Recently, a friend was telling me about their struggling manager. They described tell-tale signs of poor leadership: micro-managing, failing to listen, inability to set or communicate clear expectations. As we discussed their supervisor’s leadership, they said: “Some people just don’t have it.” This surprised me, and I realized they
Category: Learning
Like many new leaders, I was given an opportunity to lead because I was good at my job. The only problem was, my job at the time wasn’t leading. Leadership is a different job that requires a completely different set of skills than what I had learned up to that
One of a leader’s primary responsibilities is to enable their team to be successful. But how exactly do you impact your team’s success as a leader? On the surface, it might seem that a leader’s job is to “get the right people on the bus”. Perhaps by hiring exceptional candidates
Are leaders born or are they made? This is an essential question for organizations to answer. All teams need leaders, but the approach to finding these leaders will vary greatly depending on what you believe. An organization that believes leaders are born will invest heavily in recruiting top leadership talent