Episode 33 - Crawl Before You Walk

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Episode 33 - Crawl Before You Walk John Maxwell said&nbsp;“A leader is great, not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.”&nbsp; All too often,&nbsp;organizations are held hostage by their own people.&nbsp; What does that mean?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We’re so glad you asked.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Being held hostage by your people is a dynamic that explains leaders who do more to&nbsp;withhold&nbsp;knowledge and experience than to share it with others.&nbsp; When these leaders leave for new opportunities, the organization is left scrambling to recreate that knowledge or experience&nbsp;from scratch.&nbsp;&nbsp; As we’ve discussed in the past, servant leadership is coaching style of leadership which emphasizes the need to develop an organization’s greatest resource – its people.&nbsp; A big part of coaching and servant leadership overall is delegation.&nbsp; And while some leaders might indicate that delegation is a prominent component in their leadership, we would challenge everyone to assess just how well they delegate.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Much of the research on delegation shows us that&nbsp;the practice is carried out with either the wrong intentions or with improper execution.&nbsp; A task or responsibility may simply be passed off with no real intent to grow or develop the employee.&nbsp; Additionally, the leader may assign&nbsp;a&nbsp;new responsibility, but then fail to adequately follow up or check in with the employee in order to gauge progress and address challenges.&nbsp; In both cases, the employee is left feeling frustrated&nbsp;by&nbsp;either a task that was pawned off on them or by the lack of support given&nbsp;with which to complete the task.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Delegation can be a great way to ensure an organization is raising up its next set of leaders&nbsp;in order to reduce the “hostage effect.”&nbsp; However, if not performed correctly, it could also exacerbate&nbsp;the effect&nbsp;through the risk of not only losing leaders, but high performers and high potential people as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Empowerment is a great leadership buzzword; but to be effective; it requires more than a simple transfer&nbsp;of power.&nbsp; It requires a leader to determine that the task or responsibility being given to the employee is a good match&nbsp;based on their skills and potential,&nbsp;and, subsequently, that the leader provides&nbsp;the&nbsp;necessary follow up so that&nbsp;the employee&nbsp;is given the proper encouragement and guidance to be successful.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leadership Insight with Rising Sun http://risingsun.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/20989805/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/337ab7/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/20989805