Have you ever found yourself in a position where you had to lead a project or team without formal authority? How did you approach this challenge, and what strategies did you use to influence and drive progress?
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Here are the fundamental principles of a great leader.
I would certainly challenge you with the "Servant leadership", as it's the key path of a successful leader.
Thanks for sharing. Those principles will be a great help!
For me, it has always been to lead by example. If you set a good example that others want to follow, authority is not that important.
I was about to comment something like this one. And to expand, be the leader you always wanted to have.
That is a great addition.
I think there are two columns to be lead without authority, the first one is the trust your team have in you, and the second one is transparency of the decisions. Why? Because if you have this, means that you are communicative with your team, you are empathic with them, you trust in your team, and they in you, so I think is the best combination.
You just lead. Be authentic, be honest, be tactful, talk about the work that needs to be done, talk about your concern areas, and do whatever you can to help the team succeed. Leadership is honest, simple, an active team-centered posture and informal.
Adding to the insightful comments below, I would say that a leader must always be willing to become tough when needed. Whether it is with their team or with different departments. Also, the team needs to know that so as to ensure that no one will suddenly rebel and play "tough guy" in the team.
I try to lead by example and teach other programmers how to write better code through PRs.
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So, I believe that is to do, guidance and knowlege.