"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it." - Marian Anderson

As a leader you will always be challenged with blending the wants of the organization and the wants of employees. Here is where the conflict lies; every organization has a fundamental desire to succeed and employees want to be successful in their work. Organizations use strategic plans, operational plans and human resources plans, however these planning tools hardly ever take into consideration the staff skill to carry out the organizational plans.

Here is where you come in you must become the bridge that spans the gap between the organizations goals and visions with your individual role of leading your section and department. You must effectively lead even if you dont have all the information needed to complete your tasks or if you dont fully understand the directives of your managers.

So what do you do to ensure your assigned task is completed on time and within acceptable company standards? You start by remembering that people support best what they help to create.

That means having each member of your team understand the requirements of the assigned task, time line of completion, resources available, why this assignment is important to the company, why they have been selected to be part of the team and what their role will be on the team.

Leadership begins with a complete understanding of the task assigned. If you dont have a complete understanding then your team members will not. It starts with you. Next you must assess the available human resources and select the best suited members to be on your team.