Community Leadership

In a never-ending economic crisis and unpredictable, there are still another crisis, which felt, discussed, but never rose to the surface with a clear, namely a sense of caring and sense of belonging. We can see that it was created "distance" between employees and companies, between officials and the people. Likewise, the empathy of the people was almost non-existent in their leaders. What causes it? Not infrequently, policies or actions taken by the leaders, especially in times of crisis, does not reflect a concern for humans in groups and on the "community" of his. When the company experienced financial shocks, almost certainly to do is cut the cost of human resources to maintain profits, such as cutting facility, terminate an employee development program, let alone the CSR program. Indirect result of man who became a major supporter of economic course, company or institution is a dulling of feelings and indifference to the feelings of others, which is really important adhesive in the organization. Injection of funds by the effort to make the company healthy again and restore the motivation of employees, often look in vain.

Companies or government agencies is necessary to "re-engagement". Management practices and leadership need to be revisited. The leaders, directors, state officials, while now most of the den or sitting in a plush conference room, announced the goal should be achieved, emphasizing the direction of the company, without the 'down' and try to touch the individual to improve the performance of subordinates. They seemed to sit on top of the pyramid, hard down and really can not know what's going on 'in' pyramid. Leadership can make them as 'separate' from subordinates. Is not this a fatal error? Was this be an effective ways to lead like this?

Not in the "Peak", but in the "Middle"
We certainly have to wonder if a leader could not 'enter' into his own community. In fact, the community exists and it is very necessary. We all know how Barack Obama won the presidential election through the power of community is built in a relatively short time. Communities have the effect of social glue 'magic' and can make a remarkable group of performers. In a meeting, an Islamic bank's CEO, suggested that his men invited to jointly distribute charity revenue, through the company's CSR program. Employees are asked to set aside 20% bonus and donate it to participate in the company's CSR program. This activity not only makes them easy to integrate tramp, but while giving pride because they are able to perform the role of both personal and social role in balance. Thus, the community pushed himself to care about the place of work, coworkers, and the environment ..

It is also often overlooked is the communication situation. Many leaders who, instead of thinking about how communications down, even he himself had practiced direct communication with a comfortable-comfortable. A CEO who realizes that the bureaucracy in the company has been severely hampered and troublesome, change the entire "office layout", became a ward of directors, which requires no privacy at all, so they can easily interact with each other, if you need a little scream, and with him. He also encouraged the revival of communication "face to face 'and use the blackboard for recording and reminders. A leader who is in the 'center' group, still have a strong work on data and factual works. Besides men will also be educated to work accurately, he was better able to improve the performance of his subordinates in this way.

Awaken the "Power to Act"
In his new book Community: The Structure of belonging Peter Block said, that an environment will only change when there is a group of people who find themselves "power to act" and not wait for leaders to do something. Peter Block says these people as "the remnants of community" or "crumbs" community, which actually has the power of obsessive-powered and dedicated large. It is clear that the utilization of community dynamics is different from the attitude of treating people in the organization as 'manpower' alias workers. At the time the pharmaceutical companies collapsed financially and trying to maintain profits, whether companies think that there are still forces that are still obsessing research to find cure for deadly diseases and not just creating a drug to be traded? At the time of recriminations, to save themselves from charges of corruption, whether the authorities noticed that there are still idealistic individuals that have great confidence that this country will get better?

Leaders who want to move the group in today's need to invite the group to see the company's goals, making short-term measures of success and give employees the opportunity to find their own way to achieve it. All the people who work at Google know that he works aims to make information easily identified and accessed. Knowledge is what aroused 'life force' and organizational life. So, when we first concentrate on the good performer, contributing to corporate profits, then there is no harm we look at individuals who are highly motivated and obsessed about something related to the organization. Liberate their imaginations and take the initiative and give support. In this way we have lit a fuse that will motivate companies unexpectedly enormous impact on a company or institution.