I read a lot of leadership.books. Books by John Maxwell, Simon Sinnek, Jon Gordon, Patrick Lencioni. One of the top books I've read is The Leadership Challenge. I've been to 4 leadership training courses, and attended at least 3 other courses on line. I listen to three different leadership.podcasta and also am currently taking another leadership training. I will be attending another this fall.lol, it sounds like you read a lot of management books.
As a leader I work very hard to help my team members grow. I have one on one sessions with them to help them grow and offer my assistance with everything. We talk, we train, we eat together and work together. They set their own goals and I help them reach them. I work with them and show them how they can create greater success for themselves. Coaching and mentoring. All with as much positivity as I can.
I have high expectations of my team because they can meet them. And I never set expectations that they cannot meet. I show them how they can meet them. I help them meet them, I remove obstacles in their way that might prevent them from meeting them.
They receive constant and consistent feedback. And you know what? They are consistently a high performing team.
I didn't come by this naturally. I had to learn it. I had to work at it. I had to understand what my real job was, which was to be a leader most of the time and a manager only when absolutely required.
I've worked with a couple of employees that r fused to be led. So they had to be managed. But that was their choice, not mine. I had one that needed to be managed, but moved to being able to be led. He grew a lot.
If you are really interested in learning about this I would highly recommend those authors. They have taught me how a real leader works.
Upvote
0