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10 Common Leadership Mistakes



10 Common Leadership Mistakes
   

How do you become a great leader? Is it by understanding what great leaders do? Perhaps, is it by trying to mimic or copy how other great leaders make decisions?

While there is significant benefit to understanding how leaders make good decisions, there is also powerful insight in how to become a great leader if you know the pitfalls and trouble spots they face. You can learn by what not to do!

Being a leader is challenging enough without having to deal with the potential negative fallout associated with the 10 common leadership mistakes listed below. Take a moment and ask yourself if you might fall prey to one or more of these mistakes. If so, identify some action steps that will help you avoid these potential pit falls in the future.

1. Making yourself scarce

Workers appreciate a visible leader - someone who takes a personal interest in the work that’s being done by taking the time to get to know those who are doing it. Make sure you always have an open door policy that is more than just talk, or a print you hang on the wall.

2. Allowing the vision to fade

Good leaders are able to keep the vision of the organization fresh and focused. The consistent presence of a well-defined vision provides motivation, enthusiasm and purpose for those responsible for carrying it out. Live your vision, don’t just talk about it.

3. Creating a moving target

Change happens, but leaders who constantly modify or change key objectives fail to maintain their team’s trust, respect and confidence. The best advice is to stick to the decision once made; only adjusting when absolutely necessary.

4. Correcting without affirming

Correction is most effective when preceded by affirmation. Employees who know their positive qualities and accomplishments are appreciated are more open to corrective feedback when it’s needed.

5. Assigning responsibility without authority

When giving someone the responsibility to produce specific results, make sure they also have the freedom and independence to make the decisions that will get the job done. If you are stuck micromanaging them, you’ll waste your time and theirs.

6. “Do as I say, not as I do.”

When it comes to achieving results, there is no substitute for leadership by example. Double standards have no place in leadership.

7. Putting square pegs in round holes

The time it takes to properly assess an employee’s strengths, knowledge and skills is time well-invested because it helps to reduce costly turnover and improve productivity and performance. Frankly, you’ll end up spending more time having to hire new people if you don’t hire correctly to the correct position from the beginning.

8. Inability to control anger

A leader who cannot bridle his anger is a leader who is feared rather than respected. And, while you may get some results out of fear, you ultimately will have to rebuild confidence at a later time. Importantly, you may also lose people, thus wasting resources in the process.

9. Focusing on “me” rather than “we”

The most effective leaders are those who are passionate about the achievement of the whole team, not just of their own accomplishments. To go a step further, Author Jim Collins suggests that effective leaders look to others when accomplishments are completed and to themselves when things fail.

10. Placing results ahead of people

Great leaders know that the best way to get the most favorable results is to make sure they favor the people responsible for them.

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As the President and Founder of Relational Advantage, Inc., Dr. Todd E. Linaman is committed to developing personal and organizational potential into a higher level of quality performance. For fifteen years prior to launching Relational Advantage, Inc., Dr. Linaman gained extensive business and professional experience serving as the Executive Director of a multi-state network of behavioral health clinics and the Vice President of a national non-profit educational media corporation. He is a licensed psychologist, an executive and personal coach and a respected authority in the area of personal and professional development. Dr. Linaman has worked with corporate executives, business owners, pastors, attorneys, and other professionals in his coaching and consulting practice. He is a national conference and seminar speaker and has authored numerous articles on personal and professional development topics. He has been featured as an expert on national and local radio talk shows and local television news programs.
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