Yesterday's Interview with Pranab was one such experience where you identify how true leaders think.... when asked about why he does not want to be a People Manager his answer was "I can't show the Path to my collegues which does not exists" which means that "I can't lie them about their growth prospects when I dont know much about it".... This is where you see leadership quality... I felt nice when I heard this honest statement...
True Leaders dont want to show Mirage to the Team or rather give false or faulty assurances... this is the last thing they would want to do... I have seen Managers who make false promises just to get the work done or to manage the time... they just cant be Leaders.... they can satisfy one or some but cannot be an Ideal role model...
Leaders need to Honest... they need to show the way that can be achieved and they need to know what it will be like ahead.... You Dont know You shut your mouth and look for answers is the right attitude...
Hope we generate more leaders and leaders with right attitude in this industry...
Regards
Sameer Shaikh
http://sameer-shaikh.blogspot.com
Agree. Honesty...excellent quality. Stress reliever, can you believe it? ;-).
ReplyDeleteAdding to the above, Leaders must not stop by just showing the path, but go beyond and create one. Create opportunities for his team. Path... may not be there now, but together we can make one... (after all team is just not about the leader alone ;-) )
But, there is no compromise on the Honesty at any cost...
i do agree with you , just wud like to share one quote on leadership over here,
ReplyDeletethe "first rule of leadership is everything is your fault".
many few ppls have this quality of accepting faults and few leader stand by during crisis time..they just remove their hands..thats not leadership :-)
Btw it was nice reading ur blogs.
keep writting..
Vikas