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    The Rear Leadership
    The Rear Leadership
    The Rear Leadership
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    The Rear Leadership

    By Will Anthony, Jr

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    Recognizing that specific traits are important to effective leadership is important for several reasons. First of all, this notion fits clearly with the one that suggests that leaders are inherently different; they are individuals who are “out front” and “leading the way,” which allows us to focus on other characteristics that make them unique. Some of these traits are ingrained upon a leader early in life, but just as many of them can be enhanced and improved throughout life. In addition, sometimes effective leadership is more of a mark of successfully matching a leader (and their unique skills and characteristics) with the appropriate situation, rather than changing or developing specific leadership characteristics. Nelson Mandela (R.I.P), using this rear leadership theory approach enabled South Africa to peacefully change an entire government from apartheid to the present system and smoothly transition to leadership that has gone beyond Mandela himself (This has come to pass). For your organization, there might not be so much riding on how you lead but if you are looking to truly build a sustainable and self-regulating organization that is not dependent on one individual, I would argue that leading from the back is the only way to do that.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWill Anthony, Jr
    Release dateJan 29, 2014
    ISBN9781310464454
    The Rear Leadership
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    Will Anthony, Jr

    Will Anthony Jr. is currently the Chairman of the Uasin Gishu County Land Control Board which caters for over one million people. Before this stint, he worked in other capacities with the National government. He has also been lecturer in three religious institutions, a service to the youth to gather knowledge from the aging population. In his life time, Will Anthony Jr. says he has met a lot of people and can unflinchingly say that he loved most of them. Why most of them? Well, it is a tall order to love everyone you meet! Will Anthony Jr. has written several e-books touching on diverse subjects that relate to society. The books extensively cover human social and economic practices and this is so because expertise in one field in Africa can become a drudgery according to his practical view. His perception is that if you were born in Africa and the continent is your aboriginal home, you are likely to have English as your second language (ESL). Sometimes it could even be a third language. For him, he had to learn his mother tongue then learn both English and Swahili simultaneously. He went to his pre-primary bare foot, later he joined the local primary school 5 Km away and had to trek barefoot again not because his parents could not buy him shoes but because cobblers were a rare find. That journey was a daily toil of 10 Km, 5 days in a week or ~270 days yearly for 7 years. With a smirk he says that when you achieve a PhD in Africa, then You have done Plenty of hard Digging (PhD) or you have a Permanent head Damage (PhD) and you might end up in a ditch because your IQ cannot contain the booze like the local fellas!"Why did the English colonize Africa?" To keep the African languages in Czech (check), and he says that one must forgive this pun. But besides the pun, English has broken both social and economic barriers of the once "dark continent" whose forefathers slaved the white farms and firms to lace the pockets of their Lords.A PhD holder in Africa will still practice other 'trades' though they maybe 'very' learned because poverty is shameless, one has to draw bounds through plenty of smart work or else, it will be a shame to steal so as to maintain class.He published a book in 1992, but the publisher coned him , he took her to court and the case aged in judicial corridors for 12 years. He then made a decision to abandon the matter and to forget about writing books. However, Self publishing made him to change that decision. More than anything, He salutes Smashwords Inc. for the platform.In retrospect, He recalls a Dr. Alfred Sam, a friend of his from North America who was also a dean of studies in a local university, exposing his white ass in the university's auditorium to catch attention. The noise ceased as students and lecturers turned to look at the grown-up man on the podium doing the abominable. Well, the good Dr. in anthropology then simply pulled up his trousers buckled the belt and said, "Thank You, now I have your attention..."For the sake of simplicity, without much display of academia, Will Anthony Jr. is a writer in the global village market . For this, he Salutes all his readers and all lovers of written work. In a word of caution, he says that men and women alike must bear. In reference, there is an Ibo saying that every market place has it's mad people who will attempt to mar the business of the seemingly sane people. On the other hand, the English say everyone is mad, it's only the degree madness that is at variance. Salutes most profoundly!

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      The Rear Leadership - Will Anthony, Jr

      THE REAR

      LEADER

      Will Anthony Jr.

      Copyright 2013 Will Anthony Jr.

      Smashwords Edition

      LICENSE

      This eBook is licensed for your personal use only, especially for furthering your knowledge in leadership practices. This eBook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share the book with someone else, kindly make an additional purchase for each recipient. If you are using this book and did not purchase it, please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's efforts and work. All rights reserved

      ISBN: 9781310464454

      Title: The Rear Leader

      PUBLISHER: Smashwords, Inc

      It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela.

      Table Of Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      LEADERS OF RE-KNOWN

      IS A LEADER A MANAGER?

      FIVE-FACTOR PERSONALITY MODEL AND LEADERSHIP

      SOURCES OF AUTHORITY IN LEADERSHIP:

      STRENGTHS OF TRAIT LEADERSHIP

      INFLUENCE

      HISTORY OF TRAIT LEADERSHIP

      LEADERSHIP THEORIES:

      TRAITS ALONE DO NOT DEFINE LEADERS

      HOWEVER, TRAITS DO MATTER!

      THE VISIONARY LEADER

      DEVELOPING PERSONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS

      REVIEW

      THE REAR LEADERSHIP

      SHARING LEADERSHIP

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      REFERENCE:

      INTRODUCTION

      Businesses of all sizes, in all sectors and across many different countries are facing increasing pressures to make a positive contribution to society beyond the traditional economic benefits that derive from corporate activities. Developing appropriate management behaviors to operate effectively in this new environment is at the heart of deliberations about the nature and character of corporate responsibility towards society. This responsibility can only be evaluated through the performance of the organization. With a naked eye, one cannot fail to see and note that a thriving organization is made to be by the efforts of particular men and women in the organization.

      What is leadership? A survey indicates that most people accept or apply for senior positions with only a general knowledge of leadership theory and a rudimentary understanding of the traits of effective leaders in real business. What most people lack, however, when they enter into these positions is the ability to apply theory to practice and to use positional authority to get things done. What this book will attempt to do is to summarize effective leadership and the knowledge and skills essential to persuading and influencing subordinates to be effective in performing their tasks, but from a back stage position. But to emphasize the back stage position, we must have a look at what we perceive as the successful front stage.

      Leadership is an enigma. Researchers have studied it, philosophers have engaged in long discussions and written treatises about it and practitioners have tried mightily to target exactly what is meant

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