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Connie Williams Consulting, Inc.: Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:25 AM
WHEN AUTHORITY SPEAKS™ - Series 5 Transforming Organizations: Using Authority As A Strategy “A successful organization is built on Authority, established by its Leadership, generates results through Influence, and increases its future growth throughWisdom and Organizational Acumen.” ~Connie Williams Positional Authority is “given” when a person has been selected, appointed, elected, or designated to a leadership position in an organization. An individual can have Positional Authority, but have no effect on influencing people. Positional Authority that is not transformed into leadership will not help the organization achieve its results. The word, “Authority,” sounds powerful and so formal and is often misunderstood in organizations and by people. It’s a strategy that is not used too often because organizations and individuals may think that Authority oppresses, controls, and removes a person’s freedom. Legitimate Authority is not oppressive, commanding, directing, or controlling. It’s actually the opposite. We can be afraid to embrace what we don’t understand. Authority is compassionate, respectful, confident, supportive, insightful, upholds standards, and gains results by releasing the personal authority of its employees to align with the mission of the organization. “Authority,” properly used, enhances organizations in the following manner: - Prevents chaos by bringing order within the mission of the organization;
- Clarifies roles and provides boundaries with other managers;
- Protects the organization;
- Brings confidence to its leaders and employees;
- Defends and supports in the day of controversy;
- Removes division and discord;
- Corrects inefficiencies;
- Establishes leadership;
- Empowers and inspires leaders and employees;
- Strengthens leadership and influence;
- Gives longevity to an organization;
- Provides the framework for the organization to achieve its mission; and
- Provides the framework for leadership to perform.
Organizations are created to meet the needs of the stakeholders they serve. Yet ineffective Positional Authorities try to force the employees to meet the organization’s needs. Authority used correctly restores the effectiveness of the organization. There are standards to achieve so the organization can be at the top of their industry. Water is the Authority and framework for the fish to perform and stay alive. Soil is the Authority and framework for a plant to perform and stay alive. Authority provides the framework for a leader to legitimately lead, to legitimately perform, and to legitimately delegate authority to others so the organization can stay alive. When leadership is legitimate, it brings mutual respect and order to the organization. Go back and research organizations that were dismantled or have not achieved results because Authority was abused, misused, and misunderstood. Research successful organizations and observe how they embraced Authority and how it strengthened its leadership and influence within their industry. When Authority Speaks…It has a voice. These are just a few of the strategies that Connie Williams Consulting, Inc. uses to transform organizations. Contact us today at connie@conniewilliamsconsulting.com to get started on transforming your organization. |
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Connie Williams Consulting, Inc.: Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012 2:33 PM
WHEN AUTHORITY SPEAKS™ - Series 4 Personal Authority: Transforming People Using Personal Authority as a performance management strategy to transform people will grow effective leaders in organizations. Personal Authority is about effective leadership because it includes building relationships, utilizing resources, and achieving results. Connie Williams Consulting, Inc. defines Personal Authority as, “A combination of knowledge, skills, talents, and resources that qualifies a person an expert in influencing the thinking and action of others for the purpose of achieving results.” No one can take away your Personal Authority. It’s within you! The Food Network’s “Chopped” is a show where chefs compete before expert judges to take simple ingredients and transform them into a prestigious three-course meal. The chefs have 30 seconds for planning and 30 seconds for executing. They are all chefs but the winner is the one who uses their Personal Authority to influence the judges. The winner had all the resources within their knowledge, skills, and talents to effectively transform simple ingredients into exceptional results. The winner gained a promotion and a reward! Here’s how our Personal Authority will transform people and organizations: - Grows leaders that will transform organizations.
- Promotes boldness and confidence that will positively influence others.
- Minimizes and reduces stress.
- Achieves results using a combination of knowledge, skills, talents, and resources.
- Refreshes and stimulates others to help leaders achieve results.
- Opens up doors of opportunities for promotions and recognitions.
- Authenticates people.
- Qualifies an individual as an expert.
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Connie Williams Consulting, Inc.: Posted on Friday, February 03, 2012 2:39 PM
WHEN AUTHORITY SPEAKS™ - Series 3 Personal Authority: A Strategy to Benefit Your Targeted Market In the upcoming Series to When Authority Speaks™, I will explore the strategies of Positional and Collective Authority. For Series 3, we’ll explore Personal Authority so you’ll have a foundation for the other two strategies. In Series 2, Connie Williams Consulting, Inc. defined Personal Authority as, “A combination of knowledge, skills, talents, and resources that make a person an expert in influencing the thinking and action of others for the purpose of achieving results.” In Series 3, we’ll discuss how to discover your Personal Authority, what happens, and what it feels like when you are not utilizing it. Who defines you in your profession? I ask this question because we sometimes allow others to define us…especially when we haven’t discovered our Personal Authority. Once you discover it, I don’t think you’ll have an issue with others trying to define you again! This has happened and is still happening a lot to others so my mission is to help you apply this tremendous strategy so you can have a fulfilling life and career. If your life is fulfilling, your career will follow and so will the value for your organization. Others do not define you nor do they have the Authority to. We as individuals have the Personal Authority to define ourselves and our lives yet we often give others that Authority. Why? Is it because we have not taken the time to learn about or focus on our unique attributes? Do you think we could consider others an expert on us? I don't think so. No one has the qualifications or the expertise to define you, but YOU! Your Personal Authority is only unique to you and has your own special DNA that no one in this world can duplicate. The world will be missing a solution to a problem if you don’t walk in your Personal Authority. There are a targeted group of people who are assigned only to you. You have the solution to help them solve a problem and you are the only one that can uniquely deliver to them. How do you discover your Personal Authority? First, create a list of four categories: Knowledge, Skills, Talents, and Resources. Second, under each category, list the expertise that you are confident in and in which others seek you out. Finally, write next to each expertise whether you feel “energized” or “drained”. Take your time if you need to…this could take several days or weeks for this to unfold the layers to your Personal Authority. When you find it, you’ll feel it and your energy will heighten! Guess what? Your stress will be reduced and you’ll be bold and confident in your Personal Authority. You’ll also be ready to find your target group so you can help them. Here’s a simple visual example: What happens to a plant when you remove it from its soil? It withers and dies. Why? It’s been removed from its Authority (the soil). Yes, there are other resources the plant needs such as the sun and water, but the soil is the main Authority. Can you think of any people who left their Personal Authority and entered a profession that became high maintenance for them? What happens to us when we are not walking in our Personal Authority? Do we feel withered and drained inside? Yes, we do! We feel like it’s "High Maintenance" when we are allowing others to define us or when we are trying to duplicate someone else’s Personal Authority.  and you'll receive notification of the published blog updates and daily strategies Monday through Friday. |
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