Monday, October 15, 2018

On positive reputation and effective leadership


Joe is a department head in a big manufacturing company, he has been employed in that organization for ten years. He stared as an ordinary clerk and he rose from the ranks through his hard work. Along those years he built a reputation of competence, hard work and leadership by example.   Therefore, wherever department he was assigned he always gets the job done.

Is there a link between positive reputation and effective leadership? Yes, there is an important link that exist between positive reputation and effective leadership. For example, a manager who has a positive reputation of competence, hard work and leadership by example would always be an effective leader.

Why? This is for the reason that positive reputation can be likened to an advance party, it always precedes the manager/leader. Positive reputation warns the lazybones to shape up or he/she might be shipped out of the organization.

A manager’s positive reputation has a ripple effect that pervades the entire organization. Consequently, through unassailable positive reputation the manager/leader would be able to transform her/his organization.

Hence, a person who wants to ascend in the organizational hierarchy should always have a positive reputation.  For the simple reason that this is her/his passport to become an effective leader/manager. It must be like a shadow that follows him/her wherever she/he goes. – Marino J. Dasmarinas

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