Leading people

I heard a new manager say, “this job isn’t difficult except for the people.” I thought that was funny until I realized he wasn’t kidding. There are many parts of leading people and I’ll have future posts on each, but this one is for the general concepts:

First each person is individual, and needs to be treated as such. Therefore you need to learn about them: their learning style; their priorities; their values; their skills. These items are more important than telling them what they should be doing.

To be fair, if you are hiring someone for a leadership role they are probably able to work even with a leader that doesn’t know them, but it won’t be as efficient or as effective.

Stay tuned for posts on each of the topics mentioned above.