Business Leader

Hey readers,

This is Hannah Brighton’s quick guide to various global and well known websites that you can join to share your ideas and knowledge about leadership.

In the list below – some are websites dedicated to the leadership genre, but others are actually generic or even sites that are based on some other concept – but still encourage users from all backgrounds to join and share their passion.

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So there you have it! A huge list indeed, but it will also serve as a guide to which are the best website out there for maintaining your own brilliant leadership profile. I have roughly ordered this list with my favourites at the top – but I guess after having a little browse around these features websites, you’ll soon make your own mind up! Each leadership expert will have their own idea of what functions and features they expect from a profile. For instance, many leadership professionals just want to utilise the ‘contact me’ functions of profiles. They just want them to a serve as an online business card, that others can use to contact them for whatever reason.

Other leadership gurus like to utlize the social networking aspects of such websites. For instance – other users can send other leadership enthuasiasts private messages, invite them to groups, or leave them public wall messages, depending on which website you choose.

Yours Faithfully

Hannah

We are currently facing a crisis unlike anything we’ve experienced before. It doesn’t matter whether you look at the financial markets, the housing market, or SMEs, the story is the same. WE’RE IN A RECESSION! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Unfortunately as managers in businesses, we cannot simply ‘run for our lives’ and must weather the turbulant time ahead. Should we press on, driving the same values and orders through to our staff to show commitment and solidarity? Or should we formulate new strategies and implement lots of change to show people that we’re trying to combat the situation? There are good cases for either side, which I’ll present below.

Change

Lets start with the most obvious option to write about. Change. A well used word since Obama started slinging it around last year, but is it right for your business? Would a manager championing a change in the way leadership is demonstrated be necessarily be making the right move?

1. As a shop floor or assistant manager. To see that management are changing the way things are done, and who’s in charge of what, and how many new intiatives have bee started can be a very reassuring thing. However this is positive benefit is limited if similar change failed to produce results in the past, so take that into account.

2. It’s without doubt that as business risk increases, companies have to react faster to changes in the market place. If a rearrangement of hierachies and new visions and intiatives from business leaders will help achieve this, then it should be encouraged. You should however keep your eye out for loss of good knowledge. If movement of job positions and reporting lines shatters the environment that existed previously, then you may be hindering the best ideas from the well experienced staff getting to the right managers. When looking at the benefits of a new intiative, always consider what you’re losing too.

Continuity

1. Confident continuity and resolve of existing leadership ideas and techniques and intiatives give a clear message about the vision of the management. Leadership needs to be strong, and to stay on message even when times get tough is a brilliant bonus for your credibility. Ensure that you can justify WHY you’re staying on the same path and not changing however. Lack of commmunication could lead to employees viewing you as ‘out of touch with the economic reality of it all’.

2. If a senior manager stays his course and doesn’t start firing or moving people around when things get tough, it shows that he places alot of trust in his staff beneath him, and that he appreciates the work they have already done. As an extension, these employees should be engaged with EVEN more during the course of the recession. This will support the trust you have in them, and the free flow of ideas from them to you, will actually help you succeed at staying ontop of it all anyway.

So there you have a few of my thoughts on the subject, I want to keep the discussion going though; it doesn’t end here. So please leave comments below!