The Impact of Leadership on Business | Rowan Schaaf

An organization’s success depends on leadership skills, not just from a place of authority, but from a place of influence where the leaders persuade others to buy into their vision and follow them on the path towards achieving organizational goals. This post will cover the three impacts of leadership on business growth.

LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT FOR CREATING A POSITIVE CULTURE IN THE BUSINESS

Leadership skills set the tone for an organization and create an open, friendly, and supportive environment, which leads to increased productivity. Business leaders understand what makes employees feel valued at work and how they can be recognized for doing good work.

LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT FOR CREATING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

• Leadership helps differentiate a business from its competitors. This means that leaders can make pricing, strategy, and marketing decisions that will set the business apart from others.
• Leadership helps attract and retain the best talent. People want to work for a business with good leadership because they know that their skills shall be put to good use by someone who understands what it takes to get results.
• Leadership is essential for achieving goals and reaching vision statements or mission statements—it gives people something concrete upon which they can focus their energies without losing sight of where they’re headed as an organization overall.

LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING TALENTED EMPLOYEES

Leaders help foster talent in their teams by:

• Creating a sense of purpose—leadership helps employees understand why they’re doing what they’re doing and keeps them motivated to achieve organizational goals.
• Creating a sense of belonging— building relationships with their team members makes employees feel like part of something bigger than themselves.
• Creating an understanding of self-worth—when leaders encourage everyone on the team to contribute ideas, it makes each person feel valued.

LEADERS CAN MAKE OR BREAK A BUSINESS

They are responsible for the direction of their teams, projects, and customers. They must inspire and motivate people to accomplish goals. Leaders should also be able to resolve conflicts quickly and effectively so that everyone remains focused on completing tasks on time. They impact everything they touch: coworkers, suppliers, and clients. This means that leaders need a better understanding of how leadership can either help or hinder a project’s success – or even its existence.

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About Rowan Schaaf

Rowan Schaaf is most well known for being the CEO and co-Founder of the company Pattern-- positions that he's held proudly since 2014. In his company, Rowan is currently in charge of working with a number of incredibly skilled and intelligent industry professionals, who are all dedicated to giving their clients a number of cloud-based business solutions. Rowan's clients range anywhere from corporations and government bodies to not-for-profit organisations, eCommerce businesses, and educational institutions.

Throughout his entire career, Rowan Schaaf has worked toward developing a number of different skills that complement his career, as well as becoming an expert in things he was already knowledgable in. Some of these skills are more technological development based, including digital strategy, web development, online marketing, creative strategy, brand development, web project management, information architecture, CRM, UX, eCommerce, and mobile applications. He's also developed a number of business development skills, such as mobile marketing, strategic planning, creative direction, integrated marketing, product development, marketing communications, leadership, and management.

One of the things that keeps Rowan going is that he is first and foremost a parent. One of his favorite things to do when he's not working is spending time with his beloved family. Not only that, but he also loves to help develop his community. Rowan joined Make-A-Wish New Zealand back in 2011 as a Trustee, even working his way up the organisation in a Chair position. While a member of Make-A-Wish, Rowan was directly involved in some incredible organisational changes. One of the things he helped out with was bringing Bayleys as a cornerstone sponsor. He also helped implement a direct giving programme. While working with the not-for-profit organization, Rowan gained invaluable experience and knowledge when learning how the Board and organisation Executives work together to bring about success for the organisation.

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