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On a Monday morning I called for a meeting, reviewed all the ongoing projects and agreed with my team on their re-prioritized tasks. I was feeling pretty good about myself. I thought to myself --- that was leadership.
There was a new multi-division project and I was pulled in to become part of the cross-functional group having developed a reputation for strategic analysis. When I got there I ended up facilitating the workshop where we developed long-term positioning for each segment of our market. I thought to myself --- pretty impressive, that was leadership.
But as I stopped to think and reflect --- there wasn't actual 'leadership' involved. I just simply did my job the first time as head of the group and on the second case contributed as a 'specialist' in market planning.
That's when I realized that you don't necessarily exercise leadership even when by default you are the leader. Leadership emerges in a crisis or in a challenging moment, when there is ambiguity, or when a new set of skill is needed to get the job done.
As 'leaders' we need to be ready to take decisive action and rise to the occasion, to take responsibility and steer the organization through uncharted waters. That is leadership.
Cheers!
#leadership
There was a new multi-division project and I was pulled in to become part of the cross-functional group having developed a reputation for strategic analysis. When I got there I ended up facilitating the workshop where we developed long-term positioning for each segment of our market. I thought to myself --- pretty impressive, that was leadership.
But as I stopped to think and reflect --- there wasn't actual 'leadership' involved. I just simply did my job the first time as head of the group and on the second case contributed as a 'specialist' in market planning.
That's when I realized that you don't necessarily exercise leadership even when by default you are the leader. Leadership emerges in a crisis or in a challenging moment, when there is ambiguity, or when a new set of skill is needed to get the job done.
As 'leaders' we need to be ready to take decisive action and rise to the occasion, to take responsibility and steer the organization through uncharted waters. That is leadership.
Cheers!
#leadership
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