Studies indicate that good leaders are typically positive and enthusiastic. In w

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Studies indicate that good leaders are typically positive and enthusiastic. In what ways do the tips cited in the vignette suggest the possession of these qualities by the various leaders who offer them? Based on their suggestions for managing stress and information flow, what other qualities might you assign, in general, to the leaders cited in the vignette?

The Vignette is titled " When to Stand on Your Head and other tips from the top." from Chapte

r 11, in the book " Fundeamentals of Management, by Ricky Griffin, Eight Edition on page 326,

from the Top -U.S. Senator John McCain "Leadership is] a game of pinball, and you're the ball." It isn't easy leading a U.S. business these days. Leaving aside the lobal recession, the passion for "lean-and-mean" operations means that ther a fewer workers to do more work. Globalization means keeping abreast of ross ultural differences. Knowledge industries present unique leadership challenges requiring better communication skills and greater flexibility. Advances in technology have opened unprecedented channels of communication. Novw than ever, leaders must be able to do just about everything and more of it. As U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain puts it, "Leadership is] a game of pinball, and you're the ball." Fortunately, a few of corporate America's veteran leaders have some tips for those who still want to follow their increasingly treacherous path. First of all, if you think you're being overworked-if your hours are too long and your schedule is too demanding-odds are, you're right: Most people- including executives-are overworked. And in some industries, they're part ticularly overworked. Airlines in the United States, for example, now service 100 million more passengers annually than they did just five years ago-with 70,000 fewer workers. "I used to manage my time," quips one airline executive. "Now I manage my energy." In fact, many high-ranking managers have realized

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An effective leader can stay positive and enthusiastic in the work pressure and stress he gets with it by balancing their work and managing their energy instead of managing the time they have for completing the task. They have to be working overtime of upto 8-10 hours a day to fulfill the requirements of their position. That cannot be avoided hence they work on the generating energy in them to work for that long. They do that by different ways that they find most entertaining like spending stress free weekends with family and friends, taking week long vacations twice or thrice a week or taking up activities that interests them like playing tennis, running marathon, gyming, cycling or meditation on regular basis.

Also to work efficiently leaders manage information flow instead of reducing it. They keep control on how much information is required for their profession and make it available to themselves through laptop, phones, newspapers and other media channels. They also hire people under them to filter the information they require, for eg, translator for a leader who is into a lot of travelling in his job.

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