{"id":8159,"date":"2017-05-20T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T09:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/?p=8159"},"modified":"2017-05-20T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:53:55","slug":"5-rules-for-leadership-to-get-the-best-from-your-employees-agencies-and-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2017\/05\/5-rules-for-leadership-to-get-the-best-from-your-employees-agencies-and-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Rules for Leadership to get the best from your employees, agencies and teams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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5 Rules for Leadership to get the best from your employees, agencies and teams<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Leadership is often mistaken with power. It has nothing to do with power, in fact, leadership is about taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accountability,<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ownership for your decisions, professionalism, ethics<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and so on.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5\u00a0signs you already are a great LEADER:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"qualities<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>1. Accountability and Responsibility:<\/span> You don’t cower behind someone when something goes wrong. You don’t ask your team members to respond to the situation, rather take charge and most important of all, take accountability. Like the old quote goes, “If you really want to test a man’s virtue, give him power”. Every time something goes wrong, you don’t stand behind calling yourself a leader, rather, accept what went wrong and take or make amends to make it right. It’s not about getting defensive, it’s simply about doing what’s right.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Praise others:<\/span> A leader always finds ways to praise good work done. This does not mean, you choose which time you praise someone or who to praise, no, it’s every single time for every professional. When you find team members or agencies or consultants doing a good task, every single time, do you take time out to officially acknowledge the same or do you only write or complain if something goes wrong? It goes a long way to show that you care. It’s not just limited to your team, peers or colleagues, it extends to all those around you who have worked with you one way or another. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Want to know the SECRET:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ask yourself, ‘how many people, other than those whose salaries you are directly accountable for, will give great feedback about you as a professional or even as an individual?’ This will let you in on the secret of how the world outside really perceives you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Learn & Unlearn:<\/span> “I know it all” Four words which will crucially showcase that you have LOST as a leader even before you have begun. As a leader, it’s crucial to learn and more important to unlearn the old ways to empower and integrate the new.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Discipline:<\/span> Unless you have a discipline to observe and follow your agreements, your commitments, your contracts, towards your employees, team members, consultants, agencies, you can never call yourself a true leader. There are no ‘if’s and but’s’ when it comes to contracts, agreements, commitments and moral obligations at work. You either do it or you have failed and faltered as a Leader. On similar lines, do you take initiatives to make something better, do you take steps and put the necessary efforts to deliver something beyond what is expected? It takes tremendous discipline to build a form that has a timeless class on it’s own.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>5. How You treat someone:<\/span> Do you only treat people well when they are doing something for you or if they can do something for you? I have a simple policy that helps me decide who I work with in the long run, be it team members or clients and it goes something like this: “<\/span><\/span>I will treat you 10 times the way you treat me<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>” and this works every single time. It helps you clearly decide who would be the right team member, client, customer, consultant etc to work with in the long run. Remember, at the end of the day, people work with people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As of date, I have\u00a0a total of 14 years of professional work experience<\/span>. \u00a0Of which, 7 years I worked as an employee, wherein few of those were with some of the best brands in the world<\/span> and now,\u00a0it has been 7 years since I started my own\u00a0Digital agency, Techdivine Creative Services<\/a>, back in March 2010.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0As a digital agency<\/a>, we are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grateful and thankful<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0to have 4 Global recognition’s with 3 Internationally acclaimed awards<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0including winning the first place in the prestigious Global Peter Drucker Challenge\u00a0in the\u00a0Entrepreneur category across 35+ countries<\/a><\/span>, winning the titles of Best digital marketing professional in India<\/a><\/span> 2014 and the most influential digital marketing leaders<\/a><\/span> of 2016 by CMO ASIA and World Marketing Congress and we are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sincerely humbled<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0to have got an opportunity to cater to clients across 6 countries (India, USA, UK, UAE, AUS, SPAIN)<\/span> across 23 industries in the past 7 years as on May\u00a02017.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So when clients, consultants, friends or peers ask me,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how do I, as an entrepreneur<\/a> manage my time, travel, schedules round the clock and end up with amazing teams across clients<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>… well, honestly,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>it’s a daily learning curve and I truly know that\u00a0I am just getting started<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>. My focus has been from day one, to BUILD A BRAND<\/span> and not just increase the clients list, which is why I am very picky on who I work with. I strongly believe, ‘Businesses are built dime a dozen, but organizations are seldom created.’<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0But, tips, guides, quotes, etc from the Masters have helped a lot over the years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In other words,\u00a0I read a lot of books. Books which are essentially the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>culmination<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>industry leaders<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decades of experiences and learning<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the greatest inspirations for me<\/span> to read, learn, keep learning, implement by asking the right questions etc has come from the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Father of Modern Management, Peter F Drucker<\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0His books, research, case studies are truly timeless, because they don’t focus on tools, sites, technology etc but instead on people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some of his quotes that will give you a glimpse into the great icon’s legacy and teachings:<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Few quotes from Peter Drucker:\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n