Sunday, November 30, 2008

New Perspective...

An interpreted comment to an earlier post...



Regardless of your commitment to the organization or your drive to inspire others--even with great leadership--you still need the employees themselves to be active participants.



This perspective suggests that the leader is more effective when others are involved in the leading--in other words, walking in either lock-step with the leader or, better yet, in front of the leader. This conflicts with the idea that leaders must lead and others must follow--but I like the tone of it. Moving along with or in front of the leader is much more palatable than having to "follow the leader" as though it isn't a choice.

1 comment:

Dr. Bob said...

It is the notion of empowerment and collaboration. People simply want a voice in decision making. Many understand what they want may not be realized, but at least they have been heard.