You Don't Need to Have the Look to Lead Well

As a full-time Coach and Trainer having over 81,131 executives in 14 countries since 1996, I believe that everyone is a leader and everyone can rise to the top leadership position of any organization.  There is no requirement of background, wealth, education or connections. However, many people still don't want to be a leader because they think that being a leader is difficult and requires too many sacrifices. The top 7 misunderstandings of being a leader include:

1. A Leader Must Be Tough.  Softness doesn't mean not effective, and sometimes being tough will alienate followers instead.
2. You Must Be The Best.  The best may not lead because they prefer to be led. That doesn't mean that the leader is mediocre and incompetent. 
3. A Leader Must Behave Like a Leader at All Times. This is called fake leadership because ultimately a leader is just a normal human being like anyone. A leader is not God or a representative of God. In fact if you behave weak at times you will touch more peoples' hearts and get more loyal followers
4. You Must Have A Strong Team In Order to Lead Well.  This is the most daunting and untrue requirement that frightens most people.  In fact a leader builds his own team.  Even if he already has a strong team, he still must turn the strong team into strong followers or he is just an ineffective leader.
5. A Leader Cannot Fail. Even The Buddha fails, so why can't a leader fail?  In fact failure often makes the leader stronger.  You just look at the many failed war attempts by Sir Winston Churchill of Britain and China's Mao Ze Dong and you'll know how true is this point.
6. You Must Be Ready to Lead.  No one is ever ready for anything in life, what is more important than readiness to lead is the will and commitment to lead.
7. A Leader is a Good Talker.  What is more important than talking is listening.  True leaders don't talk much and give credit to his team. But he practices deep listening, as what Thict Niat Hanh, the famous Vietnamese monk, does all the time. 

THE LEADER AS CHALLENGER (new)
Your Key to be a High Performing Manager or Leader
Date   :  7 May 2015 , 2 to 5.30 pm (Friay)
Venue : The Plaza 02-346 7500A Beach Rd
Investment :1 pax s$298.00 ; 2 pax & above each is s$199.00 ; 5 Pax & above each is s$149.00 ; 8 pax & above each is s$129.00
Forget about the leader being a change leader. A leader must be a challenger first for him to be effective. Yet we see many leaders afraid of challenges. The buck stops here. A leader is hired to tackle challenges, if not, why have him in the first place. Firstly the leader must challenge himself, his team and his organization to do better. To challenge people, he does 3 Ts well: Teach, Take Control and Touch Hearts. Whether you are a new or experienced leader or manager, come for this newest course taken from Damien Dixon best selling book "The Challenger" Note: PIC 60% grant is available for this course. You can also use the Quarterly Training Credit (QTC) to offset 25% of the course fees. Call 6225-1784 for details
Power-packed Contents Include:
Reason why most leaders are not effective and what to do now The Leader as Challenger: what it means in reality The 3 Tools of a Challenger: Teach, Take Control and Touch Hearts How to Teach for Insights What to do when you counsel your team Five ways to Take Control of all Situations: Bigger Role, Delegate, Audit, Outcome Driven and Dominate all situations What to do when you are being challenged by your team? How to Set Targets that Challenges People Beyond The 9 Proven ways to Touch Hearts without Tears Using the Power of 5 Love Languages to communicate better The Samsung Way to Uplift 150,000 people overnight How Steve Jobs pushed people with Limitless concept The Ultimate of a Challenger: Realize our dreams
Benefits:
1. Ready tools to energize yourself 2. Overcome all challenges NOW 3. Foster better teamwork 4. Higher productivity and profits 5. Develop yourself into a Leader NOW 6. No more Financial Worries and Worries on Health 7. Be a Better Manager and Leader!
For Who to Attend:
1. Directors, Managing Director and GM 2. HR Managers, Learning and Admin Managers 3. Executives in HR, Admin and Sales 4. Managers in Sales, Research, Operations, Finance 5. Marketing managers, Admin Managers, Engineers
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Profile of Asia Coaching Training
A former Director of HR and Finance with Japanese MNC Allied Telesis, Andy has inspired many organizations including the Government. Master Coach Andy Ng (aka AndyTheCoach at www.asiatrainers.com) has 28 years experience: He started doing business at the age of 5. Since 1996, Andy has trained over 81,413 people in 14 countries. His DVD Successful People Management is selling in 3 countries. Asia Coaching Training was, from 2001-2007, the licensee for Action International in Singapore. The clients trained by Andy include SingTel, SIM, Manulife Financial, Walton International, DBS Group, M1, Yakun, BreadTalk, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Gillette, F & N Foods, Kaplan Asia and Teleperformance Asia. Visit articles on management and sales at www.AndyNgTrainer.blogspot.sg