What’s In, What’s Out in Leadership
July 25th, 2010 in Uncategorized. 12 Comments
A few Random thoughts on What’s In and What’s Out in Leadership:
Command and Control is out.
Management by position is out.
Wait until you’re “old enough” to really lead is out.
Top Down Hierarchy structure is out.
Power as the ultimate expression of leadership is out.
One career in one industry with one employer in one location is out.
Working your way up the “corporate ladder” is out.
“My way or the highway” is out
Authenticity is in.
Flat organizational structure and systems are in.
Management by skill and know how vs. position is in.
Lead as soon as you are ready is in.
Relational equity as a major asset is in.
Entrepreneurial spirit, boot-strap mentality, and do it yourself attitude is in.
Generosity, sharing, serving, and “giving it away” is in.
Free Agency and “project” based careers are in.
Seasons of calling vs. a Lifetime of calling is in.
12 Comments
Darren Poke
July 26, 2010 at 4:52 am
Very true Brad,
If I could add one for each list:
Telling people what to do is out,
Inspiring people to do is in.
Cheers,
Darren
bradlomenick
July 26, 2010 at 7:40 am
good thought Darren. i totally agree. difference between someone being told what to do vs. being inspired to do it is really important.
Domecia Manuel
July 26, 2010 at 9:34 am
This was beneficial for me. I can see gate keepers losing their power. Thanks.
Lauren
July 26, 2010 at 11:28 am
Now someone tell the leadership in my organization that…
Eric
July 26, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Exactly what I learned… Then, I moved to Japan one year ago…
In Japan, you can take the exact oposite are you’ll have a good overview of the japanese management state-of-the-art !
Lyndit
July 27, 2010 at 9:29 am
Concise, clear and to the point this lists speaks in a voice that understands what true leadership is and what management needs to understand to be less of task masters and become inspirational.
Eric Szyrko
August 1, 2010 at 10:00 am
I didn’t really understand the placement of the last one. It stuck out like a sore thumb to me either because,
1. It seems less about how you treat others than the rest of the examples.
2. It was supposed to stick out to me.
3. I didn’t understand what it meant.
I google’d “season of calling”. I got a site on how to call deer in season.
Thomas
August 14, 2010 at 5:41 am
My thoughts on one of the comments. Inspiring people to do doesn’t necessarily mean that is a good thing. Most people that are living a different lifestyle were inspired to do it because they don’t want to be told what to do.
Sometime people need to be told the truth in an inspirational way so they can see the problem and want to know a solution. If everything has to be done by inspiring people, it is going to be hard because everyone has different feelings and are not inspired by the same things.
Be careful when thinking that telling people what to do is out. I think it would be better said that a good leader can still tell them what to do, just do it in a respectful way and be willing to do it with them. The greatest leadership trait to me is to lead by example.
John
September 1, 2010 at 2:34 am
I would add: setting the example and knowing your people. People want to be known for who they are….then I would add – set them loose in alignment with their strengths…and lastly I would add – delegate. True leaders delegate so that their people can grow.
It’s all about others in leadership.
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