Organizations Rise and Fall on the Effectiveness of Leadership

by Rick DeMarco

The challenges facing organizations today demand strong leadership that can motivate and inspire others around a common vision to achieve stated goals and objectives.  But leadership has little to do with title or position.  It is about behavior and attitude.  Anyone can be a leader by exemplifying those qualities that inspire others to want to passionately play a part in an organization’s success.   Those organizations who consistently win in the market develop and nurture strong leadership behavior with all employees, regardless of their function or role.  Also, leadership has little to do with control and everything to do with influence.  You can order someone to complete a task or objective.  But you can’t order them to be passionate about it.      Effective leaders are able to influence people to do things because they believe in the same vision, goals and objectives.  Organizations today are in great need of strong leaders who conduct themselves with a set of values and principles that are non-negotiable and unwavering.  And candidates for an open position can certainly distinguish themselves from others by conveying a commitment to and understanding of the principles of effective leadership as an influencer and example of inspirational behavior.