Saturday, June 16, 2007
Developing leaders vs developing followers
Here are some more notes from the seminar by James Lawrence.
We were exploring the issue - is it better to develop leaders or followers? In reality most of us try to develop what he termed to "followers", which in the long run is less effective than developing leaders.
Here's a comparison between developing leaders vs developing followers:
I can recognise some of this in myself - I think where I struggle is "treat people the same". I guess this is because we are so paranoid about favoritism.
We were exploring the issue - is it better to develop leaders or followers? In reality most of us try to develop what he termed to "followers", which in the long run is less effective than developing leaders.
Here's a comparison between developing leaders vs developing followers:
Leaders that develop followers | Leaders that develop leaders |
---|---|
Need to be needed | Want to be succeeded (do themselves out of a job) |
Focus on weakness | Focus on strengths |
Develop the bottom 20% | Develop the top 20% |
Treat the people the same for "fairness" sake | Treat people as individuals for impact |
Hoard power | Give power away |
Spend time with others (more socially) | Invest time in others (more focused) |
Grow by addition | Grow by multiplication |
Only impact the people they touch | Impact people beyond their reach |
I can recognise some of this in myself - I think where I struggle is "treat people the same". I guess this is because we are so paranoid about favoritism.
Labels: Spring Harvest, Training
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