{"id":2672,"date":"2009-06-17T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/06\/17\/whitepaper-wednesday-laws-of-leadership\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T04:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:14:20","slug":"whitepaper-wednesday-laws-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-laws-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitepaper Wednesday &#8211; Laws of Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to another installment of Whitepaper Wednesday here on the Purchasing Certification Blog.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>This week, I\u2019m going to do something a little different. I\u2019m going to review a whitepaper that is not supply chain-specific, but still relevant to supply chain professionals, particularly leaders or those who wish to become leaders. This whitepaper is entitled \u201cLaws of Leadership\u201d and is from IdeaBridge.<\/p>\n<p>This whitepaper is essentially a list of dozens of bulletpoints providing leadership advice and inspiration. Though I was a little disappointed that it was difficult to find leadership laws with specific names \u2013 don\u2019t all laws have names? \u2013 there were many bullet points that I thoroughly agreed with.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few highlights from the whitepaper (bolded) with my own thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leadership is influence \u2013 nothing more, nothing less.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leadership is about influencing people to follow, while management focuses on maintaining systems and processes.<\/strong> This is similar to the leadership vs. management distinction that Robert Rudzki made in our podcast about what it takes to become a CPO.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The best way to test whether a person can lead rather than just manage is to ask him to create positive change. Managers can maintain direction, but they can\u2019t change it. To move people in a new direction, you need influence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If you can\u2019t influence others, they won\u2019t follow you. And if they won\u2019t follow, you\u2019re not a leader.<\/strong> This reminds me of a saying that a former coworker used to repeat: \u201cIf you\u2019re leading and no one\u2019s following, you\u2019re just taking a walk.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Each time you enter a new leadership position, you should immediately start building relationships. Build enough of the right kinds of relationships with the right people, and you can dramatically enhance your leadership effectiveness. <\/strong>This is so true in procurement, where you work with so many different departments. When someone takes over a new procurement leadership position, they are probably walking into a situation where their new department isn\u2019t exactly everyone\u2019s favorite. One of the keys to driving positive change is getting these skeptics and adversaries on your side. Don\u2019t wait to meet with the leadership of your key internal customers and other stakeholder groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trust is the foundation of leadership<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>You don\u2019t build trust by talking about it. You build it by achieving results, always with integrity and in a manner that shows real personal regard for the people with whom you work.<\/strong> For procurement leaders, this means that you better not screw things up when you take over buying responsibility from an internal customer. Achieve the results you promise and get good supplier performance for your internal customer and that is a first step towards gaining trust and, later, influence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A leader has to quickly read the situation and know instinctively what play to call.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>When a leader has done the work to connect with his people, you can see it in the way the organization functions. Among employees there is incredible loyalty and a strong work ethic. The vision of the leader becomes the aspiration of the people.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hire the best staff you can find, develop them as much as you can, and hand off everything you can to them.<\/strong> As a leader, one of your core competencies \u2013 if not THE core competency \u2013 has to be having the intuition to select the right people who will do a great job for a long time. The value of doing so cannot be understated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your list of priorities must always begin with what is required of you. Anything required that\u2019s not necessary for you to do personally should be delegated or eliminated.<\/strong> When one makes the transition from manager to leader or from employee to leader, one of the hardest things to learn to do is delegate effectively. But, if you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll be crushed. I\u2019ve covered this topic in a previous post, \u201cDoers, Managers, and Leaders.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are you spread out all over the place? Or are you focused on the few things that bring the highest reward? Successful leaders live according to the Law of Priorities. This actually enables them to increase focus while reducing their number of actions.<\/strong> This is true, but also hard to do. Especially when you have the fire in your belly to accomplish much. 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