Leadership is having a clear vision for where you want to go and what you want to be to whom, communicating that vision, and bringing out the best in other people while accomplishing those goals.
It’s not letting a manager do it their way, when their way conflicts with what you are trying to do. Why do some leaders abdicate responsibility for whole chunks of their business to managers who don’t know what they’re doing? Sometimes it’s because the leader doesn’t know what they are doing either, and it’s just too easy to give the job to someone else and hope they do well.
While a leader doesn’t need to know how to do all the jobs in their organization, they do need to know enough to set a strategy for the most important functions, and recognize when it is going well and when it is underperforming and why. This is why continuous learning, two-way communication with your key people, setting expectations and inspecting what you expect are important.
Don’t be a dictator, that’s not what I’m suggesting – do it with style and grace. But don’t let someone else run your business the way that is convenient for them, and their personal limitations or comfort zone.
We need to be disciplined often times we know that someone is underperforming or not following the correct path but they are still producing maybe at 70% or 80% so we ignore it and focus on bigger problems which is wrong because neglecting it only makes it worse .
Don’t avoid it, get them back on the bus or get them off the bus and remember who’s driving
Yes I was talking to myself
Vision is a Necessity. Passion and Enthusiasm Are The Fuel. Knowledge, Skill Set, and Execution of Tasks In Right Order are the Fundamentals. Thanks Larry!
Larry that’s prophetic you must been reading our minds today
Many times I delegated just to free myself of certain tasks but then found myself worrying about their execution. Delegating remains, of course, important but only when it involves mature managers who know their targets and have the commitment and urgency to achieve them. What you said is very true Larry. I had to learn it the hard way.