“One word is enough to a wise man.” This saying oftentimes is an expression commonly uttered by superiors to induce subordinates when they want certain tasks done at once. However there are superiors who could not initiate pressure even when they wanted things accomplished. At a certain circumstances however, it is advantageous to put pressure to employees. Read the rest of this entry »
People of today live in a “hurry-up” world. There are deadlines to meet, appointments to keep, and even sports are played against the clock.
The days are divided into segments of time, time to work, time to play and time to rest. And there is the matter of timing in making decisions. The right time makes the difference between success and failure. Read the rest of this entry »
All business and marketing plans will be rendered useless if the marketing power of the product or service that has been chosen is not placed under consideration. The problem with determining the target market is that external factors such as the political and economic factors should be included in all business research endeavors, something that most research and development teams fail to place under strategic management clauses such as the TOWS Matrix where they formulate ideas and strategies that are essential for the business to grow and succeed.
So perhaps eager minds are wondering, why they have to put these circumstances under consideration when laying out their business propositions. The answer is quite simple, they are your market hence to be able to understand them, and one has to think like them. While most people have different preferences, these can be consolidated in a way to be able to understand what alternative courses should be used, in order for a product to succeed in today’s demanding world of consumer needs.
People will still resort to prioritizing needs, and to categorize up and coming products to become one of these basic necessities is already a success in the business proceeding since the only thing that may be left to plan is how to answer the demands of the consumer market, once the product attention and awareness has been successfully instilled.
“One word is enough to a wise man.” This saying oftentimes is an expression commonly uttered by superiors to induce subordinates when they want certain tasks done at once. However there are superiors who could not initiate pressure even when they wanted things accomplished. At a certain circumstances however, it is advantageous to put pressure to employees. .
A study revealed that without the application of stress, people will not exert effort to reach their full potential. A superior should be able to do pre-evaluation using the available subordinate’s personal record to determine the psychological make-up of the person specially its tolerance level to stress when given certain tasks with deadlines. There is an optimal level of stress when properly applied to an individual that would result to favorable performance. The pressure can be put to use when the superior knows previously what kind of stress can yield productivity and which kind can be likewise damaging.
As an advice, superiors must not eliminate stress, but keep it only at a healthy and productive level. For most people, stresses such as accountability for quality of work and for some personal financial management have positive effect and they are not signs of weakness. Battling and overcoming them produces a feeling of pride, accomplishment and a positive experience.
A subordinate when receiving insufficient feedback from superiors, or being given inadequate information to complete a task would have a negative reaction on the pressure to accomplish the task. Using enough pressure to improve productivity is a matter of eliminating the negatives.
Influencing people cannot be done overnight. A leader’s influence must be greater than the resistance of the people being influenced especially when they facing extreme difficult circumstances in life.
There are people who resist their leader because of FEAR of the unknown. These people look and see only pitfalls in accomplishing their task because of negative attitude like fear of failure, insufficient knowledge, lack of experience and low self-esteem. Only an effective leader can provide the solutions to overcome such fear and move forward in achieving their goals.
To be able to influence others, a leader must “walk his talk”. He must be a good role model. He must exhibit obedience by diligently following the rules and regulations of the organization as well as that of the community. He must have faith and courage in pursuing the vision and mission of the organization. He must be committed and willing to go the extra mile to be able to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives. And last but not the least, he must be a faithful partner to the organization and his people.
“When a leader that puts his family first, the community benefits. When a leader puts the community first, both his family and the community suffer”. Therefore, for a leader who wants to have good influence in the organization or in the community, it must begin at home. Starting at home is always the key to influencing others in a positive way. This can be done through reaching out and working out solutions to meet the emotional, physical, spiritual and financial needs of the family.
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