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To Quote Peter Drucker - You cannot be successful today with yesterday's tools and skills.
Keep up to date and forsee changes happening. You have to be ahead of others if you want to be a Manager or a Leader.
Gain the "Systems Thinking Skills" and "Engage front line people" in the BIG picture.
Also, to create a work environment that nurtures innovation.
A leader should understand market thoroughly, and should upgrade himself in learning new technologies, and innovate himself, and by doing trail and error method, he must move forward.
by idwntifying precisly odentifying customer needs and wants through markering researxh
By answering the following questions:
The company should position itself on two dimensions:
Hence three fundamental strategies, called generic strategies:
It is the same for everyone in (working) life; stay educated! That is what is meaned by ongoing development; follow education, seminars, read professional literature and websites, listen to college's, co-workers, employees, managers around you and dare to take changes if demanded. Also thank you for the other replies above; it is all part of the learning organization!!
Continue to invest in self - be a lifelong learner. Read, read, read. Go back to campus.
Choose to be open to change. Do things not used to. Playing a game or a musical instrument.
Do service, not merely cheque-book philanthropy. Go to the last mile and make a difference.
Embrace technology
Leadership is more about people. Work on emotional quotient.
Get a mentor, then a coach. Everyone needs a Coach.
Adopt coaching also as a leadership style.
Be passionate about ethics.
Career is one part of the life. There are other important components. Family, health, wealth, legacy, charity/philanthropy, environment/social causes, hobby, travel, etc. Don't ignore family, especially parents, spouse and kids. That is perhaps the most important responsibility ( opportunity, blessings ) of our lives. Work-life integration is key to happiness & fulfilment.
Try to move towards life-purpose. The more we are aligned with our life purpose at work, the happier we are. We will shine as a leader.