Leadership

En los últimos cuarenta años me he encontrado con muchas situaciones en donde la presencia de un líder era más necesaria que nunca para salir adelante. Según mi criterio, no existe negocio o empresa con éxito sin la presencia de un leader.

Si tuviéramos que coger una definición de Leader o bien Leadership en el mundo de los negocios, posiblemente me decantaría por estas dos:

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. – Professor Warren G. Bennis

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Pero quizás sería mejor definir lo que hace un leader para entender mejor que es un leader:

1)        Un leader debe tener la inspiración necesaria para crear una visión de lo que debe ser el negocio o la empresa en el futuro. Es lo que yo le llamo leader visionario con la capacidad de crear una visión porque entiende, sabe y domina todos los fundamentos del negocio o la empresa.

2)        Un leader debe inspirar y generar la suficiente confianza a un grupo determinado de personas para que se sientan identificadas con la misión definida y motivarlas para que estén dispuestas a alcanzarla. Con pasión y entusiasmo el leader genera un aura que inspira a las personas y genera la confianza para que le sigan y se sientan identificadas con la misión definida. Le siguen porque es el leader visionario que entiende, sabe y domina los fundamentos del negocio o la empresa.

3)        Un leader debe ser capaz de definir y crear una estructura con el management adecuado para alcanzar y suministrar la visión establecida. El leader debe proporcionar resultados y necesita de una cierta estructura para llevar a cabo la visión que ha creado y que ha sabido transmitir. A su vez, la estructura que se crea necesita de personas capaces de organizar y dirigir con la eficacia y eficiencia necesarias. Aquí hablamos de gestores del negocio.

4)        Un leader debe mantener al grupo de personas cohesionado, permanentemente formado y con las habilidades suficientes y necesarias para alcanzar y suministrar la visión establecida. Normalmente una visión no es cosa de un año, sino que se define por un periodo superior a los diez años. El leader debe procurar por la evolución del grupo de personas y mantenerlo cohesionado con objeto de poder proporcionar los resultados.

José Carlos Álvarez Tobar

Member of the Advisory Council 

AW Investment Advisory

jcalvareztobar@gmail.com

Leadership (English version)

In the last forty years I have encountered many situations where the presence of a leader was more necessary than ever to get ahead. In my opinion, there is no successful business or company without the presence of a leader.

If we were to take a definition of Leader or Leadership in the business world, I would probably opt for these two:

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. - Professor Warren G. Bennis

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

But perhaps it would be better to define what a leader does to better understand what a leader is:

1) A leader must have the necessary inspiration to create a vision of what the business or company should be in the future. This is what I call a visionary leader with the ability to create a vision because he understands, knows and dominates all the fundamentals of the business or the company.

2) A leader must inspire and generate enough confidence to a certain group of people so that they feel identified with the defined mission and motivate them to be willing to achieve it. With passion and enthusiasm, the leader generates an aura that inspires people and builds confidence to follow and feel identified with the defined mission. They follow him because he is the visionary leader who understands, knows and dominates the fundamentals of the business or the company.

3) A leader must be able to define and create a structure with adequate management to achieve and provide the established vision. The leader must provide results and needs a certain structure to carry out the vision that he has created and has managed to convey. In turn, the structure that is created needs people capable of organizing and directing with the necessary effectiveness and efficiency. Here we talk about business managers.

4) A leader must keep the group of people cohesive, permanently trained and with sufficient and necessary skills to achieve and provide the established vision. Normally a vision is not a one-year thing, but is defined for a period greater than ten years. The leader must strive for the evolution of the group of people and keep it cohesive to provide the results.

José Carlos Álvarez Tobar

Member of the Advisory Council 

AW Investment Advisory

jcalvareztobar@gmail.com