THOUGHTS ON LEADERSHIP #5 - GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNItY TO SUCCEED

Following on Episode #4, you can't do everything, so give your people an opportunity to do things and give them the credit. A leader's job is locate the bright spotlight, the place where achievement is visible and recognized and then step out of it. Yes, I said step out of it. Human nature is for leaders to take credit for the teams' achievements and that is also natural for the corporate hierarchy encourage the same behavior. Instead, put your people in the spotlight. Give the people on your team an opportunity to succeed, a project that they can own and then give them the credit.

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