crpf news letter 2012-13 - Central Reserve Police Force
crpf news letter 2012-13 - Central Reserve Police Force
crpf news letter 2012-13 - Central Reserve Police Force
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TRAITS OF A LEADER<br />
-H.R. Singh<br />
Director, CRPF Academy<br />
Leader says – Follow me<br />
Leadership is a matter of intelligence,<br />
trustworthiness, humaneness,<br />
courage, and discipline . . . Reliance<br />
on intelligence alone results in<br />
rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness<br />
alone results in weakness. Fixation<br />
on trust results in folly. Dependence<br />
on the strength of courage results<br />
in violence. Excessive discipline and<br />
sternness in command result in cruelty.<br />
When one has all five virtues together,<br />
each appropriate to its function, then<br />
11<br />
11<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />
73 Years <strong>Central</strong> of <strong>Reserve</strong> Dedicated <strong>Police</strong> Service <strong>Force</strong><br />
73 Years of Glorious Existence<br />
one can be a leader. — Sun Tzu<br />
LEADERSHIP TRAITS<br />
Intelligence-<br />
More intelligent<br />
than non-leaders<br />
Scholarly<br />
Honesty<br />
Initiative<br />
Knowledgeable Aggressive<br />
Being able to<br />
get things done<br />
Physically<br />
Selfconfident<br />
Doesn’t see to<br />
be correlated<br />
Personally<br />
Verbal facility<br />
Adaptability<br />
Ambitious<br />
Originality<br />
Sociability<br />
Varieties of individual power<br />
According to Patrick J. Montana and<br />
Bruce H. Charnov, the ability to attain<br />
these unique powers is what enables<br />
leadership to influence subordinates<br />
and peers by controlling organizational<br />
resources. The successful leader<br />
effectively uses these powers to<br />
influence his men, and it is important<br />
for leaders to understand the uses of<br />
power to strengthen their leadership.<br />
Various types of organizational power:<br />
• Legitimate Power refers to the<br />
different types of professional<br />
positions within an organization<br />
structure that inherit such power<br />
(e.g. Commandant, DIG, Director/<br />
IGP etc.).<br />
• Reward Power is the power<br />
given to officers that attain