“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” – Walt Disney
Visionaries plan a dream. But people are the crucial resource that can define the future of any company. This brings forth a big challenge to manage the manpower. A designated manager could be enough to manage the workforce but it requires strong leadership to enable people to deliver a dream.
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The designation does not automatically make you a leader. Leadership is the ability to influence others. Leadership can be enhanced if we know what leadership is not.
Leadership is NOT:
- More about the leader and less about the team
- Micromanaging the team
- Solving problems with more processes
- Taking things personally
- Thinking that only you have the best idea
- Avoiding fun with the team
- Always trying to motivate your team
- Finding only the negatives
- Never failing
- Being above the team
- Competing with the group
- Not walking the talk
- Earning popularity
- Doing the right thing only in front of people
- Being shortsighted
- About always reacting
- Always telling people what to do
- Sugar coating the feedback
- Being over friendly
- Never following what you expect from others
- Not delegating
- Not acknowledging your own mistakes
- Not praising good work
- Not asking for advice
- Not celebrating the small wins
- Setting yourself apart
- Resisting change
- Providing quick fixes
- Avoiding conflicts
- Making a biased decision
- Not finding your team’s strength
- Being impatient
- Lacking humility
- Not challenging the processes
- Always setting small goals
- Avoiding accountability
- Being happy with artificial harmony
- Being irreplaceable
- Not promoting team work
- Limiting interaction with your team
- Being a part of every discussion
- Thinking that only the team has to follow values
- Blaming others for outcomes
- Not saying that “I don’t know”
- Being complacent
- Overly optimistic
- Overly pessimistic
- Always being politically correct
- Creating followers
- Over thinking