Leadership means to have passion and vision, to inspire and help educate and develop your team. Its means sticking to your guns,..your long term goals despite the road blocks you face. Scheduling, reporting, budget allocating, cost controlling and such, are all tasks,...important tasks at that. Everyone has some of these tasks and they have to be executed well. But they are not the job. The job of the leader is to develop the people, and develop the team and then set resources in place, provide autonomy,...and require accountability.
Oh, and it also means being patient, staying late to help the crew, bringing pizza, scrounging for tools, supplies and expertise to support the team, listening to fishing stories, crisis counseling,...wow what a job!
What else should we add? Your definition...?
Hey Carl
ReplyDeleteLove the article! I would also add that they listen to understand...much as you have demonstrated and why you excel in your leadership!
Kellie, Simply Communicating