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Hi this is my own space for putting my ideas for the debate

The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them is more important than tasks, functions, roles and positions.

In any successful organisation

I am going to spend some time discussing the importance of effective communication in successful organizations. An effective leader needs to be people skilled – this is about knowing or finding out the best in others in any situation, rather than their worst. By mastering the following 6 people skills a leader or an organization will find a dramatic increase in the chances of achieving the best outcomes professionally.  1. **__ Understanding people __** – people come in all shapes and sizes and with different personality types and strengths. To ensure your organization generates power and energy you need to look for strengths within and goals are achieved more effectively through team work.  2. **__ Expressing your thoughts and feelings clearly __** – we all need time out to gather our ideas. Messages need to be clear and to the point. 'Leverage'. Leverage is taking your skills and abilities and allowing others to magnify your work capacity. You train them to do what you do and you do something else. One bricklayer can only lay a certain number of bricks in an hour, but that same bricklayer can train 15 mates to lay bricks and suddenly those 15 bricklayers are building monuments while the first bricklayer is out securing more work for them. While the 15 are laying bricks, the original bricklayer can be learning how to perform advanced bricklaying, or learn sales strategies, or learn supervision skills. The lesson is simple: try and do it all yourself and the 'all' will bury you; teach others to do what you do and you build a monument. Jesus taught 11 men how to do what he did. Then he left them to carry on while he moved on to other things. From the simple act of one man teaching 11 others, a church and the largest, most influential religious movement the world has ever known was born. In conclusion I would like to make a connection to the Shepherd Metaphor – Leadership that values people is a simple concept The Bible refers to Jesus as the Good Shepherd who displayed the characteristics of a caring, loving, strong leader of the flock. The important aspect of any effective relationship are in line with the Shepherd Attributes – Empathy Integrity Trust Willingness to communicate (just to mention a few) A successful organization needs its members to be open and honest and all share the same vision. This can only happen if relationships exist.
 *  3.  ****__ Speaking up when your needs are not being met -  __** In any organization you will only feel comfortable discussing issues if time has been spent forming relationships.
 *  4.  ****__ Asking for feedback from others and giving quality feedback in return - __**  how deflating would it be to have everyone saying “yeh yeh” just to get finished. Feedback needs to be honest and productive and this can only happen if a strong relationship of trust and ownership has been developed.
 *  5.  ****__ Influencing how others think and act - __**  From something as simple as smiling and saying, "Hello!" as a way of influencing someone's mood, to leading by example during an intense period of change, there are many ways of either leading to or drawing out of others required behaviours and attitudes.Remember that an attitude leads to an emotion, which in turn leads to an action. Shape the attitudes and you have a more reliable way of predicting actions.
 *  6.  ****__ Collaborating with others instead of doing things by yourself - __** The quickest way of burying yourself in excess detail and workload is to try and do everything yourself. Yet sharing the workload can be the smartest thing you will ever do. Here's why: