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How do I become a great business man / Leader?

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Question added by Vaiyapuri Gopalakrishnan , Manager - After Sales , M/s Saud Bahwan Automotive llc
Date Posted: 2016/06/20
Vaiyapuri Gopalakrishnan
by Vaiyapuri Gopalakrishnan , Manager - After Sales , M/s Saud Bahwan Automotive llc

To become a better leader, here are three New Year's resolutions that I have suggested every manager set for themselves for 2016... Resolution 1: Be a Leader The first step to being a better leader is to, well, LEAD! Be bold, be courageous, take risks. Innovate. Create an exciting vision for the business: Where are you leading your team? What will it take to get there? Show people how passionate you are about achieving this vision. Know what you stand for, and what you believe in. Act with conviction. Make the tough choices. Get your hands dirty. Build a collaborative culture. Be a role model for your team. Resolution 2: Earn the respect of your team Speaking of your team, a leader with no followers is no leader at all. A good place to start is by listening to what members of your team have to say. Involve them in important projects and decisions. Delegate where possible and trust that they will do a good job. Make sure that they are sufficiently challenged and invest in their learning and development, by coaching them directly and providing feedback as well as more formally by identifying courses that can help them to develop their skills. Recognise them for their contributions to the business. Most of all: be kind. Resolution 3: Take control of your learning and development You are responsible for your own professional growth as well as for your team’s development. Make sure that you ask for feedback from your own boss on a regular basis, both in terms of overall performance and specifically with regard to big meetings and presentations. Ask feedback from your team too! Sign up to training workshops and courses that can help you to hone your skills in important areas. Practice public speaking, writing an effective one-pager, communicating clearly in emails and on the phone. Read blogs and books to keep up to date in your industry. Never, ever get complacent: learning is a lifelong process, and even a CEO has more to learn. To become a better people manager, here are 6 tips to get you started... 1. Be nice This should be pretty obvious, but the first principle when working in a team is to be nice. People don’t want to work with nasty or aggressive people, and such behaviour will only hamper any collaboration. Beyond a basic level of decency, you should also avoid a robotic focus on work and remember that your team is made up of human beings. Ask them how they’re doing before launching into the tasks you need them to do, take a moment to ask about their weekend, show that you’ve got good manners and say please and thank you! 2. Show them you care Still on the human being topic, leading a team means showing that you care about them as individuals. So check in to see how they’re feeling if they’re off sick, bring them a cupcake on their birthday, buy them a coffee from time to time… These little gestures will demonstrate that you don’t just think of them as cogs in the machine and will make sure to keep spirits up especially when the workload is heavy or morale is low. 3. Be fair Being fair to your team members means valuing each of their contributions, giving each of them the attention that they need, giving credit where credit is due. It also means taking due responsibility for work on your side, and role modelling the behaviour that you expect from your team. After all, you can’t expect them to be careful with the company’s money if you’re seen to be frittering away the budget on luxurious business trips or entertaining clients. 4. Focus on their growth As a people manager, you are not just responsible for making sure that the work gets done but also for helping each individual reach their full potential by getting the feedback and coaching they need, learning new skills, and finding the right assignment in which to shine. This also requires focusing on your own performance so be sure to ask for feedback also from them and keep growing as a manager by attending training sessions and getting coaching yourself. 5. Support them externally Trust and solidarity are fundamental values when working in a team and sticking up for each other when the going gets tough will help to maintain cohesion; your team needs to know that you’re not going to throw them under the bus if they make a mistake. You might need to talk to the individual who has made that mistake but don’t do it in front of clients, agencies or colleagues outside of your immediate team. 6. Engage them on your vision People need to know what they are working towards, the bigger picture of what you’re all trying to achieve; sharing your broader vision will help them to understand the role they have to play and keep them engaged. This will become all the more important as you grow more senior in your role but you can start even with a small project. What will be the impact if you’re successful? Is there a metaphor or image that you can share that will capture the essence of what you’re trying to achieve? Get your team energised and excited about the bigger goal that lies ahead.

Nadjib RABAHI
by Nadjib RABAHI , Freelancer , My own account

You must :

- Control the functions of business management that are:

  •   Development
  •   Marketing
  •   Production
  •   Management

- Have the qualities of reception and transmission to lead effectively

- Have the ability to argue for convince of the correctness of your decisions and the direction you follow

- Develop the listening and curiosity

- Use the failure 

- Take risks

- Manage ambiguity and accept contradictions

- Learn to manage your time to take the time to animate your team

- Establish your personal motivation profile and understand what for you the best orientations

- Tame time

- Master how to give directions

- know how to optimize the activities of each member

You must be open, curious, a decision maker, quiet, flexible, charismatic, sensitive, critical, courageous,

Imtiyaz Loya
by Imtiyaz Loya , Executive Manager - Business Development - Hosted & Managed Services , Mobily

Keep your sight on the farthest star and your feet firmly on the ground.  Do not be too fast so as to leave your followers behind and do not be too slow to make them lose hope with you.  Learn to take criticism positively and respect your opponents.  Never let your ego and emotions control you.  And finally, never stop caring for those who help you grow big.

How to become a great business man. First of all,you must be hard working. Creative and innovative. Create positive friends who have done something ( entrepreneurs) Always create your goals objectives , vision and mission and work out for them. You must have financial discipline not being extravagance but always save depending on your income. Always be focused. Try to start up small businesses on the available money. Patience is needed. Enthusiasm and endurance is needed. NB., Believe in your self you will make it

ghazi Almahadeen
by ghazi Almahadeen , Project Facilitator , Jordan River Foundation

Thanks for the invite colleagues adequate answers ............................

DR MD ANWAR HOSSAIN
by DR MD ANWAR HOSSAIN , Moderator , bayt.com

With the combination Honesty, confidence & hard labor every body will be a great business man.

Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

Work hard

Work smart

Push the boundaries

Be lucky

Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy
by Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy , Vice General Manager , DATALINEZ for IT solutions

Communication skills

interpersonal skills

be visionary

 

Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani
by Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani , Snr. HR & Finance Officer , Sarri Zawetta Company

Thanks

I agree with Mr. Najib's answer

mohammed negm
by mohammed negm , مدير مبيعات , مؤسسة أطياف لتجارة المواد الغذائية

 Thanks for the invitation, I  agree with all answers

Sameer Arshad
by Sameer Arshad , Sales Processing manager , Travel Point

Plan concept

Market survey

Analyse results

Execution of plan

For successful business

To become a good leader - value time, inspiring,supportive,.

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