During the last couple of weeks, I have shared four key points which may seem elementary if not simplistic. Here they are one more time: focus on teams; create understanding, not just awareness; build on strengths; focus on purpose.
But simple is not easy in the world of leadership and management. Many leaders during the last two years have not had the opportunity to learn these concepts or experience them. We were so busy trying to define and solve the adaptive problems that surfaced during a global pandemic that we forgot one very important thing. As Rodd Wagner & James K. Harter wrote in 12: The Elements of Great Managing (Gallup Press, 2006) which is the sequel to First, Break All The Rules, “Before a person can deliver what he should as a manager, he must first receive what he needs as an employee.” In short, a great manager needs a great manager in order to become a great manager.
For the rest of this winter and throughout 2022, we as leaders and managers must become great managers. All our leaders and managers need it and deserve it. Therefore, we must focus on teams and team development, create understanding, not just awareness, build on strengths rather than eradicate weaknesses, and focus on purpose. “The problem with the future,” notes Arnold H. Glasow, “is that it usually arrives before we’re ready for it.” Now is the time to be prepared and to help all leaders and managers reach their full potential, too.
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