What makes a leader?<\/p>\n
Another perspective that leaders have is that they take ownership of the planning, process and outcome.\u00a0 They share the planning and processes and seek to insure that the outcome is positive.\u00a0 They act like they are owners of the outcome.\u00a0 They act as if success or failure were personally affecting them (which it does). They act as if the money it takes to purchase was their own. They think and act as if the company was theirs.<\/p>\n
Leaders share success with the team.\u00a0 When success is achieved, the team gets the credit.\u00a0 When praise is given they step back and allow the team to soak it in.\u00a0 When there is success, a leader step back to allow the accolades to flow to the team..<\/p>\n
Leaders strive to not pass the buck or place blame when things go bad.\u00a0 When failure occurs, they take the blame.\u00a0 They may not have caused the failure personally, but they step to the front when blame is occurring to accept the critique and protect the team.\u00a0 When there is failure, a leader step forward to take the brunt of the critique.<\/p>\n
Taking ownership does not mean “my way or the highway”.\u00a0 Owners seek the best for the whole.\u00a0 Issues that have no owner soon flounder.\u00a0 Issues that have a controlling owner soon alienate the team from wanting to participate.\u00a0 You cannot just dictate and give orders.\u00a0 That does not work with most people.\u00a0 They want to contribute and be part of the process.<\/p>\n
Even though you are the “owner”, you may want to let others decide. Be willing to accept the decisions of competent people who are closest to the issues at hand.\u00a0 Let those that have more skill or knowledge that you in a specific area have more influence on the decisions.\u00a0 Teamwork is where leaders need to excel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What makes a leader? Another perspective that leaders have is that they take ownership of the planning, process and outcome.\u00a0 They share the planning and processes and seek to insure that the outcome is positive.\u00a0 They act like they are owners of the outcome.\u00a0 They act as if success or failure were personally affecting them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t