As The Boss, Are You Developing Leaders in Your Organization?
Recently I have been in several discussions with business owners revolving around leadership. In general, we have concluded to many organizations are continuing to experience inefficiencies in production, a disproportionate amount of waste, uncontrolled employee turnover, or any other issues that are a result of poor leadership skills. In most of these discussions, The Boss agrees that in their organizations they have very good workers, good to adequate managers, but they are lacking leaders. The question is often raised, “Are people born leaders?” If so, then business owners must identify and hire born leaders if they want to improve leadership in their organization. As the conversations mature, I often see The Boss begin to think that some people are “born to lead” and have the natural talent to lead. This is different than being a “born leader”. What I see are talented employees in a growing organization, and The Boss identifies them as a “leader,” and therefore that person is promoted and expected to lead. Often these people are great workers, very good managers, and then promoted into a leadership position in which they underwhelm The Boss. Why does this happen? Did The Boss make a poor decision by promoting […]