Do you ever notice the extreme courage and fortitude of leaders from the past? Have you ever studied the wisdom of the US Founding Fathers? Even if you are not the intrigued history buff, learning from leaders in this era is filled with lessons that are both relevant and fruitful.
Leadership is challenging and takes daily work not only on your company and goals but on yourself in order to lead well. Here are three ways that leaders derail themselves from being a great leader. If caught in these traps, leaders become uncoachable and hardened, often putting themselves on a path to struggle and likely organizational death. Check out the following areas and assess where you might be vulnerable to some of these natural leadership challenges.
Leadership can be intimidating. Among other reasons, there is the responsibility that comes with leadership that makes people nervous. They don’t want to be on the hook for the decision or do not feel they are qualified to direct the way. They dislike conflict, feel their plate is full with
Through childhood you educate yourself to understand what you do not and grow an area of skill and expertise. One of the exciting highs of being in your teens and early 20’s is finally hitting the tipping point when you have areas that you can teach and mentor and are not feeling like the ignorant “child” who does not know. Our ego greatly enjoys “knowing” and feeling like the expert or at least having capabilities and skills.
It is natural that there are some instances where you can feel discouraged, down and even depressed about the certain happenings in your work and life. However, it is best for you to take over your problems rather than your problems taking over you. As a leader, it can be a
It is easy to get distracted by ambiguous goals, sales targets and many other issues of daily operations. As the leader though, it is imperative to HAVE and PROVIDE a clear path of direction. This is for you to make strong decisions and for your team to be able to
Recently I read this article: 5 Common Leadership Mistakes You’re Probably Making. I loved it and found it nailed some of the key areas leaders got off track — ego, emotional reaction, avoidance, not delegating or planning and questioning yourself. All are natural and human and normal. The best leaders have
What do people coach on? How could it support me? Sometimes people are interested in the idea of coaching, but they are not sure how it works or how to make it productive for them. Coaching works best when a person has an idea of a goal or vision of
In the article, 10 Leadership Practices to Stop Today, Paul Spiegelman argues that some traditional leadership practices should be replaced by better options. “1. Out: Micro-management, or the need to control every aspect of your company. In: Empowerment, the ability to give your people some rope–even rope to make mistakes
We are all leaders. No matter what your role. Who are you leading/influencing? Book: THE LEADER WHO HAD NO TITLE: The New Way To Win in Business – and in Life Leaders without a title know that whether they have a title or not, they have power to: • see
