How to Manage the Leadership See-Saw
Leadership is a balancing act. Almost every quality of great leaders can be overdone and its polar opposite can be needed on occasion (except for integrity).
For example, being outspoken is a great quality, but there are also times to hold back from giving your point of view so that others speak first.
Great leadership requires constant adjustments in style and approach to get the best out of a broad range of people. The one balancing act we speak too infrequently about is the balance between, on the one hand, knowing, doing and executing – in effect being the go-to expert who can help the team solve any problem and, on the other hand, enabling, orchestrating, and not knowing – something I call “spanning.” In today’s knowledge economy, expertise is highly valued.
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