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Leading When the Path Is Foggy Or Obscured (foggedinleadership.htm)
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Managers,supervisors,executivesoranyotherswithformalpowerandtitlewithin
anorganizationcanreaphugebenefitsfromcultivatinganddevelopingexisting
informal leaders (/leadership-development/faq/informalleader.htm)intheirworkunits.
informal leaders (/leadership-development/faq/informalleader.htm)intheirworkunits.
Or,informalleaderscanworkagainsttheformalleadersintheorganization.
Wheninformalleadersareworkingtowardsachievingthesamevisionandgoalsas
theformalleaders(andtheorganizationitself),theycantakeatremendousburden
fromthebacksofmanagersandformalleaders.Someoftheleadershipfunctions,
andmanymanagementfunctionscanactuallybecarriedoutinformallybythose
withoutactualauthority.Thisfreesthosewithformalmanagementresponsibilityto
focusonwhatthey,themselvescanuniquelydo.
Informalleadershavesomecapabilitiesthatmoreformalleadersdonot,simply
becausetheydoNOTholdapositionofdesignatedauthority.Theycansaythings,
forexample,tootherteammembersthatcouldnotbesaidbyapersoninanofficial
managementrole,andtheirabilitytoinfluenceisslightlydifferent,sinceinformal Today'sFreeResources
leadersareoftenperceiveddifferentlythanformalleaders. ABoldCupofLeadershipCaffeineAShortGuideto
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Thinkaboutateamlet'ssayasportsteam,whereinformalleadersareoften Thisguidewillhelpyou:Winthe
talkedaboutandlauded.Imagine(andyoumightwanttothinkaboutGeorge innergameofleadingandavoid
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(owner)goesdowntothelockerroomandrudelyandaggressivelycriticizesspecific obstaclesan...
playersandtheteamingeneralfornotplayingwell,andnottrying,andthreatens
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Whilewecan'tpredictwhethertherantwouldbesuccessfulintermsofresults,we
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canpredictthattheplayers'reactionsmayrangefrompositivetonegative DiversityWork
dependingontheirhistorywiththeowner,ANDthattheirreactionswouldalmost GenerationY(orMillennials)is
enteringthemarketinhugenumbers.
certainlybedifferentthanifarespectedinformalleaderdidasimilarthingin
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Theinformalleaderwhomighttakeonthistaskisrespected,perhapstrusted,based
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onhisperformanceandrelationshipswiththeotherplayers,whiletheownerismore
likelytobeinaleadershiproleduetohisformalauthorityandpower,andabilityto
instillfearintheplayers(notethisisageneralization,sincenotallformalleadersarerespected,orusefeartomotivate).
Inanyevent,theinformalleaderinfluencesindifferentways,andsoisperceiveddifferently.Ofcourse,thisinfluencedoesn'tonly
occurwhentheinformalleaderiscriticizingor"kickingbutt",butalsohappensasaresultofotherplayersseeingthecommitment,
levelofintensity,integrity,andperformancelevelsofaninformalleader.Formany"players"(andthisapplieswithinsportsand
without),whoismoreinspiringtherichpowerfulowneroftheteamwhohasneverplayedthesport,orthetalented,respected,
supercompetentandhardworkingteammate?Oreventhelesstalentedteammatewhogives110percent?Inmanycasesthe
informalpeerleaderholdsmoreinfluence.
Hereareafewbulletpointstohelpyouunderstandthepowerinformalleadershaveinanyorganization.
Notallinformalleadershaveintentionallygoneoutoftheirwaystobecomeinformalleaders.Sometiimesthey"emerge"simply
becauseothersintheorganizationhavegreatrespectforthem.
Whileinformalleaderscanbeimportantorevenessentialtothesuccessofanorganization,theycanalsobehugeimpedimentsif
theystartpullingindirectionsthatareinoppositiontothedirectiontheformalleadersvalue.
Forthereasonabove,formalleadersmaywanttotakestepstodeveloptheirinformalleadersmorecompletely,andkeeplinesof
communicationopenwiththem.
Whileitmayseemthatpromotinginformalleaderstoformalpositionsofpowermakessense,it'salsothecasethatsome
informalleadersmaybecomeineffectiveifgivenformalauthority(whilesomemaybeverysuccessful).Thisisbecauseformal
authoritymayaltertherelationshipsofthenewformalleaderwithhisorherformalpeers.
Careneedstobetakenwhentryingtoharnessthepowerofinformalleadership.Aninformalleader'spowerandinfluenceoften
derivesfromtheperceptionthatheorshehasintegrity,andstandsupforwhatheorshebelieves,becausetheirbehaviorhas
demonstratedthat.Whenformalleaderstrytocoopt,ormanipulateinformalleaders,theriskisthattheinformalleaderswill
rebel,or"standagainst"theformalleader.Attemptingtobribe,coerceorotherwisepressureaninformalleadertotoetheline
mayendupbackfiring.
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