Bulletin No. 5 | September – October 2001

LEADERSHIP

• Creating positive change is the most important test for a leader
  If you change the leader, you change the organization. Everythings goes up and down in line of leadership. Nevertheless, it is not easy to know that a leader wants to change. In reality, most leaders reject changes as well as the followers

• The profile of leader in crucial situation
  • Have a negative view on others Lack of imagination 
  • Have personal problems
  • Avoid responsibility
  • Feel safe and content
  • Unorganized
  • Easy to get angry
  • Do not want to take a risk
  • Insecure and defensive
  • Avoid flexibility
  • Have no teamwork spirit
  • Against changes

• Leader is a means of change
  If you stop to change, you stop your life because change is nothing more but development. But why people are against the change? 
  First, change does not come from themselves. Second, change disturbs routines. Third, change creates anxiety of what they cannot predict. Fourth, change means personal lost. Fifth, change eliminates personal pride.

• Checklist of change
  Does the change benefit the followers? Does the change suit the organization’s goal? Is the change clear and specific? Does the 20 percent of prominent figures accept the change and are committed? Are the physical, financial and human resources available for the change? Is the time right? Does the change take place smoothly? Is the change ethically done?
  
  (Source : J.C Maxwell, Developing the Leader within You)

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• Building Careers. A career is a lifelong process sequence of related jobs and experiences. As companies have downsized and employed more knowledge workers, new types of careers and career development have become more common
  
  
• The globalization of business, the rapidly changing environment and downsizing of organizations have called for new types of careers. Companies more often outsource activities, rely on part-time or contract employees, decentralize decision making, and create free-form organizations structures. No longer do people work for the same company during their entire lives. Instead they are moving away from traditional career arrangements and taking responsibility for managing their own careers.
  
  
• People move through numerous stage as they progress through their careers. The following is the timeline of career development in the United States : Entry stage (20-30), Early career (25-35), Full membership (30-50), Mid career (35-55), Late career (55-70), Pre-retirement (60-75), Retirement (65-75)
  
  
• Before you start making career development decisions, separate fact from opinion.
  Check the following myth and find out the reality in the following issue EGA briefings No. 6
  1. Good workers do not get fired
  2. Hard work and company loyalty result in job security
  3. Good paying jobs are available without a college / university education
  4. A college / university degree guarantees a good job
  5. The best jobs are in large corporations
  6. Go to work in a good company and move up the career ladder
  7. Find the hot industry and you will be in demand
  8. Don’t try to change jobs after age 40
  9. Don’t waste time on foolish dreams after college, it’s time to grow up, settle down and get a real job
  10. Company loyalty is rewarded with job security and a secure retirement
  11. It is not what you know, it’s who you know that counts
      
      (Source : L.H – Tuck, A. Price, M. Robertson, Career Patterns)