Tweet I once received a question about a post entitled “7 Enemies of Organizational Health“. One of those “enemies” I listed as “structure”. The person’s question was, “Are you referring…
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Tweet I love organizational leadership. I especially love attempting to lead healthy organizations. I have been in both environments – healthy and non-healthy. I prefer healthy. If truth be told…
Tweet In my opinion, there are times when my leadership is better than others. I call them seasons. Seasons come and seasons go. Obviously, I would love for all of…
Tweet I once had a great illustration of leading under pressure. Or, to be honest, the need to actually “lead” (or lead well) under pressure. I met a friend at…
Tweet Everyone who has ever served with me on a team could probably agree I am not a wordsmith. I often say to people, “Listen to the principle of what…
Have you learned a valuable principle about your leadership?
The way others expect you to respond often determines the way they respond.
If they expect you to respond in anger…they’ll dance around an issue, afraid to confront…
If they expect you to respond defensively…they’ll only bring you the proven answers…refusing to take risks…
If they expect you to respond with condemnation…they’ll be tempted to only share part of the story…maybe none at all…
If they expect you to respond negatively…they’ll hold back some of their best ideas…afraid you’ll crush them…
However…
I’m seeing and hearing more about controlling leadership lately. I regularly talk to young leaders through my blog and many of them feel they are working for one. The odd thing, however, is that many controlling leaders never really know they are one.
I’ve written about this form of leadership in previous posts:
10 Reasons Not to Call Yourself an Empowering Leader
Leading People Versus Controlling People
Are you still wondering if you might be one?
Here are 7 warning signs that you may be a controlling leader:
Tweet This is something every leader must know – about some of the people you are trying to lead. Sadly, many of us learn it the hard way. The reality…
Tweet How do you know when it’s time to leave an organization? I have never been described as a quitter, but there comes a time for all of us when…
Tweet I was in a meeting once and someone on our team defined a leader as one who provides answers and direction to a team. I understood their concept. I…