Name: Asad Ali

Title: Front End Developer

Organisation: ResourceInn HRMS

I am Asad. I am a Skilled front-end developer specializing in multiple front-end frameworks such as Angular, AngularJS, React.js, and Next.js. Expert in creating exceptional user interfaces. Built Multiple projects from scratch.

Thank you to the 2,000 leaders who’ve generously done the 7 Questions on Leadership!

I hope Asad's answers will encourage you in your leadership journey. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Jonno White

1. What have you found most challenging as a leader?

The toughest challenges of leadership today are setting achievable goals, delegating effectively, building trust, maintaining transparent communication, and managing change. When leaders overcome these challenges, they are better able to meet the challenges of employee engagement and retention.

2. How did you become a leader? Can you please briefly tell the story?

You could start by examining your behavior against the following leadership traits; Leadership

1. Personal Responsibility. "You lead today by building teams, encouraging accurate conversations, and placing others first. It's not about you."

2. Simplify Constantly. "Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three outcomes the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well."

3. Understand Breadth, Depth, and Context. "One of the most important things is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it."

4. Company alignment and personal time management. "Set the example by spending your time around the things that are important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them."

5. Leaders learn constantly and also have to learn how to teach. "A leader's primary role is to teach. People who work with you don't have to agree with you, but they have to feel you're willing to share what you've learned."

6. Stay true to your style. "Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I spent a minute thinking to myself 'I could have done three things better yesterday.' "

7. Manage by setting boundaries with freedom in the middle. "The boundaries are commitment, accuracy, trust, and teamwork. Within those guidelines, there's plenty of freedom. But no one can cross those four boundaries."

8. Stay disciplined and detailed. "Good leaders are never afraid to intervene personally on important things. Michael Dell can tell you how many computers were shipped from Singapore yesterday."

9. Leave a few things unsaid. "I may know an answer, but I'll often let the team find its own way. Sometimes, being an active listener is much more effective than ending a meeting with me defining the actions."

10. Like people. "Today, it's employment at will. Nobody's here who doesn't want to be here. So it's critical to understand people, to always be fair, and to want the best in them. And when it doesn't work, they need to know it's not personal."

3. How do you structure your work days from waking up to going to sleep?

Structure your most intellectually demanding tasks for when you're feeling the most awake and energetic while leaving smaller managerial tasks for times when your brain is in autopilot mode. MINIMIZE DISTRACTIONS DURING COMPLEX TASKS.

4. What's a recent leadership lesson you've learned for the first time or been reminded of?

Everyone has their own style of leadership and brand. Observing how others handle themselves – peers, management, and other external leaders – is a great way to learn. Whether you agree with how a situation is handled or not, the experience can teach you how to approach a similar issue in the future.

Leadership is a constant assessment and reevaluation, so the more you can learn from the experiences of others – good or bad– the better off you’ll be when you’re positioned to make the decisions.