Better Leadership: What’s it worth?

Maybe it’s time to ask ourselves some tough questions:

1. Who is ultimately responsible for the productivity of the company?
2. Who will the stock holders hold accountable for profits?
3. Who sets the direction for the company?
4. Who identifies the goals?

If your answer to these questions is “I am” and “I do,” then let’s talk.
 
The word “leadership” is bantered about a lot these days, but what does it really mean?  Webster defines leadership as “the position, function, or guidance of a leader; the ability to lead.”  Well, that sounds all well and good, but how do you learn to lead?  Are you just born that way?

I don’t think so.  The “leaders” I’ve met have just been ordinary people struggling “to guide; to show the way by going along with or in front of the rest”.  The challenge is great.

“To be the way or means of bringing something to a particular result” can be a pretty weighty responsibility.

If you are in charge, then what are you doing to help leaders, yourself included, be better at leading?  Hmmmm.....good question!