This is why the military style of top-down leadership is never effective in the fast-paced world of adventure racing or, for that matter, our daily lives (which is really one big, long adventure, hopefully!).
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Sometimes a project is a long series of obstacles and opportunities coming at you at high speed, and you need every ounce of your collective hearts and minds and skill sets to get through it. It just doesn’t work for day-to-day operations. When you’re dealing with ongoing challenges and changes, and you’re in uncharted territory with no means of knowing what comes next, no one can be expected to have all the answers or rule the team with an iron fist based solely on the title on their business card.
The best managers consistently allow different leaders to emerge and inspire their teammates (and themselves!) to the next level.
A leader leads based on strengths, not titles. They ensure that their people have everything they need to be productive and successful that they’re well trained, happy and have minimal roadblocks in their path that they’re being groomed for the next level that they are recognized for great performance and coached through their challenges.Ĭonversely, a leader can be anyone on the team who has a particular talent, who is creatively thinking out of the box and has a great idea, who has experience in a certain aspect of the business or project that can prove useful to the manager and the team. Managers are facilitators of their team members’ success. Manager and leader are two completely different roles, although we often use the terms interchangeably. According to writer and consultant Peter Drucker, «Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.» Taking a team from ordinary to extraordinary means understanding and embracing the difference between management and leadership. I loved this article by Robyn Benincasa and I hope you´ll love it too…