Wimpy Leaders
Are you a leadership wimp? If you are “feeble or ineffective” in any leadership function, the answer may be yes.
The good news is that leaders are rarely wimps in all aspects of their job, peak performance expert Dave Anderson writes on his website, www.LearnToLead.com “Normally, there is just an area or two where a leader must tighten up and toughen up to increase his or her overall leadership effectiveness,” he says.
In an article titled “How to Face and Fix the Top Five Sins of Leadership Wimps,” Anderson suggests that wimpy leaders are prone to several destructive attitudes and actions, including:
Blaming outside conditions for a lack of results. No, you can’t control the weather, the economy, the competition or the time of year. But “even in the worst of times, you can still control your attitude, your work ethic, where you spend your time, with whom you spend it, your character choices and your devotion to daily disciplines,” says Anderson, author of Up Your Business: Seven Strategies to Fix, Build or Stretch Your Organization.
Being too dependent on themselves. “If you think you’re indispensable to your organization, I have great news for you: Relax, you’re not that good!” Anderson writes. “The greatest measure of your leadership is not how [your people] perform while you’re breathing down their necks; it’s how well they do in your absence.”
Making “easy, cheap, popular and convenient decisions.” “If you lack the emotional strength to make the tough calls, resign your position immediately and go find something you’re cut out to do�because you’re not fit to lead,” Anderson says.
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