We operate in a corporate world with very aggressive goals. We want to make huge turnovers and profits, sometimes with short-sightedness. If an organization has such aggressive goals at the management level, it is somehow transmitted amongst all employees. New employees hired somehow have the same attitude, to rise above the competition and to establish themselves. I have seen finger pointing, blaming and saving one's own asses in such environments. Is that healthy to an organization?
I am not criticizing those kinds of organization or people , for I myself have been aggressive and thriving on competition. In these environments, however I found leaders wanting to achieve for themselves and not paying any attention to employees who need empowerment, who need to be able to make decisions. The leader's need to achieve is so high, they don't want to make any mistakes. They don't want to listen to any new ideas or new ways of doing things.
Consider on the other hand, a leader who has achieved all that she can and established herself in an organization. Her goal now is to make sure all her team-mates achieve their fullest potential which in turn would grow the organization. Her need for growing her employees is much higher than her need to achieve. She empowers her employees. She says, this is your project and you can run it any way you want. She is there to support and help, but trusts that her employees have the capability. If she sees something could be done better, she points her employees in the direction of the tools she has used in the past. She is not constantly worried about failure, she promotes creativity and innovation.
After taking the what motivates me test, I have realized that there are two types of leaders - Achievers and Builders. Achievers are needed in an organization, they have a constant need to be successful and achieve. But they are poor leaders, they don't know how to delegate and don't trust anyone to do a better job than themselves. Builders on the other hand empower people, they are more trusting and forgiving. They know that they never could have achieved in the past without making mistakes.
I have met many empowering leaders in my life and am forever grateful for those meetings. They found in me what I wasn't able to see in myself. They accepted me for who I am and empowered me to do my best. I am grateful to have met the bad leaders as well, they taught me many valuable lessons of how not to be. They have made me realize that business is about people. The goal of a business is to make positive impact on the lives of people and the well being and growth of people much higher than profit margins and aggressive goals.
See the top ten rules of success of my favorite leader - Richard Branson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fQqUs5WSQ
I am not criticizing those kinds of organization or people , for I myself have been aggressive and thriving on competition. In these environments, however I found leaders wanting to achieve for themselves and not paying any attention to employees who need empowerment, who need to be able to make decisions. The leader's need to achieve is so high, they don't want to make any mistakes. They don't want to listen to any new ideas or new ways of doing things.
Consider on the other hand, a leader who has achieved all that she can and established herself in an organization. Her goal now is to make sure all her team-mates achieve their fullest potential which in turn would grow the organization. Her need for growing her employees is much higher than her need to achieve. She empowers her employees. She says, this is your project and you can run it any way you want. She is there to support and help, but trusts that her employees have the capability. If she sees something could be done better, she points her employees in the direction of the tools she has used in the past. She is not constantly worried about failure, she promotes creativity and innovation.
After taking the what motivates me test, I have realized that there are two types of leaders - Achievers and Builders. Achievers are needed in an organization, they have a constant need to be successful and achieve. But they are poor leaders, they don't know how to delegate and don't trust anyone to do a better job than themselves. Builders on the other hand empower people, they are more trusting and forgiving. They know that they never could have achieved in the past without making mistakes.
I have met many empowering leaders in my life and am forever grateful for those meetings. They found in me what I wasn't able to see in myself. They accepted me for who I am and empowered me to do my best. I am grateful to have met the bad leaders as well, they taught me many valuable lessons of how not to be. They have made me realize that business is about people. The goal of a business is to make positive impact on the lives of people and the well being and growth of people much higher than profit margins and aggressive goals.
See the top ten rules of success of my favorite leader - Richard Branson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fQqUs5WSQ
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