"Leadership=Trust + Service" - my version of Travis Smiley's quote
I came back to the US last night at 11 p.m. and while driving to work this morning I spent some time listening to a Success CD. A variation of this quote above was on the CD and it caught my ear.
I believe that most positional leaders(been placed there by someone else) often violate this simple equation. IMHO majority do not trust the people that work for them and seldom do they believe that they should be of service to their people. They feel that the people should be of service to them.
This equation also emphasises that you must have both. Either variable will make you a better leader BUT both together will make you a great leader.
Just trusting people will provide them with an incentive to make decisions. You have to be willing to accept that a certain percentage of those decisions will be wrong and be willing to help reduce the effect.
Being of service means that you are willing to step in any minute and finish a task that one of your people is working on to help them. It also means asking them what you can do to help them succeed and actually doing it.
Today's question is:
"Do you trust and serve your people?"
I came back to the US last night at 11 p.m. and while driving to work this morning I spent some time listening to a Success CD. A variation of this quote above was on the CD and it caught my ear.
I believe that most positional leaders(been placed there by someone else) often violate this simple equation. IMHO majority do not trust the people that work for them and seldom do they believe that they should be of service to their people. They feel that the people should be of service to them.
This equation also emphasises that you must have both. Either variable will make you a better leader BUT both together will make you a great leader.
Just trusting people will provide them with an incentive to make decisions. You have to be willing to accept that a certain percentage of those decisions will be wrong and be willing to help reduce the effect.
Being of service means that you are willing to step in any minute and finish a task that one of your people is working on to help them. It also means asking them what you can do to help them succeed and actually doing it.
Today's question is:
"Do you trust and serve your people?"
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