The Three Faces of Leadership | Alan Cedrick
How does one become the owner of a small business, head of a department, or even CEO of a large corporation? An effective director has three personas: a visionary, a manager, and a mentor/coach. To be a successful leader, one must be capable of performing all three roles. He must understand their relative importance in his position, at this point in his career. A tall order is complicated further by those roles never being static, shifting with circumstance, the business climate, organizational needs, and the individual's preferences and abilities. The Leader as Visionary According to Alan Cedrick , The visionary is the one who handles the creation or inspiration of goal-directed action. This leader is the man, or woman, with the plan. Developing a vision is fundamentally the responsibility of a senior manager, CEO, president, general manager, or owner. The illusory definition of who, as a company, we are, what we do and why, where we are, where we're going, and how we get th
