a lot depend on you – or else, you will crash the dreams of the occupants in the vehicle. think about it!

KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP 1

In every establishment, the need for good and dynamic leadership is a must in order to witness growth and lasting progress. Based on this, leadership practitioners and teachers must realise that no matter how strong a door is; it has a key that can unlock it. With right keys, you can also open every difficult doors against your leadership and enjoy lasting growth and success of your endeavour.

In this series i will share with you some of the greatest secrets that have sustained leadership legacy all over the world. If you make use of these keys,  your leadership will never remain the same. The first key to start with here is:

INTEGRITY

Integrity - is the strength and firmness of character, total sincerity and uprightness. No school can teach you rightly what integrity really means. You have to develop it by yourself  until it becomes a picture of who you are or intend to be. Lack of integrity in leadership promotes lying, uncontrolled lifestyle and waywardness. When a leader indulges in all of these, people under his or her leadership will lose respect and trust. To ensure that is not the case when dealing with people, make sure this principle is part of you because,

1.   Integrity will ensure you accept responsibility for your actions, either good or bad

2.   Integrity makes your leadership credible before people

3.   Integrity serves as your personal identification

4.   Integrity makes you trustworthy

5.   Integrity gives you recommendation anywhere you go for business

6.   Integrity attract good and genuine people to partner with you based on the                        recommendation of those who had dealings with you in the past.