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Influence is the power to affect, control and manipulate someone or something toward a desired effect. In the days of old, the one who could outmuscle all had the power to usurp influence and authority over others. However, it has become clear that influence in modern times has taken a rather different style. It is a fact that most of the people who influence us are not sometimes even known by us. For example; Mark Zuckerberg and Jan Koum has changed the way we make friends and even chat through Facebook and WhatsApp respectively.
All these influences skew us towards a certain line which eventually conditions us to expect things done in a certain way. And through these expectations, much is always yearned for from those who took us down the road. This situation ultimately lands us into what I call “The Power Steering Effect”. Such revolutionary discoveries in Medicine and Technology are all recipes for “Power Steering”.
“Power Steering Effect” is the ravenous appetite with which we gear towards new discoveries.
It is however in this spirit, that leaders are born. Leaders are people who influence others to follow them for a desired purpose.
Leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience. Leadership is related to other management concepts such as motivation, communication, authority, power and delegation, it is the relationship through which one person influences the behavior and actions of other people. To inspire your followers into higher levels of teamwork, there are certain things you must be, know, and, do. These do not come naturally, but are acquired through continual work and study. Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills; they are NOT resting on their laurels.
Leaders should create an environment where there is honesty, inspiration and realistic goal setting. Communication and clarification of goals should be continuous. Some leaders develop their team and foster loyalty by making members feel that all the accomplishments realized are a result of a collective effort.
Some leaders are adept at allowing followers to come to their own decisions and develop on their own. They may provide very little direction and exercise little authority over the group. There are other types of leaders, who may referred to as democratic, who provide directions, allows the group to arrive at their own decisions, offers suggestions and reinforces team members ideas. There is also the type of leader who sets the pace, makes all the decisions for the group without their input, and seeks little approval from team members. This type of leader exhibits an authoritative style in which the leader takes full responsibility for the team member’s progress and accepts few suggestions from the team members.
Leaders may often be defined by their decisiveness and ability to motivate and steer others into the achievement of a vision. They may also be thought of as individuals with the capacity to inspire, maneuver, guide, direct or manage others. A successful leader may be defined, therefore, not only by their performance, but by their achievement of goals or realization of a vision established. This vision should be a view of the future that should be shared with team members.
When a person is deciding if she respects you as a leader, she does not think about your attributes, rather, she observes what you do so that she can know who you really are. She uses this observation to tell if you are an honorable and trusted leader or a self-serving person who misuses authority to look good and get promoted. Self-serving leaders are not as effective because their employees only obey them, not follow them. They succeed in many areas because they present a good image to their seniors at the expense of their worke