Leadership Quality

Last week I had my yearly performance review meeting with manager. The context of this blog is not on my performance but on the parameters which my manager used to evaluate me or anybody. I am so excited to share this is because I felt that this is not  just something which applies to only a professional setup but can be applied to our daily life. Here they are,

1. Vision
2. Realization
3. Leadership
   1. Listening
   2. Empathetic
   3. Communication
   4. Collaboration
   5. Mutual Respect.

Vision and Realization were more of a technology discussion however I am trying to generalize that.

Vision, This is where I need to have a definite goal and a date, based on my experience and the books I have been reading and my personal preference, I will further divide that into 3 parts, first of them will be my ultimate vision and second part will be a vision for next 5 years. The third part of the Vision will be for the next year.

Realization, This is the part which is filled with Plan and Activity where I have to create a daily/weekly/monthly plan and a tracker to track & measure my progress. Based on my experience I have created a tool which I am using to track my daily activity and if I look at that at any point of time I will know my progress. I will talk about in more detail about this tool and the concept behind this tool some time later.

The Third part is the Leadership, which I am very excited about and the main reason for me to write this blog.

Listening – This is the most important aspect of the conversation, listening means really listening and not thinking about the reply I want to says in response. It gives me the opportunity to understand the person whom I am interacting with.

Empathetic – If I have listened the way I should, then it will allow me to connect with the person and understand his/her feelings.

Communication – Everything breaks without proper communication so there has to be no assumption that the others will know my needs or concerns or any other information which I have to pass it on. So I should communicate the information at the right time.

Collaboration – If we have to simplify collaboration, either I seek help from others or I help others and either of them has to be done with humility.

Mutual Respect – Without mutual respect I will not listen as I should and I will not be able to empathize and I will be reluctant to communicate and collaborate and I will not be a team player ultimately. So developing mutual respect is the fulcrum of the team work with which I can lift the heavy weight goals.