This is going to be a little different from the normal leadership blog you’re accustomed to reading. The passing of Chadwick Boseman left many people around the world devastated. He was most well-known for his role as King T’Challa, the Black Panther of Wakanda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chadwick was a true leader who walked amongst us.
Leading Up – Time To Lead Your Leader
When we think and discuss about leadership, we simply directly assume leading followers. However, great leaders should have the ability to lead up. Able to lead your leaders bring greater value to yourself, your leader and your organization. So it’s time for you to lead up and start leading your leader.
Leaders Should Stop Trying To Be Fair
There is a deep need for leaders to always try to be fair with their team members. This is entirely unnecessary and also not sustainable. Leaders should focus more on doing the right thing rather than doing the fair thing.
Strategies When Taking Over a New Team
It’s very easy when you get an opportunity to assemble a new team. It’s an entirely different story when you have to take over an existing team. But there are strategies that you can deploy when taking over a new team which can help you gracefully integrate into your new team.
Should Leaders Rely on Policy and Process?
Ask around and you’re certain to get two different perspective on how much leaders should be relying on existing policy and process. There are those who will say that they purely rely on policy and process to guide their decision making process. There are those who say that policy and process are useless. So how much should leaders really be relying on the organization’s policy and process?
Don’t Be The Best
Many leaders have the misperception that they need to be the most knowledgeable, the most skilled and the most experience in the team. They feel like they need to be the best at everything in order to be a good leader. But this is a misperception and leaders need not be the best. In fact, leaders should not be the best.