Do Less And Be More
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Less is more!
A great maxim I learned over and over in my trainings as a psychotherapist, coach and trainer. Get out of your own way and you get out of your client’s or group’s way. It’s all about them, not you.
Unless, of course, you want to be the sort of leader who acts like the worst kind of guru or super star. Showmanship, power trip and little substance.
Having set the vision and outlined the outcome, trust your ‘group’ to achieve it. Be available for consultation where needed and, when it is, be a coach. It’s not an opportunity to show how clever you are. It’s an opportunity to be of service. To help your people expand their abilities and their own Inner Leadership.
Unless, of course, you want to be the sort of leader who gets their rocks off with control and power over others. The sort of leader who constantly interferes, disables their people and creates dependance on themself as leader. ‘They need me!’ Who says???
Create clear and wholesome relationship which offers potential for others to respond similarly. Act unselfishly and they’ll respond by simply doing what it is that needs to be done.
Unless, of course, you want to be the sort of leader who manipulates rather than influences. The kind of leader who’s always got a hidden agenda. The kind of leader who’s always out for ‘what’s in it for me?’
Personal development is essential for good leadership.
The ability to lead yourself, to make choices about who you are and how you behave is essential for good leadership. The ability to disable your historic behavioural reactions, narcissistic needs and the dramas they create is essential for good leadership.
Good leadership is always, always about doing less and being more!
