A leader’s biggest problem is that they have not defined their job well.
All your problems and difficulties are of the leaders making. (With the exception of COVID shutdowns).
If a leader is having difficulty with people, then he has not focused on recruiting, training, communication and culture-building enough – or hasn’t caused such things to happen.
If a leader is having problems with the market he is in, then he has given poor thought to the selection of business to go into in the first place, and hasn’t rectified it since.
If the leader is having problems with the competition, then he hasn’t focused on innovation and marketing enough, or caused such things to happen.
What needs to be fixed? What is MOST important now? To set things right you have to see things right. Then the leader needs to ask “Who and what do I need to be to solve this problem?”
Then, from that clear thinking, it takes courage and grit.
This was one of the best. Often you hear exactly what you need to hear. Saved this on my desktop to keep it on top of my mind.
Thank you
This was excellent. As a technical trainer sometimes I have forgotten this advice which I will share here regarding the writing. Instead, consider that to broaden the target audience it is best to speak in gender-less terms. Leaders are male and female. Also while it is sometimes important to add ownership terms (like you, your, and yours) it can be accomplished using the more general (they, them, their) talking about all leaders.
Again this is an excellent piece. Thank you for sharing!