Leaders provide cohesion by forming a vision and goals, communicating them in a clear and concise way, and guiding others towards achieving them. They set objectives, devise strategies, and coordinate resources. Leaders transform thinking, assemble diverse groups under a shared vision, and aim to make planned changes possible. Their messaging focuses on the vision and keeping efforts aligned to overcome challenges towards objectives.

1. Leaders Provide Cohesion
by Takis Athanassiou

2. Leaders Provide Cohesion
Leaders
•set a vision,goals to achieveit and tasks to get you there
•package allthese in away to be affordable, comprehensible
and easily achievable
•make you see the achievable behind the visionandthe road
to lead you there

3. Leaders Provide Cohesion
Leaders form a vision of the things should be, or identifya
problem to be solved (andconcernstoomanypeople!)
They comprise the vision to a catch– all phrase or to coherent
pitch
Theytransformthewaythepeoplethinkaboutsomethingor
identifysomethingnew,peoplewanttoparticipatein!

4. Leaders:
• form a strategy
• identify the key strategies and activities for achieving the goals
• are awareofthe chained activities towards a goal and the chain-link systems at play
• gatherpeople, energy, commitment, thoughts, actions, systems, methodologies, assets,
tools, approaches,resources, assets and provide guidancetowards the objectives
• provideaims and re-focusing on the view (thevision) and the approach (thestrategy)
when the things are going astray
Leaders Provide Cohesion

5. Theyalways aim at make possible the change they predict and, at the process, transform
themselves, they followers and the vision to something more tangible to have and provide
meaning tomuchmore people!
Theyare always aware to beclear and concise to their messages and their action!
They focus oncoordinating all the resources at the achievement ofsub-tasks of the grater
goal, and arecommitted to channel all the available resources towards that end, while
preparing succession of the leadership function and the next phases to befollowed!
Leaders Provide Cohesion

6. Leadershipisa disruptivefunction!
Leadership:
• transformsand betterthe livesof everyoneinvolvesin the process!
• assemblesvarious, differentand not compatible(mostofthetimes)ideas,minds,people,
resourcesunder the auspicesof a simple,coherent and easy to be understoodby all viewof
the worldand makeitcommon ground
Thecohesion andthepowerofthisvisioniswhatmakesleadershipeffectiveanda
basictransformationagenttowardstheenhancementofyourselfatapersonaland
businesslevel!
Leaders Provide Cohesion

7. Takis Athanassiou is an e-Business ande-Learning Consultant. He has been working forover 20 years in IT
sector, as Project Manager,Team Leader andDirector in Greek SMEs, focused mainly in areas of IT services,
e-Learning andconsulting.
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Today he is active in the areas of business consulting, e-Learning andsocial media, whilehe is writing,blogging and discussing
about, business, e-Learning, leadership, productivity, personal development, social media andtools that facilitate andsupport
the flawless execution in everyday business andpersonal life.