Sri Lankan Managers In Trouble Too

Monday, February 08, 2010

By: Emerge Leadership Group

First-line leaders in Sri Lanak have difficulty making transitions to leadership

We are constantly receiving feedback from current and potential clients that the "transition to leader" is one of the most significant issues facing the success of organizations and their people today. 

By taking the wrong approach to their leadership responsibilities, leaders within organizations can wreak havoc on the people they lead (influencing decisions to leave their jobs, sabotaging the success of their team, etc.), the organizations they work for (lower productivity, actively seeking ways to get in the way, etc.), and themselves (frustration, burnout, dissatisfaction with their work, etc.).  In a recent article published in the Daily News of Sri Lanka, T. Tharani from the Department of Management, Eastern University, this problem is NOT strictly a problem in the U.S.A., but is a significant issue-multi nationally and multi-culturally.

One of the primary things we try to help our clients and their leaders understand is is that the first-line leaders, leaders of leaders, and other people that are looked to for direction and counsel must be able to translate lofty goals and ideas into action.  According to the article:

Of course, this is what we do.  Our primary purpose is to assist those people who must become leaders, to stop thinking, feeling, valuing, and behaving like individual contributors who do hands-on work, to start approaching their work the way we expect leaders to do it.  By providing "transition" training (that is, transitioning INTO the role of leader) and "skill" training (that is, transitioning WITHIN the role of leader) to leaders at all levels, their effectiveness, contribution, and outputs are dramatically increased.  To help facilitate this 2-part development process, we have recently launched our Leadership Academy, wherein we combine the best of the transition and skill development to maximize the resources you need to put towards the development of your people.

"But," you say, "Resources for development cost money.  We don't have budget to their development."

Well, we recognize the plight of many organizations and the demands for budget dollars.  In order to help organizations achieve the maximum benefit from their limited resources, we have come up with numerous ways of implementing the needed development.  All the way from online resources, to intensive face-to-face experiences, Emerge can provide you with what you need, the way you need it, at the cost you can afford.

Again from the article:

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