The Following (The L Curve: Part 3)
17.01.08 13:26 Filed in: Leadership
Another
learning curve of new leadership insights is the
people we influence. There are 2 major mistakes
leaders make in their own personal Leadership Growth
Curve.
1. The leader allows the assumed pressure of "their following" looking to them as the example to taint the natural growth process in the leader's own life.
What I mean by this is we assume that because other people are counting on us that our growth curve needs to be faster, better, or more advanced than the process really should take. It's kind of like expecting a newborn to be able to read when they can't even speak. There is a natural process that needs to happen before that child can read. In the same way we as leaders cannot skip through the natural growth process in our own lives.
2. The leader prematurely teaches "their following" about what they as the leader are learning.
Now, it is important for us as leaders to be giving out what we learn. However, nobody wants to watch half of a movie. Allow the growth process to finish entirely before you start teaching others how they can grow in this area. You cannot account for everything that may happen in a growth process.
I will have one final installment of The Leadership Curve hope you've enjoyed it.
1. The leader allows the assumed pressure of "their following" looking to them as the example to taint the natural growth process in the leader's own life.
What I mean by this is we assume that because other people are counting on us that our growth curve needs to be faster, better, or more advanced than the process really should take. It's kind of like expecting a newborn to be able to read when they can't even speak. There is a natural process that needs to happen before that child can read. In the same way we as leaders cannot skip through the natural growth process in our own lives.
2. The leader prematurely teaches "their following" about what they as the leader are learning.
Now, it is important for us as leaders to be giving out what we learn. However, nobody wants to watch half of a movie. Allow the growth process to finish entirely before you start teaching others how they can grow in this area. You cannot account for everything that may happen in a growth process.
I will have one final installment of The Leadership Curve hope you've enjoyed it.
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