Friday, November 13, 2009

LEADERSHIP STYLE OF HEAVEN

According to Peter F. Drucker, leadership no connection apart from the culture (the culture) is carried by the community it serves. Cultures were even featured as an integral part in the overall leadership, the kind commonly known as a frame style (style), so there are terms of leadership style or leadership style Japanese Chinese or Western style of leadership and so on.

Leadership served a mission for the institution they serve, operate based on cultural and leadership activities serve to develop any productive work and making manjadi to perform each job, do it based on the breath, spirit and soul of culture. In managing the social impact and social responsibility, the existence and activities of the institution they serve, leaders do in the understanding of the culture.

In East and Southeast Asia, perhaps we can not hesitate to talk about Japanese culture, Korean culture, Chinese culture and the culture of Indonesia in addition to cultures of other, more local and regional nature. Indonesian culture, which according to Ki Hajar Dewantara is the culmination of all the regional culture, which then interact with each other and to adapt gradually dissolve into a single personality. Leadership style taught Ki Hajar Dewantoro, "Tulodho Sung Ngarso Ing, Ing Madyo Karso Mangun, Tut Wuri Handayani", ie in front should be an example, in the middle must be supported and must follow behind, is one of the foundation's leadership style with Indonesian culture .

We also know Hasta Brata leadership style, which has the leadership qualities of the sun, moon, stars, wind, fire, clouds, oceans and earth. Leaders who have the qualities of the sun, should be able to provide a burning passion and power of spirit to his men. Leaders with the nature of the moon, must be interesting, given the beauty of working atmosphere, and association, as well as making light appears dark. Leaders who have the star qualities, must be able to provide the right direction for the way an organization or institution. Leaders also must have the nature of wind. He must be able to communicate well, able to motivate and to fill the gap with the expression of his soothing words, not just criticize. Leaders with the nature of fire, may be firm, without discrimination action against the guilty without hesitation. The nature of clouds has a strong authority, respected and loved by the people. Leaders must also possess the oceans and earth. That leader should be able to accommodate all the problems, remain patient and calm in providing solutions. He also had to stand firm and strong position, but be ready also to hear any feedback to be taken into consideration.

History proves that the storm time and age, not able to change the basic joints culture. Namely the belief in Essence, the Most High, Creator and togetherness in the context of mutual cooperation. Thus the sociological, cultural archetype of leadership is the leadership community Indonesia.

Rasulullah SAW. said: "Verily God created Adam with eight kids nature. Four characteristics of Heaven to experts, the sweet face, eloquent verbal, a pure heart and hands that provide assistance, and four properties to experts Hell, is a grim-faced people, cruel words, a hard heart, hands that will not help ". Morality based leader with a sweet face, eloquent verbal, a pure heart and hands that provide assistance Leadership Style is Heaven.

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Be The First

JACK Trout in his book Trout on Strategy, one of the core of the strategy is to be different. Be the first, attribute mastery, leadership, weapons, how products are made, and events. If not, then the low prices.

Michael Dell decided to sell the PC in a different way, namely to become the first to sell PCs directly to consumers and assembling orders. Michael Dell does not sell PCs to the distributors. Now, everyone in this industry is trying to imitate Dell's strategy, but it was too late. "When there's only you and your customers, you actually have to start a relationship with customers" said Michael Dell.
Harvard was the first university in America and is currently regarded as a prestigious university in the world, especially in the field of business. Harvard Business School was founded in 1908 and a master's degree mewisuda first time in management in 1910. Harvard Business School is the first business school to require a university degree to enter the management program. To maintain its leadership, Harvard Business School launched the Harvard Business Review, is a milestone publishing. For more than 75 years of The Harvard Business Review has been influential in shaping the world of management thinking.

Reliable strategy to compete is to become the first in the product category you are entering. Band Aid is the first tape wound. Charles Schwab is the company's shares with a discount broker first. CNN, the cable TV networks first. Compaq, a portable PC pertma. Domino's, the store between the first pizza. ESPN, the cable network's first sports. Gore-Tex waterproof fabric first. Hewlett-Packard is a desktop laser printer producing the first. Intel's first microprocessor. Jell-O gelatin dessert first. Kentucky Fried Chicken, fried chicken restaurant first. Q-Tips, cotton swabs first. Reynolds Wrap, aluminum foil first. Rollerblate, the first skates.

In Yogyakarta, you can also know the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) as the first university of Yogyakarta. STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta as a place to lecture the first tie. Al-Fath Islamic clothing stores first. Karita Muslim fashion store for teens first. Primagama a test counseling program received the first guarantees. Retjo Tank is the first private radio station. Geronimo is a private radio for the first teenagers. Being the first is one of the competing strategies are fairly reliable.

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