As a leader the books that made up the course material for class can be used every day. The book Influencer and Three Signs of a Miserable Job are beneficial to leaders at every level of an organization and I would recommend them to almost everyone. The books are neither manipulative nor forceful in their approach to leadership. The two books were not the only methods of leadership to take and use. John Boyd’s OODA loop, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and the list of Logical Fallacies all can be used to become a better leader when practiced every day.
The book Influencer turned out to be a far better book than I first believed it would. The book began as what seemed like a self-help book. Turns out that it sort of was, but ended up far more useful in life than a simple do this and not that kind of book. Leadership is an art form and that art is about influencing people. Not commanding them, this is the job of a manager. If you want to be a leader learning to influence is the real key to success. …show more content…
Focus on particulars and not on broad ideas. As the training supervisor of my work section, I need to define the specifics of what I wish to achieve as a training supervisor and make it clear to those around me what I wish to accomplish. What direction do I wish to take the training, how can we better measure the effectiveness of that specific training. Should locally developed tests need to be accomplished so that I can follow the progress of the training? The more specific I can become with the goals for the training section and the better I can measure the progress of our training the better I can understand my effectiveness and a training
The book Influencer turned out to be a far better book than I first believed it would. The book began as what seemed like a self-help book. Turns out that it sort of was, but ended up far more useful in life than a simple do this and not that kind of book. Leadership is an art form and that art is about influencing people. Not commanding them, this is the job of a manager. If you want to be a leader learning to influence is the real key to success. …show more content…
Focus on particulars and not on broad ideas. As the training supervisor of my work section, I need to define the specifics of what I wish to achieve as a training supervisor and make it clear to those around me what I wish to accomplish. What direction do I wish to take the training, how can we better measure the effectiveness of that specific training. Should locally developed tests need to be accomplished so that I can follow the progress of the training? The more specific I can become with the goals for the training section and the better I can measure the progress of our training the better I can understand my effectiveness and a training