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So what is leadership?
By Kerrie Mullins-Gunst
Leadership is the process of delivering results through the efforts of other people.
And frequently, that’s what makes it so difficult.
We are often promoted into a leadership role because we are so good at achieving results ourselves, but suddenly as a leader our job isn’t to do the work ourselves any more.
It is to supervise other people doing the work! And they never seem to do as good a job as we could if we did it ourselves.
New and inexperienced leaders often struggle with this - and even end up doing the job themselves because it’s quicker and easier.
But that’s a trap. If you do the job your staff are meant to be doing you won’t have time to do your own job, and they’ll never learn the role they should be playing.
As a leader your role is to deliver results through the efforts of your people, and if that means you need to teach them how to do what is required, then that becomes your job - not doing it for them.
In the Leadership Coaching Club we look at how to lead easily, effortlessly and effectively.
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