If there is a leadership influence arrow, the direction of the leadership influence arrow must always be upward never
downward. The moment the direction of the leadership arrow goes downward it
simply means that the leader is losing grip of his leadership.
But is it possible for leaders to lose
their leadership influence? Of course it’s very possible for leaders to slowly
lose their leadership influence. This could happen when leaders become complacent
that they would think that they are already indispensable in their possession
of authority.
Therefore the leader stops motivating
himself and his people; he will not anymore lead by example. He instead will just be satisfied with the status quo and assume that his subordinates are
not anymore in need of his leadership. Instead of leading by example he would
be content on delegating his functions and so forth.
What would be the net result of this
kind of diminishing and complacent leadership? Targets will not be met, the
leader will not be anymore respected, and there will be breakdown of discipline
just to name a few.
So what must a leader do to re-assert
his diminishing influence? Very simple actually! He must once again have the
fire in his belly to inspire and motivate his subordinates by means of walking
his talk, by reinforcing his competence and by leading by example once again. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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