“…perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly [describing it]. But I know it when I see it.“
Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
So often, we thrust people into leadership positions and just assume (or hope) it will work out. We ourselves aren’t clear on what we mean by “leadership”, so we aren’t good at identifying good leaders. We assume that everybody just naturally knows what it (leadership) is. We assume that people will naturally take our approach to “leadership”. We assume that technical proficiency is directly correlated to leadership abilities.
…And then we are surprised when things spiral out of control and the work culture becomes toxic.
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Happy reading!
Bob
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