Leadership power: how to stay on top leading the team: people above you, beside you and below you

Nation building via learning and being the best in business

There is a book being peddled at the social media that promises to solve difficulties in leading people  Some mentions:

     1.  Being strict rather than being lax in the beginning;

     2.   Do not concentrate power and authority in few hands;

     3.   Job rotation

     4.  Establish competition:

              1.  Keep on hiring

              2. Challenge the team members to be competitive with other team members or other departments

              3.  Practice career paths while you maintain your won

      5.  Setting examples:  both negative and positive rewards. 

There is a book from Matsushita that says:    Iron hand, velvet gloves.  Be affable in dealing with people bet be strict in enforcing processes and policies

There is such a thing as management prerogative:

1.  The management and the leader has the moral authority to lead;   They are the ones who holds the authority over jobs, pay and promotion.   So it cant be shy or timid in imposing disciplien

2.  I encountered this when we were dealing with KMU union that struck our company.   I became tentative in handling discipline and my boss an MIT grad, said No  It is business as usual, even with  a CBA the staff are mandated to respect the labor laws.   We have our lawyers.  Even if they have NPA -  armed vanguards.    We still provide the jobs and we deserve equal protection the law

3.  Sampolan.  Latayan ang kabayo para madala kalabaw.  A harsh rules execution done in public for all to know will discourage future trouble makers.  As the Romans did with public crucifixion, or the Germans firing squad for the Jews