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Reactive Leadership means:

REACTIVE LEADERSHIP

Tend to make decisions reactively when confronted with emergency situations or when a disaster unfolds. 

  • Living in an after-the-fact mode;
  • Spending most of the time reacting to events after they have occurred;
  • Waiting passively for things to happen and resolving problems to arise;
  • Fire-fighting that keeps leaders so occupied that sometimes they don’t have time to think about what caused the fires.

PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP

Tend to step up and do something to solve a problem before it becomes an issue. It is to take steps to avoid the problem in the first place.

Characteristics, Attitudes and Behaviors by Anthony D‘Souza

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE LEADERSHIP

Proactive leadership means:

  • Taking charge in a conscious, deliberate, active manner;
  • Looking ahead and anticipating the desired future;
  • Planning for what will be accomplished;
  • Strategizing to prevent potential problems so as to spend less time on fire-fighting and more time on fire prevention.

People achieve what they want because:

  • Have clear and specific goals
  • Develop plans and schedule for achieving goals;
  • Assume personal responsibility for implementing and following these plans and schedules; and
  • Persevere in the face of setbacks.

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Functions of Proactive Leadership

Develop a Personal Mission Statement

  • In order to be a proactive leader you must endeavor to take responsibility for all your deeds. In other words, neither people nor circumstances affect your response and if they do you accept the responsibility of allowing the occurrence. Responsibility is a discipline that all true leaders understand well – they recognize the vastness of it and act accordingly. 
  • The point is that when you are proactive you know that while you have no control over others or the circumstances around you – you do control you. You control what you think and how you act. Regardless of the stimuli, a proactive leader knows that he/she is free to choose his/her response rather than simply reacting. Reactive people are influenced by everything that acts upon them – proactive people influence actions. 
  • To put it in simple terms, if someone gives you the finger, you may choose to reciprocate in kind or you can just as easily ignore the gesture. This is what is known as being the bigger person. You can be proactive or reactive – just know that true leaders are proactive.

A personal mission statement is crucial in helping you identify you innermost values and goals. It serves as the compass guiding you on your journey ensuring that you remain on track. It is like the blueprint of a house.  Before the first nail is driven – before the first beam is staked into the ground – a blueprint must be drawn. If not, the builders will not know where to put the big walk-in closet or the man-room with all the sports memorabilia. The point is that you need to know your mission – your purpose before you can begin to lay plans to achieve it. There is a reason elite teams like the Navy Seals, Rangers and the 300 are so successful at what they do. They all know the mission and each man knows exactly what he is expected to do and how it must be done to achieve the desired result. Effective self-leadership demands the same level of commitment and diligence in order to achieve at the highest level of your potential. 

Make plans and evaluate them often

Execute around priorities

Remember to put first things first and execute your plans by priority. Prioritize your actions by level of stages and importance. If you know that you must execute item A before item D can be the best, then make certain you do not skip item A. It is vital that you learn how to prioritize. It is the best way to avoid the “activity trap.”

Once you have a mission – a blueprint – you must make plans to execute it. You must now prioritize each stage of your plan in a manner that you believe will garner the greatest success. Based on your mission, you must plan your next moves; decide what resources and tools you need and also who are the people you need to contact to make it happen. All these things are an important part of the planning phase. 

Take action

Unless you act on your plans, nothing will happen – you will achieve nothing. You must act on your plans; you must execute each step on the way to fulfilling your purpose – your mission.  You need to function like a guided missile.

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