INICIATIVA, HORMIGAS Y HORMIGUERO. Un hormiguero se parece a una organización empresarial en que se trata de un sistema complejo con una marcada división del trabajo.
En el hormiguero se realizan muchas actividades iguales a las que realizan las organizaciones humanas; reproducción, producción de alimentos, caza, construcción, exploración, vigilancia, lucha, etc… Pero hay algo que diferencia fundamentalmente a la organización del hormiguero de cualquier organización humana. Esta gran diferencia es la carencia de un orden jerárquico. En el hormiguero nadie da ni recibe órdenes, cada individuo tiene asignada una misión y la realiza. Pero pese a que no hay nadie dando órdenes, cuando el hormiguero se ve sometido a un evento imprevisto los individuos reaccionan, abandonan sus tareas y actúan para afrontar el evento. How the Most Successful People Motivate Themselves (And Stay Motivated) To Motivate People, Give Them Something to Be Proud Of - Charalambos Vlachoutsicos. By Charalambos Vlachoutsicos | 10:00 AM November 23, 2012 While people expect fair pay for their services, we all know that money isn’t king.
Nevertheless, when it comes to business we all too often act as if it were. We think purely in terms of salaries, bonuses, and people’s positions on the org chart. While we pay lip-service to the idea that people may have non-financial motivation for their work — acknowledgement, appreciation, pride in accomplishment, enjoyment and so forth — we spend all our time working out how to incentivize our workforce with financial rewards. What an awful way to think about people! In my experience by far the best way to motivate your employees is to find ways that they can take pride in their skills and their knowledge.
To illustrate, let me share something I witnessed as consultant to a western private equity investment firm on their investment in a sawmill located in a small, secluded town in Northern Russia. He pondered for a second and said: “Will do”. 11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read - John Coleman. By John Coleman | 12:00 PM October 11, 2012 Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers.
Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. One of the most common follow-up questions was, “Ok, so what should I read?” That’s a tough question. Why Listening Is So Much More Than Hearing. To Have the Most Impact, Ask the Right Questions - Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe. By Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe | 11:00 AM November 12, 2012 Influence is one of the most important competencies of leaders in the twenty-first century.
How well a leader can influence is crucial to that leader’s effectiveness as well as his or her organization’s success. Like all communication, we influence most effectively when we pay careful attention to how our influence is received. Learn to be Charismatic - Scott Edinger. By Scott Edinger | 2:00 PM November 13, 2012 What makes a leader inspiring?
By far, the most common answer I hear from the thousands of leaders I’ve spoken with on the topic is “charisma.” And who would argue? When they hear that answer, people typically nod knowingly; we all seem to recognize the power of charisma to motivate. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, recently wrote on this site about its importance.The sociologist Max Weber described it as being endowed with supernatural, superhuman, and exceptional powers. As a practical matter though, what does one do with this information?
Charismatic people focus on you, not themselves. They tend to be extraverts. Like all good leaders, charismatic leaders are skilled communicators. They feel your pain, really. The word charisma comes from the word Greek charis, meaning gift or grace. El desafío de reinventarse como líder. El ejercicio de la responsabilidad gerencial implica retarse diariamente frente a los desafíos organizacionales que plantea la realidad del mercado y en reconocer que su gestión puede dar mejores resultados, que su trabajo será calificado por las partes interesadas por las evidencias de éxito que obtenga y no por el número de horas que trabaja, por la rentabilidad generada y no por los informes entregados, por los nuevos negocios y clientes que trajo a la organización y no por el número de problemas que resolvió, por los crecimientos que tuvo en lo financiero y no por las veces que salió tarde de la oficina.
El liderazgo es un atributo del cual se ha hablado mucho en la literatura organizacional y que se establece como paradigmático en la acción de quienes tienen la responsabilidad de guiar y llevar las riendas de la organización, de formular o cumplir las estrategias organizacionales que aseguren la permanencia y crecimiento de la empresa en el futuro cercano. Diferencia entre líder y jefe.