Long Distance Leadership

When we discussed about leadership, mostly it is deliberated about how employers manage their employees or team leaders cope their subordinates. Basically, practicing leadership skill is not as simple as we thought. For certain companies, it is such an easy way to do that when the firm is located in one area, however, how about those firms that already banquet many branches?  It must be hard to control your business when there are tons of managers and staffs who located in different areas, it is because, it is impossible for us to be in some places at the same time. Thus, in this moment, I would like to share with you about how to implement long distance leadership without jeopardizing your management.

 First off, it is beneficial to have your own base camp; it would be a great place if you have a nice place to hang with all of your managers. Take it once per month or twice a month to have a meeting; it will be a good opportunity to know what’s happening and what obstacles that needed to be solved. Therefore, in order to have a quality meeting for your long distance leadership you need to ; link with your managers, help your managers to think like owners, focus on specific goals, and able to see business through another perspective.

First is link with your managers. As CEO you cannot be everywhere at once, at this time, you need to connect with your managers, as a motivator, problem solver as well as inspiratory to your managers. Second is helping your managers to think like owners, it is to help your subordinates feel that the business is also part of them and same as important as their own business. Third is focus on specific goals, you need to make a specific goals and mission statements among your managers, so that they understand what steps should be taken next. Besides, it is helpful also to discuss about office politics and what are problems that need to be conversed. Last, you need to look the business through new lens. Sometimes, you need to be creative in searching valid information, and the feedback about your business from second opinion, not mentioning that you need to brag your kitchen to outsider, though, but it is more like capture frame from other places.

Long distance leadership might useful for firms that already conduct many branches, moreover, it is also useful for startup business as well, even though you might be not enough budgets to hire many employees, but if you hired some freelancer to help operate your business, the concept is worth to try.

Thank you for reading my entry

By : Herlin Syahrita