There are people who are able to subordinate, but there are those who can only obey. The difference between those and others is simply huge. What can guide someone who has to manage for any reason? He can rely on some normative acts giving him this kind of power, on his social status, on strength, and also on his own authority. We focus on the latter.
Authority is something quite abstract. Measuring it in something standard is quite difficult, and maybe impossible at all. The authority of parents, leaders, authorities, and so on, is built primarily on respect for the personality characteristics of the person who should lead. No respect - no authority. This truth must be recognized.
Head authority
Without excellent and even outstanding personal qualities, a manager will never be able to ensure that employees are fully prepared to obey him as they need. A leader is an important social role that only certain people can take on. He must adequately relate to everything that happens around him, know how to influence people in a variety of ways.
Authority is nothing but the psychological state of a person. It is built from various elements. As a rule, two of the most significant elements are distinguished: awareness of the ability to perform certain actions, as well as awareness of one's competence. The latter means the use in business of privileges received, special rights, and so on.
Authority is what appears when interacting with other people. You need to conquer it, and then constantly prove that you deserve it. The leader’s authority is something that can be divided into two more components. The first is the authority of the individual, and the second is the authority of the post.
In the first case, leadership style, the ability to find the right solutions, respect people, plan, take initiative and so on, matters. The authority of the position is formed with the help of the knowledge necessary to occupy a specific post, responsibility, without which a certain job cannot be performed, important duties, and so on.
In general, it is believed that the personality should exceed the official. The ideal option, in principle, can be called their balance. If one thing dominates the other, then in this case, effective leadership will not work.
Authority is what allows you to manage people without extra effort. Why? The reason is that a person with authority, everyone obeys, everyone is happy to follow his orders. There are people who want to obey, since you psychologically understand that all their decisions are correct, and the reproaches and comments are completely justified.
In fact, organizing a workflow is not so simple. Want everything to be clear? Hire a manager who feels his authority. Entrust the business to the amateur - you lose. Talents are few, but they are.
