Comments on: Do Less And Be More

By: Sharon Eden

Sharon Eden — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:46:57 +0000

Thank you, Paul, for your valuable point. Not ecological OR sustainable for sure.

By: Paul Slater

Paul Slater — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:46:09 +0000

Sharon,

An excellent post, thank-you. I couldn’t agree more with your comments describing the leaders who ‘do less’ and trust in their team to deliver and coach them to that delivery. The opposite (traditional?) view that has leaders knowing and doing everything at all times of the day can work for a while I guess but is never sustainable.

Paul

By: Sharon Eden

Sharon Eden — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:52:47 +0000

Thank you, Dorothy. Appreciate your comment. And you’ve hit on one of my favourite ‘oh no!’s. Helicopter management and/or blue sky thinking. Let’s all run for cover!

By: Dorothy Dalton

Dorothy Dalton — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:37:43 +0000

Excellent points Sharon. Helicopter management is quite often rooted in the leader’s insecurities to let his team get on with it (without himà rather than as you say simply being there when needed! Well stated!

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By: Sharon Eden

Sharon Eden — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:03:29 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more, Tanveer, and appreciate you underlining that point.

By: Tanveer Naseer

Tanveer Naseer — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:37:34 +0000

Good post, Sharon. It’s sad that there’s still this notion out there that becoming a leader means you’re now the focal point of everything around you. That may be what some bosses are, but a true leader understands their role is to be in service of those around them, to guide them in fulfilling their objectives to the benefit of the greater whole.