Eddie Demirdjian is a man recognized for his impeccable leadership skills, leading the known B-Air company through the years and bringing it on the peak of success. His subordinates apparently follow whatever he commands, as they trusted his words and his decisions.
Unless you have what it takes to be a great leader, earning the trust of your fellow is undeniably a difficult task. Building trust within an organization is of paramount importance as it likely affects the ability and chances of the latter to realize their goals and attain the sought-after success. The lack of sense of trust within an organization can doom such into failure.
As a CEO of B-Air and known for leading by example, Eddie Demirdjian gives certain tips to fellow CEO who wants to be successful and efficient as well as to aspiring CEO who also wants the same thing.
The first thing is to develop a high standard of excellence. Set the bar on any important factors and set a high expectation at an outset. To let others abide to the standard set within an organization, it is important that a CEO himself demonstrate the anticipated behaviour and show excellence. Eddie Demirdjian believes that when your actions can possibly affect anyone around you as well as the bottom line, you should avoid babbling mediocrity. Showing excellence is crucial to practicing effective leadership.
Next is to deliver results. To be considered as an efficient leader, one should have the ability to deliver result, At large, rhetoric only has small value if the results are what is essential. The reason why B Air was able to endure the tough market competition is that its leader Eddie Demirdjian does not tout wins from the past performances but concentrates on acquiring tangible gains. To deliver results, Eddie, as what other successful leaders of organizations embraces the process of chunking or organizing tasks and breaking such down into small pieces to save employees from being exhausted and stressed out.
A leader should not only be result-driven, he or she must also learn to value employees and peers, build and nurture relationships. To demonstrate sound leadership, Eddie Demirdjian constantly hone his people skills, constantly developing premium listening decision-making and communication skill. He also demonstrates integrity through being honest, open, and fair. Indeed, through giving importance to people and relationship, leaders are likely to improve their ability to relate to others in a more meaningful and authentic way.
Apart from acquiring essential leadership skills, a CEO should also learn how to promote strategic cooperation. Collaboration is a crucial leadership component, especially when building a high performing team. Eddie Demirdjian was able to lead B-Air to success because of promoting strategic collaboration. At the end of the day, regardless of how intelligent people are as individuals, they become far more effective when collaborating with others. With strategic cooperation, B-Air was able to develop higher quality and much efficient service and products.
Last but not the list on the tips that Eddie Demirdjian shares to aspiring CEO is to resolve conflict effectively and quickly. When conflicts are resolve earlier, the lesser the damage it will probably cause. Conflicts inevitably arise in an organization. It is natural but when it becomes persistent, it should immediately be resolved.
Leadership is a challenging undertakes but the rewards once you overcome the challenges typically thrown in your way are definitely worth all your efforts. For leaders who still find it difficult to face and attain feat over those challenges, the abovementioned tips given by Eddie Demirdjian is definitely worth to consider as he himself has already thrive as a CEO.
