A need for leaders in a group is to have the ability to move beyond personal growth. What are the conditions that will not allow a person to embrace the ability to support others?
Insecurity – Insecurity can permeate any leader on any competitive point. Insecure leaders put checks and controls on the team under clever disguises. They complain about insubordination, prior approvals and the like. Insecure people feel vulnerable and look inward - and this coerces them to restrict the development of the potential of his team.
Trust Issues – A leader, especially an inexperienced one, will have trust issues in a group. The ability to foster a spirit of trust is the hallmark of a leader. Humans are naturally disposed to trust and our ability is marred by bad parenting, conditioning in schools and media related negativity. Trust is integral to our area of influence while biases and prejudices developed from the social environment chip away at our ability to work and lead.
Commitment – The cultural messages that we get from our mythological stories stress the fact that small things done consistently carry more value than loud actions take sporadically. The leader’s commitment to bringing out the best in the group requires consistency in thought and action. The behavior and tone of the leader must demonstrate this commitment.
The leader has to commit to various leadership roles within an organization. Bringing out the best in others will require a mindset that will allow, on one hand, the leader to assert his position in a group in, say, managing a subordinate’s behavior in the presence of the group while supplementing his own goals for growth and development.
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